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Select Action Dialog Box

How do I get to this dialog box?

Because you can specify an action to complete almost any task in Reflection, there are several ways to access the Select Action dialog box:

From Mouse Mapper

  1. Open a session document.

  2. Open the Mouse Mapper dialog box as follows:

  3. Position your mouse on the image to the left and click a mouse button or mouse and key combination.

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User Interface Mode Steps
    Ribbon On the Tools tab, click Mouse Mapper.
    Reflection Browser On the Reflection menu, choose Tools, and then Mouse Mapper.
    TouchUx Tap the Gear icon and then select Document Settings. Under Input Devices, click Manage Mouse Map. Then choose whether to modify the current mouse map or create a new map.

  4. Click Select Action.

From Keyboard Mapper

  1. Open a session in Reflection.

  2. Open the Reflection Keyboard Mapper dialog box as follows:

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User Interface Mode Steps
    Ribbon On the Tools ribbon, click Keyboard Mapper.
    Reflection Browser On the Reflection menu, choose Tools, and then Keyboard Mapper.
    TouchUx Tap the Wrench icon and then under Tools, select Keyboard Mapper.

  3. Press a key or keyboard combination and then click Select Action.

From UI Designer

  1. Open a session document.

  2. On the Ribbon, click the Appearance tab.

  3. From the Menus group, click UI Designer.

  4. From the Insert Controls pane, click the Button control, and then click the Select Action button in the Settings pane.

From Context Menu Editor

  1. Open a session document.

  2. Open the Context Menu Editor as follows:

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User Interface Mode Steps
    Ribbon Click the Appearance tab and in the Menus group, select Context Menu.
    Reflection Browser On the Reflection menu, choose View and then choose Context Menu.
    TouchUx Tap the Wrench icon and then under View, select Context Menu.

  3. Click Select Action.

From Hotspots

  1. Open a session document.

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User Interface Mode Steps
    Ribbon or Reflection Browser With a session open in Reflection, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click .
    TouchUx Tap the Gear icon and then select Document Settings.

  2. Under Terminal Appearance, click Manage Hotspots.

  3. Click Modify the currently selected hotspots file.

  4. Enter or select hotspot text, and then click Select Action.

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 Reflection, 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

Setting Description
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

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

Send Text

Setting Description
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.

Note: 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, Reflection allows you to open documents only in directories specified as trusted locations in the Reflection settings.

Setting Description
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

Setting Description
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 Reflection Workspace Macro

Setting Description
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

Setting Description
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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