Introduction to Action Scripting

Alpha Five Version 10

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February 22, 2007

 

Topics

Overview

Benefits of Action Scripting

Creating Your First Action Script

Starting a New Action Script

Adding an Action to the Action Script

Using the Filter to Find an Action

Editing an Action Script

Deleting an Action

Changing the Order of Actions

Editing an Action Script Comment

Viewing Xbasic

Making an Action Conditional

Using the "Same Condition as Previous" Setting

Creating an Action Script for a Button on a Form

Pre-Defined Actions

Creating Custom Action Scripts

Using the Pop-Up Action Script Editor

Setting Object Properties

More on Editing Action Scripts

Copying an Action From One Script to Another

Converting an Action to Inline Xbasic

Converting an Action Script to Xbasic

Using an Action Script Genie in the Xbasic Editor