README.md

General Adams View Modifications

Installation

Step 1

Clone this repo and place it adjacent to your adams installation directory(s). For example:

📂Adams
└──📂2021_1_801488
|      📂acar
|      📂adamssdk
|      ...
|      📂win64
└──📂aview_mods_gen   <--- **Place repo here**
|      📜aviewBS.cmd
|      ...
|      📜menu.mnu

Step 2

Replace the aview.pth file in your aview ($top_dir/aview/) directory with aview.pth from this repo.

Step 3

Delete the aviewAS.cmd file in your aview ($top_dir/aview/) directory.

Step 4

Create custom elements (macros, dialog boxes, menus, etc.) and add to your local aview_mods_gen directory.

Step 5

Update the aviewBS.cmd script to load your customizations. This aviewBS.cmd script will run Before Startup (BS) of every Adams View session.

Note: Other aviewBS.cmd scripts which may normally run during startup (e.g. $HOME/aviewBS.cmd) will not run unless you explicitly run them from this new aviewBS.cmd script.

Adding windows context menu options for opening Adams

Step 1

Set a ADAMS_LAUNCH_COMMAND environment variable equal to the path to your mdi.bat script (e.g. C:\Program Files\Adams\2021_1_801488\common\mdi.bat).

Step 2

Run add_windows_context_menus.bat as an administrator.

Note: This will modify the windows registry. You may want to backup your current registry values.