IDE Window: External Tool

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  Note: External tools are global, not project specific

Title

This name is is shown in the IDE menu.

Program Filename

The full path to the tool. For example:

 /usr/bin/ppc386

Parameters

The command line parameters. For example:

 -l test.pas

Working Directory

The directory, where to start the tool. All relative paths will be relative to this.

Options

Scan output for FPC messages

Parse the output for FPC messages and jump to errors.

Show console

Only available on MS Windows. Creates a console. Default is false. Since 1.7.

Hide window

Only available on MS Windows. Do not show the application window. Default is true. Since 1.7.

Scan output for make messages

Parse the output for make messages and jump to errors.

Key

Define the shortcut for this tool. This is optional.

Macros

You can use macros in the programfilename, the parameters and the working directory.

See IDE Macros in paths and filenames.

Examples

Run cmd.exe

Choose <Tools><Configure External Tools> from the lazarus main menu and setup the following.

• Title: cmd.exe
• Program Filename: C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
• Working Directory: $(ProjPath)
• Disable all scanners
• Show console: enable
• Hide window: disable

Run Tortoisesvn to checkout or update your local svn repository

Add a function to checkout svn sources from the repository. This example shows how to do this if you are on windows and have tortoisesvn installed. First create a batch-file in the folder lazarus\tools. (e.g lazarus\tools\checkout_lazarus_win.bat)

tortoiseproc /command:checkout /url:"http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk/" /path:"..\"

Then choose <Tools><Configure External Tools> from the lazarus main menu and setup the following.

• Title: Checkout Lazarus
• Program Filename: $LazarusDir()\tools\checkout_lazarus_win.bat
• Working Directory: $LazarusDir()\tools\

If you want to add an additional function to update the Lazarus sources from repository, then you can create another batch-file with the following content.

tortoiseproc /command:update /path:"..\"