HP Netsight manual Executing the AddTool Command, Tag/Data Sample File

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,

page A-4.

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

A-4 Using the AddTool Utility