Defining Custom Tools

Define custom tools when you want to customize a procedure or task which you can perform from within the desktop client.

PRIVILEGES No special privileges required.

NOTE You cannot add more that 40 custom tools.

To define a new custom tool:

Select Tools | Customize Menus and Toolbar.
Select the Tools tab.
Click the button beside the Menu texts of user-modifiable tools text box.
Type the text you wish to use for the menu option for this new custom tool in the menu text area.

If you want to specify menu options in a hierarchy within the group of custom tools:

enter a "!" separator between the commands.

For example, the entries:

GUI Tools!Tool 1

GUI Tools!Tool 2

Tool3

Will appear as:

In the pulldown menu.

To make this command selectable by typing a letter on the keyboard, precede that letter with an & (ampersand) in the name. (On the menu itself this letter will appear underlined.)
To change the position of the custom tool within the existing menu options (if any) select it and use the and buttons to move it up or down.
Enter the file to be executed in the Command field, or use the browse button to locate it. You can use a keyword/ filter combination as part of the name/path of this file. Use the button to select this if required. If you do not require a filter keyword, choose <unfiltered text> from the submenu.
Enter any arguments required by the executable file in the Arguments field. You can insert keyword/ filter combinations as part of these arguments. Use the button to select this, if required, as in the Command field above.
Enter the folder from which the process will be started in the Start in field, or use the browse button to locate it. You can use a keyword/ filter combination as part of the name/path of this file using the button as above.
Click OK to commit the changes.

To Edit a Custom Tool:

Select Tools | Customize Menus and Toolbar.
Select the Tools tab.
Select the name of the custom tool in the Current user-modifiable tools text box.
Do one of the following:

To change the name, click on and edit the name in the text box.
To change the Command, Arguments or Start in fields for the selected custom tool, enter or edit the values as described in the section To define a new custom tool above.
To change the position of the custom tool within the existing menu options (if any) select it and use the and buttons to move it up or down.

To delete a custom tool:

Select Tools | Customize Menus and Toolbar.
Select the Tools tab.
Select the name of the custom tool in the Current user-modifiable tools text box.
Click the button.
Click OK to commit the changes.