Field
Description
Rules and Guidelines
Menu texts of user-modifiable tools
Type the menu name for your custom tool.
An editable text field is displayed after you click the New Custom Tool button.
You can create sub-menu paths by using an exclamation point (!) as a separator. For example, if you type these entries:
GUI Tools!Tool 1
GUI Tools!Tool 2
Tool3
the submenus will display as follows:
To make this command selectable with an underlined keyboard mnemonic, precede the mnemonic letter with an ampersand (&). Check for multiple commands using the same letter.
New Custom Tool button:
Click to open an editable text field in Menu texts of user-modifiable tools.
Delete Custom Tool button:
Click to delete the selected item in Menu texts of user-modifiable tools.
Up button:
Click to move the selected item higher up the menu hierarchy.
Down button:
Click to move the selected item lower down the menu hierarchy.
Command
Do one of the following:
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Type the command to be executed.
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Click the
button to use a predefined keyword or filter keyword. -
Click the browse button
to find the executable file.
You can use a keyword or filter keyword as part of the name/path of this file. A filter is another keyword that is placed between the "$" and opening "("of a keyword that modifies the returned value in some way.
If you do not require a filter keyword, choose <unfiltered text> from any of the submenus.
To execute a command-line command, precede the command with "%dmcli%" (case-insensitive). For example, "%DMCLI% SCWS "PAYROLL:WS_MAKE" /DEFAULT" would set the current project. See the Command-Line Reference Guide for further details.
Arguments
Type any arguments required by the executable file, or click the 
button to use a predefined keyword or filter keyword.
Start in
Do one of the following:
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Type the name of the folder from which to start the executable file.
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Click the
button to use a predefined keyword or filter keyword. -
Click the browse button
to find the executable file.