Launchers show which programs will be used for opening different file types in the application. Add new, edit, or remove launchers and specify their properties (file extension, program path or name, program arguments). 


To open the Launcher Properties dialog

  1. From the Options menu, choose Environment.

  2. In the Environment Options dialog, from the options group list select Launchers.



To specify properties of the default launchers

  1. To edit the Default launcher, click the button next to the Default Launcher or Default Browser text boxes.

  2. The Launcher Properties dialog appears.
  3. You can change Launcher`s executable file and arguments.


To create the defined launcher

  1. Click the Add button, found below the Defined Launchers list. 
  2. The Launcher Properties dialog appears.
  3. Specify the file extension, which will be opened with the specified launcher.
  4. Type the name of the launcher in the text box, or browse to the location of the launcher by clicking the button.
  5. Specify external launcher arguments.

Properties are described in the following table.

Property NameFunction

Extensions

Type the extensions of the files which will be opened with the specified launcher. You can define more than one extension. Separate them using commas (i.e., html, xls, doc, cpp, h).

Launcher

An executable file with which the extension file will be opened.

Arguments

Arguments are required by the external launcher, so the modeling tool provides the ability to pass some common arguments to the launcher:

  • $f - a file name

  • $md_dir - the modeling tool installation directory

  • $prj_dir - the project directory (if the project is saved)

  • $r - a row (used when opening Code Engineering object source code file with "Edit Source" action)
  • $c - a column (used when opening Code Engineering object source code file with "Edit Source" action).

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