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TCI Dialogs The TCI menus lead to several dialog boxes. Each is listed here for quick reference, though in general you will find it easier to learn about each one from the context in which it is used (for example, the information referenced below on the tool bar dialog will be more useful after you have read the section on the tool bar). TCI uses standard Windows dialogs for tasks like printing, selecting a font, or browsing files and directories. These dialogs are provided by Windows, not TCI, and are common to most Windows programs; they are not documented within this help system. The reference in parentheses after certain dialogs listed below shows the name of the menu you can use to access that dialog. Run Program Dialog The Run Program dialog (called from the Apps menu) allows you to run a program by typing its name or browsing the disk. In the Command Line edit box, you can enter the name of any executable program plus command line parameters. If you click on the arrow to the right of the edit box, the dialog displays a list of previous commands you have entered during the current TCI session. The optional Run As and Password edit boxes allow you to start the program in a different user account. (If they are left blank, the program will be started in the current user account.) The Tab, Normal, Minimized, and Maximized radio buttons determine the type of window that will be used for the program. Tab will start the program as a new tab in TCI. If you select Minimized, the program will start as an icon on the Taskbar. Maximized starts the program in a full-screen window. The Normal button lets the operating system select the size and position of the program's window. The Browse button leads to a standard file browser from which you can select any executable program. Your choice will be placed in the Command Line edit box, and you can add parameters before selecting OK to run the program. Tool Bar Dialog This dialog (called from the TCI Options menu) allows you to define or modify buttons on the tool bar. The tool bar dialog will display 50 buttons (1-25 in the first row, and 26-50 in the second row). The Font Size setting applies to the display text for all buttons on the TCI tool bar. Select the button you want to define, modify, or delete by clicking on it. A second dialog opens to let you define the label, command, directory, and mode for the button. A toolbar button can either open a new tab, send keystrokes to the current tab, or insert a separator (additional space) between toolbar buttons. You can define a toolbar button to display either an icon, a text label, or both. You must specify either the Icon or Label fields. If you enter both, TCI will display the text to the right of the icon on the button. In the Icon field, enter the filename for the icon (.ico) or bitmap (.bmp) that you want to display on the button. In the Label field, enter the text that you want to display on the button. In the Command field, you can enter either the command to be started in a new tab ("Start new tab"), or the keystrokes to be sent to the current tab ("Send to current tab"). In the Command field, enter the command to be executed when you select the button on the tool bar. You can use the Browse button to find a path and filename to be entered at the beginning of the Command field. If the tab is sending keystrokes to the current tab, the text is in the same format as the KEYSTACK command in 4NT and Take Command: Keystroke Interpretation Characters entered within double quotes, e.g., "abc" will be sent to the active console application as is. The only items allowed outside the quotes are key names, the ! and /W options, and a repeat count. If keyname is a number, it is interpreted as a scan code. See Key Names for the codes you need. Repetition. To send keyname several times, follow it with a space, left bracket [, the repetition count, and a right bracket ]. For example, the command below will send the Enter key 4 times: enter [4] The repeat count works only with an individual keyname. It cannot be used with quoted strings. You must have a blank space between the keyname and the repetition count. If you exit by choosing the OK button, any changes you have made will be saved in TCI.INI, and reloaded automatically the next time you start TCI. If you use the Cancel button, your changes will be discarded. If you want to rearrange the order of the buttons on the tool bar, use a text editor (e.g. Windows' Notepad) to edit the [Buttons] section of TCI.INI. Simply rearrange the lines into the order you wish, and renumber the buttons accordingly. |