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 Executing the AddTool Command,

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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 down; the AddTool utility will not run if NetSight Element Manager is running.

2.Select Start—>Runfrom the Windows Start button, then enter the following 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

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Using the AddTool Utility

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