Options - General - Custom Tools

Use the Custom Tools page to register alternative editors, processors, preprocessors, or postprocessors. For example, you can register a custom tool that configures Internet Explorer to display the document you are working on.

After you register a tool here, Stylus Studio adds an entry for it to the Stylus Studio Tools menu.

Command

Specify or select the absolute path of the command that starts your tool. This can be a .exe, .bat, or .cmd file.

Arguments

Specify any arguments required by your tool. For typical arguments, such as path, directory, name, extension, or classpath, click .

Initial directory

Specify the directory that you want Stylus Studio to use to find any files needed to start your process.

Path

Define any paths required to execute your tool. You do not need to specify paths that are already in your PATH environment variable.

Prompt for arguments

If you specify any arguments here, then after you select your custom tool from the Stylus Studio Tools menu, Stylus Studio displays a dialog box that prompts for the arguments.

Use Output Window

When selected, Stylus Studio displays output from your custom tool in the Stylus Studio Output Window.

Save All documents before execution

Prompts Stylus Studio to save all open documents before running this tool.

Buttons

Define a new custom tool.

Delete the selected custom tool.

Move the selected custom tool one place up in the list of custom tools. The order of the tools here determines the order of the selections in the Stylus Studio Tools menu.

Move the selected custom tool one place down in the list of custom tools.

Browse the file system.

Display a pop-up list of variables.

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