Quick Launch
To add a third-party application shortcut to the action pane:
Open the Settings dialog.
Click Quick launch.
Click Add.
Select the executable file and click Open.
If needed, change the Application name.
Optionally, 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.
Specify which data is exported by adding export parameters to the Export parameters field.
Click Browse to choose a location for the exported data. Click Select folder.
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 as defined by the user in the DTX user interface. |
| 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. |
| Gender | %gender% | This tag will be replaced by the gender of the patient. |
| Images | %images% |
This tag will be replaced by all selected images. Any command-line option of the third-party application within the %images% tag will be repeated for each image. E.g. %-i images% will result in -i image1 -i image2 … -i imageN, ... |
| Patient reference | %patientreference% | This tag will be replaced by the unique internal patient ID (e.g. PMS ID or DTX ID). |
* 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.
Select Sync patient before launching to locally sync the patient record before launching the third-party application. This ensures that third-party applications which send information back, work properly.
Click OK.
Note
Up to five third-party applications can be added to the quick launch.