Launch Applications

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Launch Applications


 

Editor-Icon Launch Applications

 


 

When the Launch Applications tab is selected the following options are available:

 

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Figure 1. Preferences Dialog Box. Launch Applications Tab Selected

 

This setting displays the list of third-party applications currently featured in the Launch Applications Toolbar. This toolbar provides a convenient way to open active documents using third party applications. Follow the instructions below to add new applications/edit existing applications:

 

Click New to add a new application. The dialog box in (figure 2) will open.

Click Edit to edit an existing application.

Click Make Current to set the application currently selected as the default application.

Use the arrows to move the search launch application currently selected up or down in the window.

Use the trashcan icon to remove the application currently selected.

Select the Hide applications detected automatically box as desired.

 

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Figure 2. New Launch Application Dialog Box

 

Enter a name for the launch application in the Name text box.

Enter the path executable in the Path text box, or use the folder icon to select the application manually. Add the desired parameters to the application. These parameters are variables that result in the retention of specific document values when they are moved to the command that launches third-party applications. The available parameters are macros. 'Macro' is an abbreviation of 'macroinstruction' - a term in computer science for a rule or pattern that specifies how an input sequence of characters should be mapped to a corresponding output sequence. Enter macros in the Parameters text box as desired. Alternatively, use the icon to select them manually. The following parameters are available for all applications:

File name, which uses the variable %1 and inherits the file name and path. This is the only parameter that is required in all cases and it must be contained in double quotation marks.

Zoom, which uses the variable %z and inherits the zoom level.

Page Number, which uses the variable %p and inherits the current page number.

Page (0-base numeration), which uses the variable %p0 and inherits the first numerical page number that starts at 01, 02 etc.

Position X (in pixels), which uses the variable %vx and inherits the position viewed position viewed along the x axis.

Position Y (in pixels), which uses the variable %vy and inherits the position viewed position viewed along the y axis.

Position X (in pt), which uses the variable %px and inherits the position viewed position viewed along the x axis in pt.

Position Y (in pt), which uses the variable %py and inherits the position viewed position viewed along the y axis in pt.

View Rotation, which uses the variable %vr and inherits the rotation status of documents.

Further macros than those detailed above are available, but it is necessary to use the launch commands of the application in question. For example, if PDF-XChange Viewer is being used, the launch command to open a file to a specific page is /A "page=<page_number>". Therefore the parameter /A "page=%p" "%1" would be used, where the desired page number is entered as the %p variable and the file name is entered as the %1 variable. If more than one parameter is being used then parameters must be separated with an "&" symbol. Please note that some applications may not support the use of parameters.

Click OK to add new applications.

 

Then, in the Preferences dialog box, click Apply to apply changes and OK to save changes.