Register User Utilities

1. From the menu bar, click Edit > Register User Utility.
   The Register User Utility dialog opens.
2. Add a user utility.
   1. Click Add User Utility.
   2. In the Add dialog, enter a label for the user utility and click OK.
3. In the Path column, enter the location of the user utility to be registered.
4. Optional: In the Arguments column, enter any arguments for the user utility.
5. Click Close to exit the user utility registration.

Register user utilities in the *BeginUserUtilityDefaults section of the preferences_study.mvw file.

1. In a text editor, open the preferences_study.mvw file.
   You can find the preferences_study.mvw file in the HyperWorks installation directory under <install directory>/hw/prefinc/.
2. Search for the syntax *BeginUserUtilityDefaults.
3. If you are working with a Windows operating system, append the first list of *RegisterUserUtility statements. Otherwise, you will need to append the second list of *RegisterUserUtility statements.
4. Immediately following the existing *RegisterUserUtility statements, register further user utilities using the following syntax:

   *RegisterUserUtility (script_name,"script_label","utility interpreter", "utility path")

   where:

   script_name

   Unique name for the utility.

   script_label

   Name used within HyperStudy to reference the utility.

   Note: This name must be enclosed in double quotes.

   utility interpreter

   Full path of the interpreter of the utility, including file name and extension.

   For example, wish.exe for a Tcl script.

   utility path

   Full path of the utility, including the file name and extension.

5. Save the preferences_study.mvw file.

*BeginUserUtilityDefaults()
*RegisterUserUtilityScript(u_1,"U1","C:\wish.exe","C:\param.tcl")
*EndUserUtilityDefaults()