.TH toolbar 3erl "toolbar 1.4.2.2" "Ericsson AB" "Erlang Module Definition"
.SH NAME
toolbar \- GUI for Starting Tools and User Contributions
.SH DESCRIPTION
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Warning:
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The Toolbar application is deprecated and will be removed in R16\&.

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Toolbar makes it easier to use the different Erlang tools - and the user contributions - which are provided\&. It has a graphical user interface with an icon for each tool\&. Clicking the icon activates the corresponding tool\&.
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All tools to be included on Toolbar must have a configuration file containing information about the tool, for example its start function and help information location\&. Configuration files must have the \fI\&.tool\fR\& suffix\&.
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When started, Toolbar automatically checks for \fI*\&.tool\fR\& files in the current path and adds the corresponding tools\&. For each \fIebin\fR\& directory found in the path, it will also look in a \fIpriv\fR\& directory next to it\&. This is a feature of the Erlang file structure\&.
.SH EXPORTS
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start() -> ok | already_started
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Creates a window containing tool icons\&.
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version() -> string()
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Returns the current version number of Toolbar\&.
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update() -> ok | {error,not_started}
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Makes a search for new tool files in the current path and adds the corresponding tools to Toolbar window\&.
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quit() -> ok | {error,not_started}
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create_tool_file() -> ok | {error,not_started}
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Starts the GUI used for creating and editing tool files\&.
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add_gs_contribs() -> ok | {error,not_started}
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Adds the path to the directory where the GS contributions are situated and add the tools found there, if any\&.
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