HP Netsight manual Using the AddTool Utility, Menu Text, Hint Text

Appendix A

Batch Customization via AddTool, AddImage, and AddDevType

Using the AddTool, AddImage, and AddDevType tools to expand the capabilities of NetSight Element Manager

Three options — the ability to add an option to the Tools menu, the ability to define a new Node Class to represent a device type, and the ability to define (and add an icon representing) a new Model, Class, Enterprise, or Topology value — are available external to the NetSight Element Manager framework via three executables: AddTool, AddDevType, and AddImage. These programs process input from standard text files and allow for quick batch customization of these functions. The use of each tool is described in detail in the following sections.

Using the AddTool Utility

The AddTool utility allows you to add Tools menu options and Toolbar icons to the NetSight Element Manager framework, as described in Customizing the Toolbar in Chapter 2, Overview of NetSight Element Manager. To do so, you must prepare an input file in one of two formats — comma-separated variable (CSV), or tag/data format — which contains the following information for each tool you wish to add:

Menu Text

This parameter defines the text that will appear in the Tools menu; you can add an ampersand (&) in front of the character you wish to use as the keyboard mnemonic for your new tool option. Note that you cannot duplicate any mnemonics already in use on the Tools menu.

Hint Text

This parameter defines the text description that will appear in the primary window status line when the mouse pointer is held over the associated Toolbar icon or Tools menu pick.

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