Design Tool Properties

The properties page for a design tool lists details about the tool.

Required access roles:

  • App-specific: Defect Engineer
  • Baseline: Owner, Leader, or a user with Review and Approve (RWA) license

To access this page:

  1. View the list of tool suites.
  2. Click the needed tool suite.
  3. Click Tools in the navigation pane.
  4. Click the name of the needed tool.

This page discusses:

Fields

Field NameDescription
NameName of the design tool.
DescriptionDescription of the design tool.
Display StringA brief text description.
Program NameThe command that launches the tool.

For UNIX systems, the name of the executable.

For Windows systems, enter the name of the program in the program group.

ArgumentsThe arguments to pass to the program.
Is GraphicalYes if the tool has a graphical interface.

No if the tool has a command line interface.

Starting DirectoryThe directory to set as the current working directory (cwd) for the tool when it starts. This starting directory overrides the Starting directory defined for the Tool Suite. Users can specify a different starting directory when they connect to their development area.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

Required access roles:

  • App-specific: Defect Engineer
  • Baseline: Administrator, Owner, or Leader

Action NameDescriptionFor More Information
Edit Edits the properties shown on this page.Editing Design Tool Properties
Make Inactive Moves the tool from the active state to the inactive state.-
Make Active Moves the tool from inactive state to the active state.-