Using the General Toolbox

The General Toolbox is a container for:

Actions built into HP VUE.
Actions placed there by your system administrator for system-wide use.

You can move about in the General Toolbox and invoke actions from it. However, you are not allowed to write to it (unless you are logged in as superuser). Therefore, you cannot add actions to it or reorganize it.

Some of the actions in the General Toolbox require you to be logged in as superuser. If you try to start one of these actions logged in as yourself, a dialog box will prompt you for the root password.

“Starting Applications or Utilities”, earlier in this chapter, explains how to start actions.

Opening the General Toolbox

Display the Tools subpanel by choosing the up arrow above the Tools control.
Choose General in the Tools subpanel.
To close the subpanel, choose the down arrow at the bottom of the subpanel.

Figure 9-6 Choose the General control to display the General Toolbox.

Using General Office Tools

Your workstation provides tools that are useful for tasks such as scheduling meetings and making calculations.

"Datebook" displays a personal appointment calendar. The calendar can be used to log activities and remind you of appointments.
"Calendar" displays the current month with the current date highlighted. It can also show calendars for past and future months.
The calculator program emulates the Hewlett-Packard hand-held calculators. It provides three types of calculator: general scientific, financial, and logic and programming.

Starting Office Tools

Open the General Toolbox.
Double-click the Office_Tools subdirectory.
The Office_Tools subdirectory opens. Double-click the icon for the application you want.

Learning to Use Office Tools

For information on using the office tools, see the online help. (Click the Help Manager control, then click "HP-UX Operating System Help", then click "Common HP-UX Tasks", then click "Office Accessories".)

Making a General Action More Readily Available

If you use a general action frequently, you can put it in a location that's more convenient.

Put the action on your Desktop. “Putting an Object on the Desktop” covers how to put an action on the Desktop.
Or, copy the action to your Personal Toolbox. “Copying a File” explains how to copy actions.
Or, add the action to your Front Panel.
For information on adding controls that start actions to the Front Panel, see HP VUE's online help (click the Help Manager control, then click "HP Visual User Environment, Version 3.0", then click "Front Panel and Workspace Manager", then click "Configuring the Front Panel").

Using the General Toolbox

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Opening the General Toolbox

Using General Office Tools

Starting Office Tools

Learning to Use Office Tools

Making a General Action More Readily Available