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:

  1. Select Tools | Customize Menus and Toolbar.

  2. Select the Tools tab.

  3. Click the new_menuset_button.gifbutton beside the Menu texts of user-modifiable tools text box.

  4. Type the text you wish to use for the menu option for this new custom tool in the menu text area.

  5. 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:

    pulldown_menus.gif

    In the pulldown menu.

  6. 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.)

  7. To change the position of the custom tool within the existing menu options (if any) select it and use the down_button.gif and up_button.gif buttons to move it up or down.

  8. 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 side_button00003.gif button to select this if required. If you do not require a filter keyword, choose <unfiltered text> from the submenu.

  9. 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 side_button00004.gif button to select this, if required, as in the Command field above.

  10. 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 side_button00005.gif button as above.

  11. Click OK to commit the changes.

To Edit a Custom Tool:

  1. Select Tools | Customize Menus and Toolbar.

  2. Select the Tools tab.

  3. Select the name of the custom tool in the Current user-modifiable tools text box.

  4. Do one of the following:

  5. When you have finished, click OK to commit the changes.

To delete a custom tool:

  1. Select Tools | Customize Menus and Toolbar.

  2. Select the Tools tab.

  3. Select the name of the custom tool in the Current user-modifiable tools text box.

  4. Click the delete_button.gif button.

  5. Click OK to commit the changes.

Related Topics

About Custom Tools

About Keywords and Filters for Custom Tools

Tools Tab