Options

Description

Custom Tools grid

This grid displays all Custom Tools that have been configured.

Title

The name of the custom tool as it will appear in the Tools menu.

Shortcut

A keyboard shortcut assigned to use for the tool. This shortcut needs to be unique to the application and not currently in use or it will not work properly.

The shortcut takes the form of Modifier+Key.  The valid modifiers are Shift, Ctrl, and Alt.  Shift cannot be used by itself.  Examples include:

•Ctrl+Q

•Ctrl+Shift+8

•Shift+Alt+B

•Alt+F1

Command Line

This column is not viewable in the grid by default. This is the command that will be run as though run from the Windows command line. It can include environment variables (such as %ProgramFiles% or %SystemRoot%). In addition to the normal environment variables, PDQ Inventory provides additional variables specific to computers to which a command would be run. For additional command line examples, see Using Custom Tools.

Note: The command runs on the local computer, not on the target. This is an important distinction, since a command run through the Tools menu would need to use variables and/or UNC pathnames to be able to perform the command against a target. For example, remotely opening the ADMIN$ share on a target is executed locally with a command, explorer.exe "\\%TARGETHOSTNAME%\ADMIN$".

System Tool

This column is not viewable in the grid by default. When checked, the tool will run from anywhere within the program without needing a computer to be selected. The tool will still receive the above environment variables when a computer is selected.

Edit Tool

Opens the Custom Computer Tool window for the selected tool which includes a Title, a Command Line (see below for more specific information), Shortcut, and selection for whether or not it is a System Tool.

New Tool

Opens the Custom Computer Tool Window (see Using Custom Tools) that allows you to provide the following for the tool:

•Title

•Command Line, which can be manually entered, or in the case of running an .exe, .cmd, .bat files (or all files), selected from the file picker .

•Shortcut, if applicable

•Whether or not it is a System Tool (default is unchecked).

Delete Tool

Deletes the selected custom tool. Confirm the deletion by clicking OK.