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This page provides details of the properties for the
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Overview
Use an
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Example
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The above video shows a basic actionflow to open a screen from a button. To open a screen:
- Right click on the button and click Add Actionflow
- Name the action
- Drag the screen you want to open onto the main body of the actionflow. You have just created an open screen node.
- Now we need to wire up an input to initiate the actionflow
- Click Add next to the inputs
- Name the new input connection point and select driving.
- Click create connection point
- Click on the on click input. This will start the actionflow when a user clicks on the button.
- Click connect input to finish setting up the actionflow
- Go back to the first screen to test to see if it works.
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Basic Settings
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| Screen | Select a dashboard that the action will open. The dashboard can be selected using the drop down or
If the screen has not been created yet, create one using
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Input Connection Points
Each open screen node has 1 primary input connection point by default called 'screen'. Connecting to this connection point opens the screen and allows the user to optionally map the following screen properties. (may not happen for v9)
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| height | Number | find out | Sets the height of the screen |
| width | Number | find out | Sets the width of the screen |
| top | Number | find out | Sets the top position of the screen relative to the window |
| left | Number | find out | Sets the left position of the screen relative to the window |
| maximised | Boolean | whatever is set on the screen properties |
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Once a screen has been attached to the open dashboard node an input connection point for each form on the screen is created with a role of component. Each input connection point automatically has any data fields on the form (dynamic text or form fields) added as attributes. These attributes can be mapped to and supplied with data.
Each input connection point has the following properties:
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| Name | The name of the input connection point |
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| Attributes | A list of attributes available on the input connection point. These directly link to the fields available on the form. Component connection points display attributes available on the associated form. Primary connection points display the screen properties as attributes. |
Output Connection Points
If the screen attached to the node contains start phase buttons (buttons with the action type 'Start Phase') the output connection point section will appear.
Properties - to do
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