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Add a Custom Item to the Add-Ins Tab

Use this procedure to add custom items.

 To add a custom item to the Add-Ins tab:

  1. Take one of the following actions:
    • If you want the custom item to be accessible to all users of your data source (shared items), use any text editor to open the copy of the Addins.dat file located in the same folder as your Open Plan executable file.
    • If Open Plan is running, you can use the Edit Add-Ins.dat custom tool located on the Add-Ins tab to open the file with Windows Notepad. This custom tool comes preconfigured with your installation of Open Plan. Note, however, that this will only open the Addins.dat file located in the same folder as the Open Plan executable file.
    • If you want the custom item to be accessible only to you (user-specific items), create and use any text editor to open the copy of the Addins.dat file located in your Open Plan User folder. (You can create this file by copying the Addins.dat file in your Open Plan executable folder.)
  2. At the bottom of the file, start a new line.
  3. Use the following format to add your custom tool:
    Tool#=label;Drive;\Path\Filename

    Notice that there are no spaces in the line and that a semicolon follows the name of the tab item. Each item that you add must be on a separate line. In addition to the full pathname of the file, you can also specify automatic parameters (see below) to be passed to the application.

    Example: To add the Windows Notepad program as the first custom item, enter:

    tool1=&Notepad;C:\windows\notepad.exe

    (The & is optional and makes the letter that follows it a keyboard shortcut on the Add-Ins tab.)

    If you are adding both shared and user-specific items, you can start numbering the tools in the copy of the Addins.dat file in your Open Plan User folder with any number you wish. Open Plan always displays the user-specific items after the shared ones.

  4. When you have finished adding items, save the .dat file.
    The total of shared and user-specific custom tools cannot exceed 30. Open Plan ships with 15 preconfigured custom tools.

    While you may specify a program that runs under DOS, doing so may require that you also create a .pif file for it.

  5. Close the text editor and restart Open Plan.
    If Open Plan is running and you used the Edit Add_Ins.dat custom tool, you can enable the new tool(s) you just entered without having to exit Open Plan and restart. Click Reload Add-Ins on the Add-Ins tab to refresh the tab after making your changes.

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