Creating an Action Control

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Creating an Action Control

Follow these steps to create an Action Control:

Click Open General Dialogue icon on the main PROIV toolbar.
Select the New tab.
Click Action Control icon.
On the Name the new Action Control window, enter a name for the Action Control. The Action Control name cannot contain spaces.
Select a style for the Action Control.

Example	Control Bar Type	Description
	Simple	Triggers an action when clicked.
	DropDown	Opens a Control Bar when clicked.
	Split	Triggers an action when clicked like Simple s, but also display a drop down menu when the down arrow is clicked.
	Check	Displays a tick against the text when selected, and they do not display graphics.
	Separator	This type has no action, it is a divider to separate groups of s on a toolbar or options on a menu.

Enter a full description of the Action Control.
Click OK to save the Action Control.

See the Overloading an Action Control in a Function for more information about the fields on the Maintain Action Control window.

The Default State check boxes on the Definition tab on the Maintain Action Control window determine whether the Action Control and associated Control Bar are displayed when PROIV Developer is run. When the check boxes are enabled, the Control Bar will be displayed when you open PROIV Developer.

If you want the Control Bars to display only when functions are run, disable the check boxes in the default state, open the relevant function, overload the Action Control and enable the Visible and Enable check boxes.

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