APPLICATION DESIGN


Actions
Example

You can create an unshared action in a view, folder, form, page, or subform to provide one-click shortcuts for routine tasks in a view or document. Actions become part of a design element's design and are not stored with individual documents.

You can also create a shared action in a database that can be used in multiple views, folders, pages, forms, and subforms. Shared actions are stored as shared resources in the database.

To build an action, you can use any of the following:


When to use actions

Because actions are available in a view or document, use them for any general-purpose task related to a group of documents. For example, use actions:


Examples of actions
Notes on actions

Some views and forms in databases contain system actions, available either in the Actions menu, as buttons, or both. You canft change the "System actions" functionality, but you can customize their appearance in the action bar. Open the view or form. Click Objects and the system actions are displayed in the list.

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