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Elvin Name: The name that the program uses for elvin messages.

Tab: The name of the tab that contains the launch tool will be in, you can .  To create a new tab, type in a new tab name and it will be created.

Group: The group that the launch tool will be in, you can is in.  To create a new group, type in a new group name and it will be created. 

Selected Machine: The machine that will be the default selected machine to launch it on.

Type: there are 6 types.

  • normal = A :  The normal launch tool, most programs will use this one.
  • agent = : Use this one if you are when launching an agent. 
  • runall = This one indicates that you are : Use this when creating a launch tool that will run runs the checked launch tools (see Launching Multiple Programs at Once).
  • first_wait = When : Use this when launching with a runall type , it will launch this program first and will wait however many seconds that you specify before continuing to launch the rest of the checked programs. to delay time before the next checked program launches.  This is useful for programs like such as the UT Server that take takes time to start up. There could be multiple   Multiple first_wait programs . They will all be launched one after another and then wait the maximum time specified in all.wait = When can be used with each subsequent program launching after the time specified.
  • wait:  Use this when launching with a runall type, it wait however many seconds that you specify after launching this program.
  • logger = This is a special logging tool that is started automatically when the tool is launched.
  • wait_component = This makes the component wait on the specified component (who whose value (elvin-name) is specified in the Wait Component). You can also specify    It's also possible to specify the time in 'seconds after the wait component is launched'. 

Checked: If selected, the check-box will be defaulted to be selected.

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File: The file that should be launched to run the program.  It will likely typically be an exe or a bat file. If you use   Use the "Browse..." button and it will automatically format it correctly for youput it in the correct format.

Parameters: These are the parameters that will be shown on the launcher. You can also specify some pre  Pre-set values for themare customizable.  The "+", "-", and "Edit" buttons are self-explanatory.

Click the "Cancel" button to cancel without keeping your any changes.

Click the "Delete" button (only when editing) to delete the launch tool.

Click the "Accept" button (only when editing) to commit your all changes.

Click the "Create" button (only when creating) to create the launch tool.

Be sure to save your a new Master Profile if you want to keep your all changes.

Clicking on a Launch Tool


Left clicking click on a launch tool's name label will display to display a small dialogdialogue-like window that contains information about the launch tool such as its elvin name (vhmsg name), its arguments, etc. Right click will  

Right click to display the following menu items:

  • "Edit <tool name>"

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  • : Opens the Editing

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  • dialogue for the launch tool

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  • "Clone <tool name>"

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  • :  Opens the Creating

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  • dialogue, but the new tool will be pre-populated with the data from this launch tool.
  • "Switch to Build Mode"

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  • : Makes this launch tool use the 'build' version of its program.
  • "Switch to SVN Mode"

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  • : Makes this launch tool use the 'svn' version of its program.
  • "Set as not Launched"

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  • : Sets this launch tool as not being launched

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Launching a program locally

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