Alaska Software Inc. - VX Tools
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Joe Carrick - The ManiaccVX Tools
on Fri, 02 Jan 2004 16:10:17 -0800
Some hints for Configure Tools:

Add:

Title:   Explore
Program:  C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
Working dir:  C:\
Parameters:  &PRJDIR

OK

The above makes all of the Explorer capabilities immediately available from
the VX Tools Menu.

Add:

Title:  Xpp Error Log
Program:  XppError.log
Working dir:  &PRJDIR

OK

Add:

Title:  Xpp Fatal Log
Program:  XppFatal.log
Working dir:  &PRJDIR

OK

These 2 allow you to open the Error Logs with just a couple of mouse clicks
without having to scroll to find the files.

These are just a few of the things you can add to make other programs
available directly from VX.
If you create an App with a couple of input parameters that match the
available macros, you can do a lot more.

I'm not really happy with the VX Print facility - my code doesn't read
nearly as nice in hard copy as it does on the screen.  Consequently, I'm
using my own Listing routine and I use the &PRJDIR macro to set the starting
directory for my FileDialog.

I'm also doing a little refinement to my DbEditBrowse App and will be adding
that as a Tool.

I hope that there will be a facility added that will allow aditional macros
to be defined.

-Joe