Developing

This section guides developers and application programmers through the process of customizing BMC Client Management or developing additional functionality.

The following table provides links to the relevant topics based on your goal:

Goal	Instructions
Launch console via command line	Launching the console via command line
Launch Java Web Start console with command line options	Launching the console via Java Web Start
Create, distribute and execute operational rules/software deployments	Launching operational rules and software deployment through XML
Modify or unassign patch deployment	Launching patch deployments and assigning monitoring policies through XML
Create, distribute and assign Application Management Policies	Assigning application management policies through XML
Gather data from and exchange with the BCM database	Integrating with the BMC Client Management database
Create customized operational rule steps	Adding custom operational rule steps Introduction to operational rule steps Importing newly created steps XML file of a step Understanding CHL file
Execute customized actions for devices in the console	Adding a customized menu to devices
Customize individual elements of the agent web interface	Customizing the agent web interface Elements of the agent interface pages New and Extended CM HTML Tags and Parameters Chilli in the agent interface Tags and parameters
Customize reports	Customizing BMC Client Management reports
Translate all elements of BMC Client Management to localized language	Localizing BMC Client Management to an unsupported language Localizing the console Localizing the agent interface, reports, and emails Translating the .locale files

Developing

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