3.7 Tools

Figure 62: Configuration external tools

Name [Hint]

setup a name for the external tool

Note: the name will be used as hint for the corresponding tool-button

Caption

setup the cation for the corresponding tool-button

File-Param

The selected data which shall be displayed by an external tool will be written in a temporary file. EasyTrac64 calls the external tool and passes the filename of this temporary file as parameter. 'File-Param' defines an appropriate command-line parameter dependent on the tool application.

additional Params

setup additional parameters which shall be hand over to the external tool

Application

- setup path and filename of the external tool-application

- use the button beside the panel to open a file-dialog

insert at the beginning

define additional data which shall be inserted before the selected data

e.g. for XML data it could be necessary to insert the XML declaration so that an XML Viewer is able to display the data correctly   

File-Ext

define a specific file-extension for the temporary file that will be passed to the external tool

e.g. The current loaded log-file contains JSON strings. Define the file-extension 'json' and use the Firefox-Browser as external tool so that this content can be viewed in an user friendly readable way

Data Pre-Prosessing

select a data processor to process the selected data before they are sent to the external tool