Executing The Addtool Command - Enterasys Netsight User Manual

Batch Customization via AddTool, AddImage, and AddDevType
need not use placeholders for optional fields you do not wish to use. The end of each entry
is signaled by a separator line containing three dots; any additional blank lines between
entries are ignored. Note that the filename cannot contain spaces.
If you choose to use the tag/data format for your input files, you must launch the AddTool
utility with a special switch, as described in
page
The following tag/data formatted file would add the MIB Tools and Notepad utilities to
the Tools menu and toolbar; it also demonstrates that optional fields you do not wish to
use need not appear in the tool entry.
Tag/Data Sample File
Menu text : MIB &Tools
Hint text : Launch the MIB Tools application
Bubble text : MIB Tools
Command : MIBMGR.EXE
Arguments : /ip %I /comm %C
Working directory : D:\NetSight Element Manager x.x\DATA
Small image file : smlLeaf.bmp
Large image file : lrgLeaf.bmp
...
Menu text : &Notepad
Hint text : Launch Notepad
Bubble text : Notepad
Command : C:\WINNT\notepad.exe
Small image file : C:\images\small_note.bmp
Large image file : C:\images\large_note.bmp
...

Executing the AddTool Command

Once you have created the necessary input files, you can run the AddTool utility via the
Run window, as follows:
1. Make sure NetSight Element Manager and all of its components are shut
2. Select Start—>Run from the Windows Start button, then enter the following
A-4
A-4.
down; the AddTool utility will not run if NetSight Element Manager is running.
command in the Open field:
C:\NetSight Element Manager x.x\bin\AddTool.exe [/M] [/D]
input_filename
where:
/M or /m signals that the input file is in multi-line tag/data format
/D or /d signals that the input file is in CSV format, but does not contain the
initial descriptive line
input_filename specifies the path and filename of your input file
Executing the AddTool
Using the AddTool Utility
Command,