Edit . Define 'Define - Action Menu Item' - Program Help
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Use this option:
To Add or Change an Action Menu Item
To Remove one or all Action Menu Items
The Action menu allows you to open any file with any application.
Action menu offers a much greater amount of flexibility than Explorer or other shell programs.
With a single F-key, files can be opened in other applications.
- Any file can be opened with any application regardless of its filetype.
- F-keys are available to open selected file(s) with a single keystroke.
- Action menu items can be defined easily by selecting from a list of Windows/K-free associations.
- Or use the wizard to automatically define a set of action menus corresponding to associations for a file type.
The Action menu is in four parts according to F-Key combinations that are available.
For convenience/ease of use, groups of applications can be defined on a group of F-keys with the same number.
This is the way that Action menus have been setup when you installed K-free. Use the Setup Wizard to do this again and change the final result.
E.g.
Define IE, Opera, Dreamweaver and Frontpage Express to use F12, Ctrl-F12, Shift-F12 and Shift-Ctrl-F12 respectively.
Define applications for viewing/changing pictures on F11 keys, etc.
The four parts are:
On the main action menu are Items 4-12 that are the external applications that can (mostly) be started using F-Keys without Shift/Ctl.
There are 3 other action submenus containing applications that will be started with Ctl+F-key, Shift+F-Key, Ctl+Shift+F-Key respectively.
E.g. To Access an application which is on Menu More Actions (Shift-Ctrl) at position 12 Shift+Ctrl+F12, hold both Shift and ctrl keys down and then press F12. The application will then be started once for each file selected.
Note that some F-Key combinations - e.g. F4,F5,F10 - are used elsewhere in K-free/Windows and therefore not available on the Action menu.
See Also:
Use Of Kyboma/K-free Associations
How To Fix Problems With Kyboma/K-free Associations or Action definitions.
To Add or Change an Action Menu Item
1. Select The Action Menu Item to be Changed
2. Enter Details of Menu Item
1. Select The Action Menu Item to be Changed
Select Option Define/Action from the Edit menu.
All available Action menu items will be Listed whether or not a current definition exists.
On The List of Action menu items:
- "F-Key" will show F6, F7, F8, etc. when available.
If The F-key is shown as blank then that F-key is not available on the Action menu but is used elsewhere in K-free. E.g. F5, Shift+Ctrl+F5, Ctrl+F5 are used for refresh, add dir and refresh, single dir refresh.
- "Now defined as" will show Exe name and parameters.
Special application for the current definition will be shown here if the menu item is defined as a special application.
Parameters are shortname, noquotes and Use dde. These are listed when the corresponding option ["Use Short(8.3) File Names", "No quotes ..." and "Use DDE"] is checked.
- The Options column will contain FirstOnly / DoNotPause when the option is checked. It will also contain the directory entered for Move/Copy actions.
The DDE definition cannot be seen on this list. Select the action menu item and press the "Specify DDE parameters" button to view and change the DDE definition.
If any data is too long to be fully displayed, use Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+double_Click to see it.
[Hold Ctrl key down and double-click or press double-click key (usually Z)]
2. Enter Details of Menu Item
Description is used only for extra associations.
Usually it is easiest to copy an existing association that has been defined for either Windows or K-free.
To Copy an association, select "List Windows associations" or "List K-free associations".
Associations for all file types will be listed. Any existing associations for the current file type will be shown first.
Select any existing association using up/down keys on list or using the mouse and press Enter or Copy Association button to copy all details to the current definition screen.
NB the new association will not be saved until you press OK on the first "Change association .." screen.
See List K-free or Windows Associations for more help on the List screen.
Associations can also be entered manually as either a Link To another application or a Special Action.
Press "Special Action" to define an item on the action menu which calls one of the allowed K-free functions.
First press Special Action to choose the action:
Special actions include show file in K-free or Move/Copy File.
Select the action required from the list.
For Move/Copy a directory must also be entered to which the file will be moved or copied when the action is selected or if it is the default action when the file is double-clicked.
Select special action "Open/Print/Explore using Windows Association" to pass each file selected to Windows API function ShellExecute. See An alternative way to open files using the windows association.
Manual Specification of a Link To another application is recommended only for advanced users.
Exe name and command line parameters should be entered separately.
Exe name can be entered without a path (e.g. notepad.exe) if the program would usually be available without the path. A warning will be displayed if the exe cannot be found in a directory specified in the path statement.
Browse can be used to select an exe name.
If Use DDE is selected, you can enter standard DDE parameters in the same format as that used by Windows using the "Specify DDE ..." button. The documentation for the application to which the association points should be consulted for info on DDE parameters for that application.
If Pass file is selected, how many files to pass is specified using the "Specify Files ..." button. Usually file names passed will be enclosed within quotes to allow spaces within file names. For some older (Windows 3.1/Dos) applications, quotes will not be allowed. To override addition of quotes, check "No Quotes ...".
Additional options specify the format of the string to be executed. They Can be entered using the "Options" button.
Exe name parameter and file names will usually be concatenated as "exe parameter files". To avoid adding either or both spaces, check the option.
By default a long file name will be passed to the application. For old windows applications, a short name will be required and Use short (8.3) names should be checked.
Finally a command line string can be entered in the same format as used by Windows including parameters %1, %2, etc. The selected file name and printer parameters will be used to substitute the %1, %2 specifications.
To process a command line string in this way, enter the string as exe name prefixed with "Substitute %1 In: ".
To Remove one or all Action Menu Items
Select Option Define/Action from the Edit menu.
All available Action menu items will be Listed whether or not a current definition exists.
On The List of Action menu items:
- "F-Key" will show F6, F7, F8, etc. when available.
If The F-key is shown as blank then that F-key is not available on the Action menu but is used elsewhere in K-free. E.g. F5, Shift+Ctrl+F5, Ctrl+F5 are used for refresh, add dir and refresh, single dir refresh.
- "Now defined as" will show Exe name and parameters.
Special application for the current definition will be shown here if the menu item is defined as a special application.
Parameters are shortname, noquotes and Use dde. These are listed when the corresponding option ["Use Short(8.3) File Names", "No quotes ..." and "Use DDE"] is checked.
- The Options column will contain FirstOnly / DoNotPause when the option is checked. It will also contain the directory entered for Move/Copy actions.
The DDE definition cannot be seen on this list. Select the action menu item and press the "Specify DDE parameters" button to view and change the DDE definition.
If any data is too long to be fully displayed, use Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+double_Click to see it.
[Hold Ctrl key down and double-click or press double-click key (usually Z)]
To Remove a single Action menu item use Up/Down keys to select it and press Remove Action.
To Remove all Action menus. Just press Remove All.
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