{"id":139,"date":"2014-02-04T17:39:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/?p=139"},"modified":"2014-02-04T17:39:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:39:31","slug":"custom-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/tutorials\/custom\/shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Custom Shortcuts with VisualGDB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This tutorial shows how to define and use custom shortcuts for VisualGDB projects outside of building and debugging.<\/p>\n

Before we begin, ensure that VisualGDB 4.1<\/a> or later is installed.<\/p>\n

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  1. For the purpose of this tutorial we use the code from the ImageMagick tutorial<\/a>, but create the project using file transfer instead of shared folders. Note that the techniques described in this tutorial apply to all VisualGDB Project types (e.g. also for Windows<\/a>, Android<\/a> or Embedded<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  2. Build the project and make sure there is a image file to modify. Here we use the ArrowRight.png file in the project directory as in the previous tutorial.<\/li>\n
  3. In the next steps we will make a custom shortcut that will transfer the image file to the build machine, run our program with it, then transfer back the transformed image and open it.<\/li>\n
  4. Open VisualGDB Project Properties.\"001-properties\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Go to the Custom shortcuts page and click on Add.\"002-shortcuts\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Name the new action list and click on “Add” to add a new command. The action list name will be displayed in menus later on.\"002-new\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Add a command to transfer the ArrowRight.png file from the local machine to the build machine. Click on OK.\"004-transfer\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Add another command to execute the program with the arguments on the remote machine. Click on OK.\"005-run\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Add a command to transfer the resulting ArrowRotated.png back to the local machine. Click on OK.\"006-retrieve\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Add a command to open the ArrowRotated.png on the local machine. Click on OK.\"007-open\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. The resulting command list looks as follows. Click on OK.\"008-shortcut\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Now a custom shortcut is specified. Click on OK to exit the Project Properties.\"010-customshortcut\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Go to the Project menu and execute the custom shortcut.\"009-test\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. A window will appear showing the custom actions of the shortcut.\"011-runninf\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. The picture will be opened. You can close the command window now.\"012-paint\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. All the text output from custom shortcuts is put into a special filter of the Output window.\"013-output\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. You can also execute custom shortcuts from the toolbar. To show the VisualGDB toolbar, right-click in the toolbar area and choose “VisualGDB”. \"014-addtoolbar\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. To execute custom shortcuts from the toolbar, first select the command from the list and click on “Execute Shortcut”. The command will execute the same way as from the Project menu.\"015-executefromtoolbar\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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