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Date: 22 Dec 90 14:05:35 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!ctssuk!VERKADE@uunet.uu.net  (Herman Verkade)
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Subject: Re: DECWindows Login screen
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In article <1990Dec19.004408.593@mlb.semi.harris.com>, eam@gumbee.mlb.semi.harris.com (Ed A. Mills) writes:
>I read in DEC Professional that there is a way to customize the DEC$W login
>screen.  They said you need a .com, a .exe, and something called a UIL (what
>ever that is).  I called DEC; they said that I need to change a logical to 
>point to the com file, but said if I needed more detail I should use the
>modem service since describing the technique was long and complex.

You need to set a system-wide logical DECW$LOGIN_BACKGROUND, translating to the
name of a command procedure. If this logical exists, LOGINOUT does not display
the Digital logo, but executes the command procedure as a detached process with
the display set to the login display.

What you want to do in the command file is up to you. You can run any X program
that displays something on the root window. Xloadimage could be useful or just
a home-brew program to display some logo.

Herman Verkade
email: VERKADE@CTSS.CO.UK