Relationship: Action Has Tool

The relationships of an action descriptor to a tool descriptor specifies an executable function under an action.

If a tool returns a return code higher than the permitted return code or when the user cancels an input dialog, the whole action is terminated.

See Application Options for more information on how to specify the maximum permitted return code.

Attribute Type Description
TargetID * ToolDescriptor The tool descriptor that should be referenced by this relationship.
Context Name String The name of an execution context previously created using Tool has Named Context. The tool is executed with the referenced context.

By default, all tools are executed with the main context of the action.

Parameter_Override [O] Parameter_Override Relationship to an input parameter of the referenced tool descriptor. This makes adaptations to the input parameters possible for one action, so that the re-usability of tool descriptors is increased. See Parameter Override for more information.
Named Context Named_Context Relationship to an execution context to be created from the tool output which can be used in subsequent tools of this action.