My SyMenu tools project (ms_symtool) was born with to provide SyMenu with a series of advanced features, to facilitate the maintenance of complex menus. Of course portables.
SyMenu is an advanced portable alternative to Windows 'Start Menu'. Extremely flexible and easy customizable, it allows you to create multiple dedicated menus (e.g. MMedia, CAD, etc.) with all programs, documents and workspaces relating to a single area, well organized and specialized according to the interests and needs of the user.
Of course, the ms_symtool tools have been created based on my needs and are often not quite 'user-friendly', but I think they can also be useful for other experienced users with similar problems. For this, they are Open Source and the latest version is available on GitHub.
Available Tools:
SyMenu prettyPrint (prettyPrintItems.bat) is a tool that extracts a snapshot from the file SyMenuItem.zip, with all the data of the nodes currently present in the SyMenu menu and presents them, in the form of a complete tree, in a dynamic HTML page. This allows you to easily handle menus of any size and complexity. Download zip.
SyMenu MD Exchange (SyMenu2MDexport.bat and MD2SyMenuImport.bat) is a tool that allows you to share menus between users, adding import/export functionality to SyMenu. Download.zip.
The export format is markdown. This allows for easily handling also of large menus. By editing an MD file you can update and reorganize the menu tree, change names and edit tooltips for all items.
SyMenu Undo (SyMenuUndo.bat) is included in MDexchange. This simple tool restores SyMenuItem.zip from the most recent backup. Downlad zip.
SyMenu to dir (SyMenu2dir.bat) Creates a folder structure in the file system that is isomorphic to the SyMenu's tree. Download.zip
Installation (same for all ms-symtools)
- Unzip the distribution file in dir
[SyMenu]/Programfile, so you get:[SyMenu]/Programfile/sm-symtools/xxx.xxx - Look at the help file
tool-name.chmfor specific preconditions, istructions, etc.. - Add the tools to SyMenu if you like it.