Quick Launch
To add any third-party application to the action pane:
Open the Settings dialog.
Click Quick launch.
Click Add.
Select the executable file and click Open.
Note
Select Launch with patient data to launch the third-party application with patient data. This only works if the third-party application supports command line parameters.
Click Browse to choose a location for the exported data. Click Select folder. Alternatively, enter the file path in the Export directory field. Specify which data is exported by adding export parameters to the Export parameters field.
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™ Clinic 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.
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.