Quick Launch
To add an application to the action pane:
Open the Settings dialog.
Click Quick launch.
Click Add.
Select the executable file and click Open.
Select Launch with patient data to launch the third party application with patient data.
Enter the file path to the application in the Application path field or click Browse to go to the application executable file and click Open.
Note
In the above example, IPS CaseDesigner has been added, but you could link any third-party application to the quick launch in the action pane.
If the Launch with patient data check box is selected, you can enter the file path of where to store the exported data in the Export directory field or click Browse to go to the location and click Select folder. Export parameters can be set by entering them in the Export parameters field.
Note
The quick launch icon will be able to transfer patient details and images only if the third-party application supports the use of necessary parameters.
The following parameters are supported:
| Parameter | Syntax | Description |
| First name | %firstname% | This tag will be replaced by the first name of the patient. |
| %firstname simplified% | Adding the 'simplified' tag will remove any special characters of the patient name. | |
| Last name | %lastname% | This tag will be replaced by the last name of the patient. |
| %lastname simplified% | Adding the 'simplified' tag will remove any special characters of the patient name. | |
| Patient ID | %patientid% | This tag will be replaced by the patient ID of the patient. |
| Date of birth | %dateofbirth% | This tag will be replaced by the date of birth of the patient. The default date format is the format set in DTX Studio™ settings. |
| %dateofbirth yyyy-mm-dd% | It is possible to specify the date format by using mask characters*. | |
| Gender | %gender% | This tag will be replaced by the gender of the patient. |
| Argument images | %argument images% | This tag sets how to export the images. E.g. "%-i images% will result in -i "image/path/one.png", -i "image/path/tow.png", ... The argument is repeated as many times as there are images. |
* Mask characters
| Mask Character | Description | Example |
| mmmm | Full month name | April |
| mmm | Abbreviated month name | Apr |
| mm | Month number with two digits | 04 |
| m | Month number with one digit if lower than 10 | 4 |
| dd | Day number with two digits | 03 |
| d | Day number with one digit if lower than 10 | 3 |
| yyyy | Year number with four digits | 1956 |
| yy | Year number with two digits | 56 |
Notes
If the image parameter is included, the Export images dialog is shown when launching the third-party application. 3D scans are exported as multiframe DICOMs.
For Invivo, only the image parameter is available.
Select Show verbose to also open a command line tool displaying which parameters will be sent to the application.
Click OK.
Note
Up to five third-party applications can be added to the quick launch.