Field

Purpose

User Program List

Select an item in the list to Display/Edit it in the form fields

Text as it appears in the menu

This is the label that appears in the “Tools>User Programs” Menu. It will also show in the Explorer and Forms toolbar, when an icon is not specified

Program

This is the Windows Path to the Program to be run as the User Program. An example is shown above for running MS Access and opening a database. If the program is on the network then a UNC path is best

Command Line Parameters

This line is for recording any parameters that need to be included by the specified program.  E.g. the external MS Access database, for a special Asset Form, the parameters might be /x mymacro /cmd [AssetID], where [AssetID] is

•    an Asset selected in the Asset Explorer

•    a selection of Assets in a View List

•    an Asset in the Asset Form

So this User Program will only be available, when one of the above items is true.

/x mymacro

The /x parameter runs a specified macro, when MS Access starts, instead of the AutoExec macro (if there is one).

/cmd [Assetid]

The /cmd parameter must be the last option on the command line. It applies to the macro that runs at startup and will accept one of the following fields; [AssetID], [TypeID],[FamilyCode], [BusinessID], [ActionID], [ActionReferenceID]

The field sets the context for Conquest to know, when to show the User Program in the menu and toolbar as mentioned above.

Icon

Use this field to specify the path to a bmp file that will be used as the button icon in the Explorer and Forms toolbar.  The Button at the end of the Icon line opens a file browser dialog form to select a bmp file and, once selected, show the appearance of the icon

Show in Toolbar

Tick this checkbox for the User Program to be displayed in the Explorer and Forms toolbar

Make available to all users

An Administrator can tick this checkbox to allow all users to be able to run the User Program