Winac Tool Manager; Inserting Icons Into The Winac Tool Manager - Siemens SIMATIC WinAC Slot 412 Manual

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Using the Tool Manager

4.1

Creating a Toolbar for Easy Access to Your Programs

Figure 4-1 shows the WinAC Tool Manager and its shortcut icon. You can change

the size of the WinAC Tool Manager. You can also display the WinAC Tool

Manager either horizontally or vertically.

Shortcut icon

WinAC

Tool Manager

Figure 4-1

Inserting icons into the WinAC Tool Manager

There are two methods for inserting shortcut icons into the WinAC Tool Manager:

You can insert the program or its shortcut icon in Windows Explorer by

dragging and dropping into the WinAC Tool Manager.

Choose Insert from the menu in WinAC Tool Manager (refer to Figure 4-2).

Note

Some shortcut icons – for example, that of the control panel of the CPU 41x-2 PCI

– pass command line parameters (cmdline). To insert a shortcut for these

programs, you must use Windows Explorer to drag and drop the shortcut onto the

WinAC Tool Manager. Using the Insert menu command results in the command

line parameter being lost.

Perform the following steps to drag and drop icons onto the WinAC Tool Manager:

1. Open Windows Explorer by choosing Start > Programs > Windows NT

Explorer from the menu.

2. Open the WinAC Tool Manager by choosing Start > SIMATIC > PC Based

Control > WinAC Tool Manager from the menu (or by double-clicking the

shortcut icon for the WinAC Tool Manager).

3. In Windows Explorer, select the program whose icon is to be inserted into the