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How to: Add an Item to the Menu Bar of the Home Page

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Applies To: Windows Server 2012 Essentials, Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials

An add-in can add an item to the menu bar at the top of the home page. The item that the add-in defines in the menu bar is typically associated to a content page. The item can point to the Default.aspx page, or it can point to a custom .aspx page. The item is added to the menu bar by adding a Desktop element to the webaddin.xml file.

The following table lists the child elements of the Desktop element.

Element Description
DefaultSrc The name of the .aspx file to be used for the item.
BrowserTitle The title to be used in the browser window.
NavigationText The text to be used for the item.
HeaderText The header text for the item.

To create a new item in the menu bar

  1. Open Visual Studio 2010 as an administrator by right-clicking the program in the Start menu and selecting Run as administrator.

  2. If you have not already created a new project, complete the procedure listed in How to: Create a New Project For Your Remote Web Access Add-In.

  3. Open the webaddin.xml file.

  4. Add a new Desktop element to the webaddin.xml file. The Desktop element is a child element of WebAddins. For example, the following xml code adds an item to the menu bar:

    <Desktop>  
   <DefaultSrc>Default.aspx</DefaultSrc>  
   <BrowserTitle>Sample Addin</BrowserTitle>  
   <NavigationText>Sample</NavigationText>  
   <HeaderText>Sample Desktop</HeaderText>  
</Desktop>

  5. Save the webaddin.xml file.

  6. Publish the application.