APPLICATION DESIGN


Organizing tools on the Tools menu
After you have added tools to the Tools menu, you can edit the tool names or their associated formulas, delete one or more tools, organize tools into submenu groupings, or change the context for a tool.

To add a submenu for tools

1. Select Tools - Customize Tools.

2. Select a design context and click "Add Submenu" to add a submenu for that context.

3. Enter a name for the submenu and click OK.


4. Use drag and drop or the Copy and Paste buttons to move tools to the submenu.

To move a tool to another design context

1. Select Tools - Customize Tools. Click the arrow next to a design context to display the tools associated with that context.

2. Select one or more tools.

3. Drag and drop the tools to a new context.

To copy, paste, or delete a tool:

1. Select Tools - Customize Tools. A dialog box displays the list of design contexts.

2. Click the arrow next to a context name to display the tools associated with a design context.

3. Select the tool name.

4. Click Copy to copy the tool to the clipboard.

5. Select the design context where you want to place the tool and click Paste.

6. Select a tool and click Cut to remove the tool from its original context.

To edit a tool

1. Select Tools - Customize Tools.

2. Click the arrow next to the name of a design context to display tools associated with that design context.

3. Select the tool name and click Edit. You can edit the name of the tool and/or the formula that it executes. Note that if you had chosen to run an executable program from the menu, the action is represented as an @command([Execute]) formula. You can change the name of the executable file or customize the formula.

4. Click OK to confirm your changes.

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