Event action control

Event action controls may be updated or created in ODE Designer by selecting the Action tab in the main window.

The property window right of the list shows the properties of the selected event action control.

The event action control edit form provides three tabs for providing text definitions and display options (Definition), defining the action to be executed (Action) and for defining subordinated elements.

In order to create new event action controls, one may use the insert key or select Insert from the context menu.

For creating an event action control, the action name has to be defined and the ADK_EventActionControl line has to be selected in the hierarchy level tree above. In order to create sub or group actions for the selected event action control, one may select the sub_actions or group_actions line (more details see in Elements definition below).

Event action controls are global elements in an application and must get unique names.

Event action controls define an abstract event action, i.e. the defaults that apply to the event action when being used in a certain context (e.g. as button or menu in a window). Within such a specific context, the event action control is linked with the resource via local event action (ADK_EventAction). The local event action allows overloading nearly all properties defined for the event action control that is linked with the event action.