Select Action Dialog Box

How do I get to this dialog box?

Because you can specify an action to complete almost any task in InfoConnect, there are several ways to access the Select Action dialog box. This dialog box can be accessed from the Keyboard Mapper, the Mouse Mapper, the UI Designer, the Context Menu Editor, and the Manage Hotspots dialog box.

From this dialog box, you can assign an action or a function to a mouse button, keyboard key, hotspot, or menu item. An action can be any action you can perform within InfoConnect, such as sending keystrokes, running a macro, executing a menu command, navigating to a recorded host screen page, transferring a file, or printing.

Actions are divided into categories listed in the task pane on the left, and the actions or functions available for assignment to an item depends on the selected category. Some functions also require additional information, such as the keystrokes to send for a Send Key command.

The settings for Other Action appear by default. A description for each task-pane item follows.

Other Action


Action category	Select from the list of feature sets that include programmable actions.
Action	Select the desired programmable action.
Action parameters	Specify any additional settings required to program the action. For example, if you select the action Launch Application, you must specify the application name and a working directory under Action parameters.

Send Key


Key	Select an Action Identifier (AID) key from the list.

Send Text


Text to send to host	Enter the text you want to send when the action runs. You can do this in two ways:
Select a special character	Select the special character to send.
	If the Select a special character list doesn't have the character data you want to send, you can type in the string for the character data in the Text to send to host field. For example, type in `<ESC>`. Alternatively, you can hold down the ALT key and use the numeric keypad to enter the numeric code for the data. For example, to send `<ESC>`, enter `027`.

Launch Application

Note

Before you create an action that opens a file or starts an application, place the file or application in a trusted location. (A trusted location is a directory that's designated as a secure source for opening files. By default, InfoConnect allows you to open documents only in directories specified as trusted locations using the Specify Trusted Locations dialog box.)


Application name	Type the name of the executable file (EXE) or click Browse to select it.
Parameters	Type any command line parameters you want to use to start the application.
Working directory	Type the path to the folder where the application automatically searches for files.

Open URL


Use matched hotspot text for, the URL	Select this check box to create a link from any text string that matches the hotspot. The link opens the specified URL. This option is only available when mapping a hotspot to an action.
URL	Type the desired URL.
Open in new tab	Select to open the specified URL in a new Web document in the workspace.
Open in default browser	Select to start the default Web browser at the specified URL.
Open in existing tab	Select to specify an existing Web page document.
	Note: The document is not available from the drop-down list unless it is already open in the workspace.

Run InfoConnect Workspace Macro


Select macro when action occurs	Select to choose the macro each time you run the action.
Select macro	Select to specify a VBA project that contains the macro from the menu.

Action Sequence


Sequence of actions	Create and list, in order, a series of actions to be performed sequentially. Click Add to specify an action, Duplicate to add a copy of an action, Delete to remove an action, and Move up or Move down to change the order of the list.
Action category	Select from the list of feature sets that include programmable actions.
Action	Select the desired programmable action.
Action parameters	Specify any additional settings required to program the action. For example, if you select the action Launch Application, you must specify the application name and a working directory under Action parameters.

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