To Open a Local Toolbox

Do the following to open a local toolbox.

  1. Select Open Toolbox... from the Console menu.

    The Open Toolbox dialog box is displayed.

  2. Click Local Toolbox tab.

    A list of folders and toolbox files (.tbx suffix) in the current folder is displayed. Folders are listed first; you may need to scroll down to find the toolbox you want. If you want to see all the files in the current folder, select All Files from the "Files of type" pulldown menu.

  3. Select a toolbox from the list or change folders and select one.

    The selected toolbox name is displayed in the Filename field and its description is displayed in the Description field. Note that you can also type the name of a toolbox in the Filename field and press Return.

    To change folders, do one of the following: double-click a folder in the list of folders; OR select another folder from the "Look in" pulldown menu; OR click the home folder icon to change to your home folder; OR click the "Open parent folder" icon to move up one folder; OR enter a folder name in the Filename field and press Return.

  4. Click Open after selecting a toolbox.

    The selected toolbox is opened in the Console. Depending on how preferences for toolbox loading are set, the Login dialog may be displayed. See Logging In to a Server for instructions.

See Console Preferences for information about changing tool loading and other preferences. See To Open a Server Toolbox if you want to open a server toolbox -- one accessible via the Solaris Management Console web server.