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# Define custom tools

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

Note: You can add up to 40 custom tools.

To define a new custom tool:

1. Select Tools > Customize Menus and Toolbar.

2. Select the Tools tab.

3. Click New Custom Tool next to the Menu texts of user-modifiable tools box.

4. Enter the text to use for the menu option for this new custom tool in the menu text area.

   To specify menu options in a hierarchy within the group of custom tools, enter an exclamation mark separator (!) between the commands.

   Example: The following entries:

   `GUI Tools!Tool 1
   GUI Tools!Tool 2
   Tool3`

   are displayed In the menu as the following:

5. To make this command selectable by typing a letter on the keyboard, precede that letter with an & (ampersand) in the name. (In the menu, this letter is displayed underlined.)

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

7. Enter the file to run in the Command field, or use the browse button to locate the file. You can use a keyword/ filter combination as part of the name/path of this file. Use the right arrow button to select this. If you do not require a filter keyword, choose <unfiltered text> from the submenu.

8. 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 right arrow button to select this.

9. In the Start in field, enter the folder from which the process is started, or use the browse button to locate the folder. You can use a keyword/ filter combination as part of the name/path of this file. Use the right arrow button to select this.

10. 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. To change the name, click 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.

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

5. When 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 Delete .

5. Click OK to commit the changes.

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See also:

- About custom tools
- About custom tools keywords and filters

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