Call the Dialog Box:

You have the following options to call the dialog box:

  • Execute the Tools > Customize command, or

  • Use the Toolbar menu command from a toolbar shortcut menu or the toolbar itself.

Dialog Structure

The dialog box consists of two tabs:

  • Toolbars

    In this tab, you can show/hide toolbars, create new toolbars, and define the appearance of the toolbars.

  • Tools

    In this tab, you can define the menu commands for starting external applications.

Toolbars Tab

Illustration of the Toolbars tab:

Elements of the Toolbars tab:

Element

Description

Toolbars

Displays the currently available toolbars.

To display a toolbar, activate the respective check box.

To hide a toolbar, deactivate the respective check box.

Toolbar name

Displays the name of the selected toolbar.

Show Tooltips

When you activate this check box, tooltips are displayed for each toolbar symbol.

Cool Look

When you activate this check box, the toolbar symbols are displayed in flat form.

New...

Use this button to open the dialog box for defining new toolbars, see also Creating your own toolbars.

Reset

Use this button to restore the original state of the toolbar selected in the Toolbars list.

Tools Tab

Display of Tools tab:

Elements of the Tools tab:

Element

Description

Menu Contents

Displays the defined menu commands.

Menu Text

Enter the name of the new command, also see Starting external applications.

Command

Enter the path of the file to be executed, also see Starting external applications.

Arguments

Enter the arguments to be transferred while launching the application Starting external applications.

By clicking arrow > CurrentProject , the argument is $(ProjectName).

When the application is launched, $(ProjectName) is replaced with the complete STU file path of the opened application.

NOTE: If the application has never been saved, the project file path is undefined.

Initial Directory

Enter the path to the working directory of the application Starting external applications.

Add

Use this button to define a new menu command for starting an external application, see also Starting external applications.

Remove

Use this button to delete the selected menu command.

Move Up

Use this button to move the selected menu command up by 1 position.

Move Down

Use this button to move the selected menu command down by 1 position.