Tool list
With the tool list, you can add applications or scripts to your FileCommander. This tool list allows you to have quick
access on every important application on your PC. The best clue is: you can open any file with any application. If you want
to do this, simple press right on the file you want to open with a tool. Then selected Open with and select any tool.
The selected application will now execute and open the selected file.
This might be very important for the following example:
Image, you have a picture on your hard disc. It is a jpeg-file. By default, this file will be opened with Irfan View for example.
But you want to modify this picture. Now you have two options.
- You can run the application, which can modify this picture. Then you select Open in this application and than you have
to browse again to the location of the file. This is not very fast
- Now we want to do the same, but faster: Press right on the picture, selected Open with and select the tool in your tool list.
As you can see, it is very simple and fast to open any file with any tool of the tool list.
Note: It is advised to split the tool list in several sub folders, like Picture editors, Text editors and so on.
Doing this does not take much more time to create a tool list for your PC.
FileCommaner creates a sample tool list at the first startup of FileCommander. You can eather use/modfiy this tool list or create a new one. Its your choice.
Main window
The main window:

This is the main window of the tool list. Here you can create, modify or delete
entries of your tool list.
- The sub folders of your tool list are displayed here (press your Right mouse button on any tool folder to modify it)
- Every tool of the selected tool folder is displayed here (press your Right mouse button on any tool entry to modify it)
- You can preview your current tool list here.
- This button clears to complete tool list.
Warning: Every entry will be deleted
- This button closes the tool list edit window without saving the changes
- Save the tool list and close this window
Create / modify a tool folder

This popup menu will appear, if you click right on any folder (except the [ROOT] folder, which can not be
modified).
- Create folder: This option will create a new tool folder. The folder will be saved as a child of the
selected tool folder
- Rename folder: This option renames the selected tool folder
- Delete folder: This option deletes the selected folder.
Warning: Every sub folder and every tool in this folder will be deleted, too
- Move up: This option switches the position of the current and of the upper tool folder
- Move down: This option switches the position of the current and of the lower tool folder
Create / modify a tool entry

This popup menu will appear, if you click right on any tool.
- Add tool: This option will create a new tool.
- Edit tool: This option modifies the selected tool
- Delete Tool: This option deletes the selected tool.
- Move up: This option switches the position of the current and of the upper tool
- Move down: This option switches the position of the current and of the lower tool
Creating / Editing a tool folder

With this dialog, you can change/create a tool folder.
- Enter the name of the folder here.
- You can enter a comment for this folder here
- Close this window without saving any changes
- Close this window and save the changes
Creating / Editing a tool

With this dialog, you can change/create a tool.
- This is the file name of the tool. Press Browse to search for any file
- This is the display name of the tool. This text will be visible in the tool list
- This is the default folder for this tool.
- You can modify the startup parameters here. Press the ? for more information
Warning: If you enter an empty string here, the Open with function will not work with this tool
- You can enter any comment here
- If selected, the comment will be shown before executing the file.
- Press this button, if you only want to add a script (see below for more information)
- You can specify applications, which should be executed before executing the current tool (see number [14] - [18] for details).
- You can specify applications, which should be executed after executing the current tool (see number [14] - [18] for details).
- You can enter any script here, which should be executed before executing the current tool (e.g. "Application.Minimize")
(see Console for more details).
- You can enter any script here, which should be executed after executing the current tool (e.g. "Application.Restore")
(see Console for more details).
- Close this window without saving any changes
- Close this window and save the changes
- Add a new tool in the Before executing/After executing tool list
- Delete the selected tool from the Before executing/After executing tool list
- Modify the selected tool of the Before executing/After executing tool list
- Move the selected tool of the Before executing/After executing tool list up
- Move the selected tool of the Before executing/After executing tool list down
Creating / Editing a script in the tool list

With this dialog, you can create/modify a script and save it to the tool list
- Press this button to add an application as a tool (browse up for details)
- This is the display name of the tool. This text will be visible in the tool list
- Enter the script here (see Console for more details).
- Close this dialog without saving any changes
- Close this dialog and save the changes
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