Common section action properties

Many of the properties of a section action are the same regardless of the type of section on which the section action appears. The information is not repeated in other areas except to highlight a difference from the common property or to add additional information.

Label

This is the text of a hyperlink or button that appears at the top the section.

Display Sequence

The value of this property is a number.

The order of the actions displayed at the top of the section depends on the value of the Display Sequence property. The actions are displayed from lowest Display Sequence value to highest Display Sequence value.

Popup

If the check box in this property is selected, a window pops up when a user clicks this action. The nature of the window that pops up depends on the value of the Action Type property.

Visible

If this check box is selected, the action is visible. If the check box is not selected, the action is hidden. The default for this property is for the check box to be selected.

Active

If the check boxes for both the Visible property and this property are selected, then this action is displayed in its normal way. Clicking it triggers the action.

If the check box for the Visible property is selected, but the check box for this property is not selected, then it is grayed out. Clicking it does not trigger this action.

Access Key

The value of this property identifies how a user can cause this action to run from the keyboard. The value of this property should be a single character. The user then presses a key or a key chord and the Access Key character while working in the form to run this action. Different browsers use different keys or key chords, as follows:

For Microsoft Internet Explorer: Alt+AccessKey+Enter
For Mozilla Firefox: Alt+Shift+AccessKey
For Google Chrome: Alt+AccessKey
For Apple Safari: Alt+Control+AccessKey

Action Type

The value of this property determines the type of response that will be given to this action. The values you can select for this property are determined by whether the check box for the Popup property is selected.

If the check box for the Popup property is not selected, the only value available for this property is Execute Workflow. The meaning of this value is discussed in "Form section execute workflow actions".

If the check box for the Popup property is selected, then the value for this property may be one of the following:

Custom: The meaning of this value is discussed in "Form section custom actions".
Form: The meaning of this value is discussed in "Form section form actions".
Query: The meaning of this value is discussed in "Form section query actions".
URL: The meaning of this value is discussed in "Form section URL actions".

Association

The value of this property is the name of the association to be created by this action from the record being edited by this form to the records created by this action. The workflow that is run by this action can use this association to navigate to the newly created records.

The names in the drop-down list are the names in the List Manager's Association Types list.

Permanent Association

If the check box for this property is not selected, then the association specified by the Association property is considered a temporary association. If the association is a temporary association, then the association is automatically deleted after the workflows have completed.

If the check box for this property is selected, then the association specified by the Association property is considered a permanent association. Permanent associations are not automatically deleted.

View Type

You use this property to specify the appearance of the section action.

Link: Link is the default value. The section action appears as a hyperlink on the section bar.
Dark Button: The section action appears as a button with a dark background and light letters on the section bar. The button colors are set on the Style Manager.
Light Button: The section action appears as a button with a light background and dark letters on the section bar. The button colors are set in the Style Manager.