Issue
Creating a new menu command that will open PDF files.
Environment
User Menu
Popup Menu
Menu Commands
Cause
A command to open PDF files is not available.
Resolution
To create a new "Pop-up Menu Command" carry out the following.
- From the Sigma System Manager window open "Sigma System Setup"
- Select "General" and "Pop-up Menu Commands"
- Select "File" and "New". Enter an appropriate name for this command
- Select the command you have just added
- User Access - If required select using the browse function.
- Select "Built In" functions if required, and select the function adding the record name.
- External functions
-
Executable Path - enter the full path to the programme you require, in this case the programme is Adobe and the path is
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
-
Command line Options - This option allows the user to specify the command being used and the path to the required file, in this case the command line is
C:\Sigma\Data\Graphics\Drawings\Test File {Graphic Num}.pdf
-
This command is to open files with a name of "Test File" and a number which corresponds to the number of the graphic associated with an object.. Therefore if a Sigma object has a graphic of 10 programmed, this command will open a file called Test File 10.pdf
-
Notice that the Command Line Option includes {Graphic Num} this entry is achieved by selecting "Graphic Number" in the "Formal Fields" options box and then choosing "Select".
-
Having saved the new command configuration, it can now be added to the required menu.
