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UM0036 Your STVD graphical environment
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6. In the Initial Directory field, you can specify the directory from which you want the
command to be initialized. You can type the directory, browse to it, or specify it using
the argument list shown.
In our example, Notepad is initialized from C:\temp\.
7. Finally, there are two other options that can be used with Win32 console applications
(DOS applications) only. Redirect to output window sends any output to the Output
window within STVD and Redirect to file allows you to send your output to the file you
specify (by typing in its name and path, browsing to it or using arguments to specify it).
Once you have finished, a new function, called Ext Edit, is added to the Tools menu, which
can be accessed like any other tool as shown in Figure 50.
Figure 50. Customized command in Tools menu
3.8 Tooltips
A local banner describing each tool button can be activated from the Tools menu. In the
Toolbars tab of the Options window, the checkbox Show Tooltips turns on the Tooltips
function. The mouse pointer must remain inactive on the tool button for a short delay to
activate the tooltip.
Figure 51. Tooltips
A mouse-over on any tool button can be set to open a tooltips banner with a short
description of the tool. At the same time, a longer descriptive statement on the selected tool
appears to the far left of the status bar, in the lower left border of the STVD main application
window.
This report offers more detail on the selected tool, and is active even when the tooltips
banner is inactive. The status bar report on a mouse-over of the Run command button is
shown in Figure 52. The corresponding tooltips message is illustrated in Figure 51.