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| NOTE: This Design document is subject to change at any time. |
zApp contains a large number of pre-defined actions for a variety of purposes. Using these actions can significantly decrease the amount of code you need to perform various tasks. Each pre-defined action starts with a _ character to distinguish it from a normal user-defined action.
All Edit Controls
The following actions can be used with most all edit controls- _EditCut
- Cut the text from the current edit control to the clipboard.
- _EditCopy
- Copy the text from the current edit control to the clipboard.
- _EditPaste
- Paste the text from the clipboard into the current edit control.
- _EditSelectAll
- Select all of the text in the current edit control.
- _EditUndo
- Undo the last change to the current edit control.
- _EditDelete
- Clear all of the text from the current edit control.
Help Actions
The following actions work with the help system- _HelpContents
- Display the Contents page of the help file for the application
- _HelpTopicSearch
- Display the Topic Search page of the help file for the application
- _HelpOnHelp
- Display the Help for the Help system itself
- _HelpContextAction
- Display the help page for the current component based upon the components HelpContext property
File dialogs
The following actions display various file operation dialogs
- _WindowClose
- Close the current window
- _FileExit
- Exit the current application
- _FileOpen
- display the dialog for selecting a file to open
- _FileSaveAs
- display the dialog for saving a file to a new name
- _FilePrintSetup
- display the dialog for setting up the current printer
- _FilePageSetup
- display the dialog for setting various page printing options
There are many pre-defined actions for working interactively with a memo component in zApp. Most of these are demonstrated in the Editor demo app.
- _MemoBold
- Bold the currently selected text in a Memo component
- _MemoItalic
- Emphasize the currently selected text in a Memo component
- _MemoUnderline
- Underline the currently selected text in a Memo component
- _MemoStrikeOut
- Strikeout the currently selected text in a Memo component
- _MemoFont
- set the font of the text in a memo component
- _MemoFontColor
- set the color of the text in a memo component
- _MemoFontBackcolor
- set the background color of text in a memo component
- _MemoAlignLeft
- Align the paragraph in a Memo component to the left
- _MemoAlignRight
- Align the paragraph in a Memo component to the right
- _MemoAlignCenter
- Align the paragraph in a Memo component to the center
- _MemoAlignJustify
- Justify a paragraph in a memo component between both left and right margins
- _MemoPasteSpecial
- display the dialog for pasting special items into a Memo component
- _MemoFind
- display the dialog for searching for text in a Memo component
- _MemoFindNext
- perform the Find Next function in a Memo component
- _MemoReplace
- display the dialog for replacing text in a Memo component
- _MemoCharCase
- change the case of the selected text in a Memo component
- _MemoUndo
- Undo a complex editing operation in a Memo component
- _MemoNew
- create a new, blank document in a Memo component
- _MemoSave
- save the current memo component
- _MemoSaveAs
- display the SaveAs dialog to save a memo component
- _MemoOpen
- display the Open File dialog to load a file into a memo component
- _MemoExport
- display the Export dialog to export a Memo component to various formats.
- _MemoPrintPreview
- display the Print Preview dialog for the current Memo component
- _MemoPrint
- Print a memo component to the printer, displaying the Print dialog
- _MemoQuickPrint
- Print a memo component immediately without displaying a dialog
- _MemoPageSetup
- display the Page Setup dialog for a memo component
- _MemoInsertHyperlink
- display a dialog for inserting a hyperlink into a memo component
- _MemoInsertFile
- display a dialog to insert a file into a memo component
- _MemoInsertPicture
- display a dialog to insert a picture into a memo component
- _MemoInsertHRule
- insert a horizontal rule into a memo component
- _MemoInsertSymbol
- display a dialog to insert a special symbol into a memo component
- _MemoBulletList
- Make a bullet list in a Memo component
- _MemoList
- Make a list in a memo component
- _MemoNumberList
- Make a numbered list in a memo component
- _MemoShowSpecial
- cause special characters in a memo component to be shown
- _MemoInsertPagebreak
- insert a page break into a memo component
- _MemoRemovePagebreak
- remove a page break from a memo component
- _MemoProperties
- display the properties dialog for a memo component
- _MemoBackground
- set the background color for a memo component
- _MemoColor
- set the text color for a memo component
- _MemoFillColor
- set the fill color for a memo component
- _MemoParagraph
- display the paragraph options dialog for a memo component
- _MemoBorder
- display the border options dialog for a paragraph in a memo component
- _MemoWordWrap
- toggle word wrapping in a memo component
- _MemoIndent
- indent a paragraph in a memo component
- _MemoUnindent
- Unindent a paragraph in a memo component
- _MemoParagraphColor
- set the color of a paragraph in a memo component
- _MemoSinglespce
- set the paragraph in a memo component to single spacing
- _MemoDoublespace
- set the paragraph in a memo component to double spacing
Table actions
Within a zMemo component, there are several actions for interactively creating and editing tables.
- _MemoInsertTable
- insert a table into a memo component
- _TableInsertBelow
- insert a new row below the current cell in a table
- _TableInsertAbove
- insert a new row above the current cell in a table
- _TableInsertLeft
- insert a new column to the left of the current cell in a table
- _TableInsertRight
- insert a new column to the right of the current cell in a table
- _TableDeleteRow
- delete the current row of a table
- _TableDeleteCol
- delete the current column of a table
- _TableDelete
- delete a table
- _TableMergeCells
- merge the selected cells in a table
- _TableSplitCells
- split the current cell of a table
- _TableSelect
- select the entire table
- _TableSelectRow
- select the entire row of a table
- _TableSelectCol
- select the current column of a table
- _TableSelectCell
- select a cell in the table
- _TableCellVAlignTop
- set the vertical alignment of a cell to the top
- _TableCellVAlignMiddle
- set the vertical alignment of a cell to the middle
- _TableCellVAlignBottom
- set the vertical alignment of a cell to the bottom
- _TableCellVAlignDefault
- set the vertical alignment of a cell to the default
- _TableCellLeftBorder
- set the left border of a cell in a table
- _TableCellRightBorder
- set the right border of a cell in a table
- _TableCellTopBorder
- set the top border of a cell in a table
- _TableCellBottomBorder
- set the bottom border of a cell in a table
- _TableCellAllBorders
- set all borders of a cell in a table
- _TableCellNoBorders
- turn off all borders of a cell in a table
- _TableProperties
- display the Properties dialog for a table
- _TableGrid
- toggle the table display grid
Spell Checking
zApp contains a built-in spell checking system. The _Edit... actions work with most any edit control. The _Memo... actions provide enhanced functionality using the zMemo component. - _EditSpellCheck
- Check the spelling of the currently selected edit control
- _EditAutoSpell
- Control the auto-spellcheck and auto-correction options in a Memo component
- _MemoSpellCheck
- Enhanced spellcheck dialog for a memo component
- _MemoThesaurus
- display the Thesaurus dialog for a memo component
- _SpellOptions
- Display the configuration dialog for the spellchecker
Database Actions
The following actions work on a zDataSource object.
- _DBFirst
- move to the first record in a dataset
- _DBPrev
- move to the previous record in a dataset
- _DBNext
- move to the next record in a dataset
- _DBLast
- move to the last record in a dataset
- _DBInsert
- insert a new record into the dataset
- _DBDelete
- delete the current record in a dataset
- _DBEdit
- put the current record into edit mode
- _DBPost
- post any changes made to the current record to the dataset
- _DBCancel
- cancel any changes made to the current record while in edit mode
- _DBRefresh
- refresh the dataset and redisplay it
- _DBConnect
- display a dialog to connect to a database
Other Actions
- _ThemeSelect
- Display the dialog for changing the current application Theme.
- _Submit
- Submit the current zPanel as an HTML web form.
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