Adding an option to the CustomMenu

1. Click the logo corresponding to the product version. Select "CustomMenu .. Customize the <CustomMenu>" from the menu that is displayed.
   
2. The CustomMenu configuration window appears.
   
3. Click "Add".
4. Enter a menu caption.
5. Enter the command lines that will be run when this option is selected. You can type:
   • the executable path: type the path in the control or use the "Browse..." button.
   • macros: click the "Macro" button and double-click the macro that will be added to your command line. For example, "Name of Current Project" {$ProjectName} will be replaced by the name of your project currently edited.
     The main macros are as follows:
     • {$ProjectName}: Name of current project.
     • {$ProjectDir}: Directory of current project.
     • {$FullProjectPath}: Full path of current project.
     • {$ExeName}: Name of executable generated from the current project.
     • {$ConfigName}: Name of current configuration for the current project.
     To find out the entire list of available macros, all you have to do is click the "Macro" button.
6. Select the runtime options of command line:
   • Display the console: a console (command prompt) will be displayed.
   • Leave the console opened: if a console is displayed, it will remain opened until the end of execution of program run.
   • Non-locking execution: the execution of the command line will not lock the access to WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile.
7. Select the runtime directory of program.
8. Enter:
   • the message displayed in the status bar when the option is hovered by the mouse cursor.
   • the icon displayed in front of the option in the CustomMenu.

Deleting an option from the CustomMenu

1. Click the logo corresponding to the product version. Select "CustomMenu .. Customize the <CustomMenu>" from the menu that is displayed.
   
2. The window for configuring the CustomMenu is displayed.
3. Select the menu option to delete.
4. Click the "Delete" button.

Remark

Creating an option to run an executable

1. Click the logo corresponding to the product version. Select "CustomMenu .. Customize the <CustomMenu>" from the menu that is displayed.
   
2. In the window for configuring the CustomMenu, click the "Add an option" button.
3. Type the caption: "Calculator".
4. Click the "Browse..." button and select the "CALC.exe" file (found in the System32 directory of Windows for example).
5. Type "Start the calculator" in the "Message" control and select the "CALC.exe" file again in the "Icon" control.
6. Validate.

Creating a menu option with macros

1. Click the logo corresponding to the product version. Select "CustomMenu .. Customize the <CustomMenu>" from the menu that is displayed.
   
2. In the window for configuring the CustomMenu, click the "Add an option" button.
3. Type the caption: "Project information".
4. Click the "Macro" button and select the "{$ProjectDir}" macro.
5. In the command line, type the "\" character after "{$ProjectDir}".
6. Click the "Macro" button again and select the "{$ProjectDir}" macro.
7. In the command line, type the ".rtf" characters after "{$ProjectDir}" .
8. Type "Information about the project" in the "Message" control.
9. Validate.