Launch Issues Pane Action

Event Function: LaunchIssuesPane

The Launch Issues Pane Action opens the Issues Pane in the Form Mode (with or without editing enabled). You can specify the tab of the Issues pane that is to be showing when it is launched. To do so, put the tab's ID in the identifier field.

Using the Events tab

Under Enter Example

Run Skip Condition

If desired, enter skip conditions for the event. When the "Run Skip Condition" is evaluated to be true, the action is not performed.

Identifier

First, decide which tab of the Issues pane to have up front when the pane is launched. Enter the tab's identifier here.

Finding the ID of a tab not listed

  1. Right-click anywhere in the Issues Pane.
  2. Point to Settings and select Customize Views.
  3. In the dialog list, select the view (the tab) you wish to identify.
  4. Click the Edit button.

The View identifier is the text found in the Identifier field.

"document"

Entering this tells the Issues pane to open with the tab Selected Document Issues showing.

Launch Action

Select the desired behavior for the Issues pane. If the pane is already open you might want the event to toggle to the correct tab. The available selections are Toggle, Show and Hide. Existing events will continue to work as before, Toggling the state of the issues pane.

"toggle"

Syntax (in the Equation bar)

ACTION("LaunchIssuesPane","tabID","launchAction")

Where

tabID = identifier for the tab to be showing when the Issue Pane opens, and

launchAction = choice between showing, hiding or toggling the issues pane.

How the example will appear in the Equation bar

ACTION("LaunchIssuesPane","document","toggle")

Notes

  • If the empty string "" is chosen as the identifier, the Issue Pane launches with the default tab selected.

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