APPLICATION DESIGN
Customizing the Designer Tools menu
You can customize the Tools menu in Designer to include menu items that launch other applications or your own custom formulas. For example, you might want to include a menu item to launch your favorite image editor while you are in the list of images, or you might want to add a formula that you can launch at any time that automates your design process. When you add a tool, you can specify when you want the tool available. You might need some tools for every phase of your design work, and other tools for use with very specific design activities, such as designing a page or a frameset. In this way, you can personalize your application development process throughout your Designer desktop.
To add a tool
1. Select Tools - Add Tool.
2. Enter the name of the tool.
Tip
To make the tool accessible to users with physical disabilities, specify a keyboard accelerator key for the tool name by putting an underscore (_) before the letter you wish to use as the accelerator key.
3. Do one of the following:
Select "Run program" to have a menu item launch a tool from within Designer. Enter the path for the executable file or browse to select the executable.
Select "Run formula" to launch a tool using an @commmand formula.
4. In the Tool Location section, specify one or more contexts when the tool should be available. That is, if you do not want the tool to be always available, choose the design elements where you might use the tool in your design work. For example, if you select Form Design, the tool will be available during form design; if you select Form list, the tool will be available from the tool menu when you are in the list of forms.
5. Click OK.
The name of the tool appears on the Tools menu for the contexts. That is, if you specified the tool should always be available, it will always be on the Tools menu. If you specified the tool should only be available for page design, it will only display when a page has focus in the work pane.
See Also
Organizing tools on the Tools menu
Developing applications using third-party tools and WebDAV
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