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IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm 9.70.x

Configure Tools dialog box

In this section:

What do you want to do?

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The Configure Tools dialog box is available from the Tools menu.

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Use this dialog box to specify a tool of your choice to add to the Tools menu, for example Notepad:

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Note

If you intend to add an external tool to the standard build toolchain, see Extending the toolchain.

Bulb.pngYou can use variables in the arguments, which allows you to set up useful tools such as interfacing to a command line revision control system, or running an external tool on the selected file.

To add a command line command or batch file to the Tools menu:

  1. Type or browse to the cmd.exe command shell in the Command text box.

  2. Type the command line command or batch file name in the Argument text box as:

    /C name

    where name is the name of the command or batch file you want to run.

    The /C option terminates the shell after execution, to allow the IDE to detect when the tool has finished.

    For an example, see Adding command line commands to the Tools menu.

New

Creates a stub for a new menu command for you to configure using this dialog box.

Delete

Removes the command selected in the Menu Content list.

Menu Content

Lists all menu commands that you have defined.

Menu Text

Specify the name of the menu command. If you add the & sign anywhere in the name, the following letter, N in this example, will appear as the mnemonic key for this command. The text you specify will be reflected in the Menu Content list.

Command

Specify the tool and its path, to be run when you choose the command from the menu. A browse button is available.

Argument

Optional. Specify an argument for the command.

Initial Directory

Specify an initial working directory for the tool.

Redirect to Output window

Makes the IDE send any console output from the tool to the Tool Output page in the message window. Tools that are launched with this option cannot receive any user input, for instance input from the keyboard.

Tools that require user input or make special assumptions regarding the console that they execute in, will not work at all if launched with this option.

Prompt for Command Line

Makes the IDE prompt for the command line argument when the command is chosen from the Tools menu.

Tool Available

Specifies in which context the tool should be available. Choose between:

  • Always

  • When debugging

  • When not debugging.