Chapter 19 Introduction to Actions and Filetypes

Table of Contents

Creating a Simple Action

What Create Action does
To use the Create Action utility
To use an action created with Create Action
Limitations of Create Action
To make a general action with Create Action
Example: Creating an action for an application

Creating a Simple Filetype

To create a simple filetype
Example: Creating a personal action and filetype

General Action and Filetype Concepts

Basic concepts of actions and filetypes
Preparing to Integrate an Application Into HP VUE

The Actions and Filetype Database

The local database directories
The location of the toolboxes
To add an action to a toolbox
To reload the database

Troubleshooting Actions and Filetypes

To locate the problem in an action or filetype definition
Common Database Problems
To see database errors (errorlog)
To list database errors

General Reference: Actions and Filetypes

Changing the local database search path
String variables in definitions
Environment variables in definitions

Actions make it easier to run applications by letting you represent the application as an icon that you can manipulate. When you create an action, you integrate the application into the HP VUE environment and "teach" HP VUE how to run the application.

Filetypes provide the ability to provide different appearance and behavior for different types of files. For example, you can create different filetypes for the data for various applications.

There are two ways to create actions:

Using the Create Action utility in the General Toolbox.
Manually editing a database file.

Creating filetypes requires you to edit a database file.

Chapter 19 Introduction to Actions and Filetypes

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