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<!-- $XConsortium: Tasks.sgm /main/9 1996/09/08 22:49:58 rws $ -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 International Business Machines Corp. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Novell, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 FUJITSU LIMITED. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hitachi. -->
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<Chapter Id="Tasks">
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<Title>Create Action Tasks</Title>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>Creating and Editing Actions</Title>
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<Step>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.1">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCreateAction"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.2">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="ToEditAction"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>Creating and Editing Data Types</Title>
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<Step>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.3">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="ToCreateAction"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.4">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="ToEditDatatype"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>Icons for Actions and Data Types</Title>
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<Step>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.5">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="ToSpecifyIcon"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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<Sect1 Id="ToCreateAction">
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<Title>To Create an Action With Create Action</Title>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>action:creating</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.6">
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<Para>Open the Desktop_Apps application group in Application Manager and
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double-click Create Action.</Para>
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<Para>This displays the Create Action main window.</Para>
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<Graphic Entityref="CAMainWindow" Id="HCRA.TSKS.fig.1"></Graphic>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.7">
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<Para>In the Action Name text field, type the name that will label the action's icon.</Para>
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<Para>The action name can include any characters except spaces.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.8">
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<Para>Use the Action Icons controls to specify the icon for the application. Initially,
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the default icon is shown.</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.9">
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<Para>To use a different existing icon, click Find Set to open the Find Set
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dialog box. For more information, see <XRef Linkend="ToSpecifyIcon">.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.10">
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<Para>To create new icons, click Edit Icon to run the Icon Editor.
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See <XRef Linkend="CreatingNewIcon">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.11">
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<Para>In the Command When Action Icon is Opened text field, type the
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command to start the application.</Para>
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<Para>Use the syntax <ComputerOutput>$<Symbol Role="Variable">n</Symbol></ComputerOutput> for a file
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argument. For example:</Para>
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<ProgramListing>emacs
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bitmap $1
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diff $1 $2
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lp -oraw $1
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</ProgramListing>
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<Para>If the command line includes a file argument (<ComputerOutput>$<Symbol Role="Variable">n</Symbol></ComputerOutput>), then the action
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icon will be a drop zone for files.</Para>
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<Para>The command lines are not passed to a shell unless you explicitly specify
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the use of a shell. For example, these lines use shell processing:</Para>
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<ProgramListing>/bin/sh -c `ps | lp'
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/bin/sh -c `spell $1 | more'
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</ProgramListing>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.12">
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<Para>In the Help Text for Action Icon text field, type the help information to be
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displayed when the user gets on-item help on the <GlossTerm>action icon</GlossTerm>.</Para>
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<Para>The text will automatically wrap in the text field. However, these line
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breaks are not preserved online. If you want to specify a "hard" line break,
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use <ComputerOutput>\n</ComputerOutput>.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.13">
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<Para>Use the Window Type button menu to select the kind of windowing support
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required</Para>
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<VariableList>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>Graphical (X-Window)</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>The application creates its own window.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>Terminal (Auto-Close)</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>The application will be run in a terminal window that
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closes automatically when the user exits the
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application.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>Terminal (Manual Close)</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>The application will be run in a terminal window that
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remains open until the user explicitly closes it.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>No Output</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>The application does not produce output to the display.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</VariableList>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.14">
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<Para>Proceed as follows:</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.15">
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<Para>If your application has data files and you want to create one or more
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data types for them, see <XRef Linkend="ToCreateDatatype">.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.16">
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<Para>If you do not need to create a data type:</Para>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.17">
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<Para>Save the action by choosing Save from the File menu.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.18">
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<Para>Test the new action by double-clicking its icon in your home directory.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="ToCreateDatatype">
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<Title>To Create a Data Type with Create Action</Title>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>data type:creating</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.19">
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<Para>Define the action for the application. See steps 1 through 6 of the
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topic <XRef Linkend="ToCreateAction">.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.20">
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<Para>Click the Advanced button to expand the Create Action window.</Para>
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<Graphic Entityref="CAAdvancedMainWIndow" Id="HCRA.TSKS.fig.2"></Graphic>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.21">
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<Para>If you want the <GlossTerm>action icon</GlossTerm> to prompt for a file argument when the icon
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is double-clicked, type the text of the prompt into the "When Action Opens,
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Ask Users for" text field.</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.22">
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<Para>You must use this field if the application's command line has a required file
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argument.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.23">
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<Para>You must leave this field blank if the application's command line does not have a
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file argument.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.24">
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<Para>If the file argument in the application's command line is optional, you have
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a choice.
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If you supply the prompt text, the action icon will
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prompt for the file
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when double-clicked.
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If you do not supply the prompt text, the action will be executed with a
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null string as the file argument.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.25">
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<Para>Specify the types of files that the action will accept as arguments:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.26">
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<Para>If the action can accept any data type, click All Datatypes.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.27">
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<Para>If the action can accept only the data type(s) you create for the
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application, click Only Above List.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<Para>Initially, the Datatypes That use This Action list is empty. As you create
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data types for the
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application, they are added to the list.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.28">
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<Para>Click Add to display the Add Datatype dialog box.</Para>
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<Graphic Entityref="CAAddDataTypesWindow" Id="HCRA.TSKS.fig.3"></Graphic>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.29">
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<Para>Optional: If you don't want to use the default data type name, type a new
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name for the new data type into the Name of Datatype text field. The name
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cannot include spaces.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.30">
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<Para>Click the Edit button beside the Identifying Characteristics box to display
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the Identifying Characteristics dialog box.</Para>
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<Graphic Entityref="CAIdentifyingCharWindow" Id="HCRA.TSKS.fig.4"></Graphic>
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<Para>Use this dialog box to set the
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characteristics used to differentiate the data type
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from others. You can choose one criterion (for example, Name Pattern) or
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combine criteria (for example, both Name and Permission Patterns).</Para>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.31">
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<Para>Click either the File or Folder toggle button to specify whether the
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data type presents a file or a folder.</Para>
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<Graphic Entityref="CAIdenCharFileFolder" Id="HCRA.TSKS.fig.5"></Graphic>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.32">
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<Para>If the data type depends on the name, click the Name Pattern check box
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and type the name pattern. You can use <ComputerOutput>*</ComputerOutput> and <ComputerOutput>?</ComputerOutput> as wildcards.</Para>
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<Graphic Entityref="CAIdenCharName" Id="HCRA.TSKS.fig.6"></Graphic>
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<VariableList>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>*</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Matches any sequence of characters.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>?</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Matches any single character.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</VariableList>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.33">
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<Para>If the data type depends on the permissions, click the
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Permission Pattern check box and click the permissions required for
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the data type.</Para>
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<Graphic Entityref="CAIdenCharPermissionPattern" Id="HCRA.TSKS.fig.7"></Graphic>
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<VariableList>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>On</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>The file must have the specified permission.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>Off</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>The file must lack the specified permission.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>Either</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>(Default) The permission does not matter.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</VariableList>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.34">
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<Para>If the data type depends on the contents, click the Contents check box
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and supply the requested information-Pattern to search
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for and Type of contents. Optionally, you can supply the byte location where
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the search should start.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.35">
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<Para>Click OK to close the File Characteristics dialog box.</Para>
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<Para>The characteristics
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will be displayed in the Identifying Characteristics box in the
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Add Datatype dialog box.</Para>
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<Para>The Permissions information in the Identifying Characteristics box uses this
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coding:</Para>
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<VariableList>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>d</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Directory
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>r</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Read permission
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>w</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Write permission
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>x</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Executable
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>!</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>NOT
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>&</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>AND
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</VariableList>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.36">
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<Para>Type the help text for the data type into the Help Text text field</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.37">
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<Para>Use the Datatype Icons controls to specify the icon for the application.</Para>
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<Para>Initially, the default icons are shown.</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.38">
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<Para>To use a different existing icon, click Find Set to open the Find Set
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dialog box. For more information, see <XRef Linkend="ToSpecifyIcon">.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.39">
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<Para>To create new icons, click Edit Icon to run the Icon Editor.
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See <XRef Linkend="CreatingNewIcon">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.40">
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<Para>Optional: If the application supplies a print command for printing data
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files from the
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command line, type the command into the Print Command text field, using
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the syntax <ComputerOutput>$<Symbol Role="Variable">n</Symbol></ComputerOutput> for a file argument.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.41">
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<Para>Click OK to close the Add Datatype dialog box and add the data type
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to the data types list in the Create Action window.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="CreateActionIconImage">
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<Title>To Specify Icons for Actions and Data Types</Title>
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<Para>The Create Action Main window and Add Datatype dialog box contain buttons
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for specifying the icon to be used by actions and data types.
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.42">
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<Para>To use an existing icon, click Find Set. See <XRef Linkend="ToSpecifyIcon">.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.43">
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<Para>To create a new icon using Icon Editor, click Edit Icon. See
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<XRef Linkend="CreatingNewIcon">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<Sect2 Id="ToSpecifyIcon">
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<Title>To Use the Find Set Dialog Box</Title>
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<Para>The Find Set dialog box is displayed when you click Find Set in the Create
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Action main window or in the Create Datatype dialog box.
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</Para>
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<Graphic Entityref="CAFindSetWindow" Id="HCRA.TSKS.fig.8"></Graphic>
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<Para>The Find Set dialog box lets you specify:</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.44">
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<Para>An icon located in a folder in the Icons Folders list.
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The Icon Folders list includes all the folders on the icon search path.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.45">
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<Para>An icon that is part of a registration package that will be integrated
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with the desktop using <ComputerOutput>dtappintegrate</ComputerOutput>.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>To Specify an Icon in an Icon Folder</Title>
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<Step>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.46">
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<Para>In the Icon Folders list, double-click the folder path containing
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the icon.</Para>
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<Para>The Icon Files list will show all the icon files in that folder.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.47">
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<Para>In the Icon Files list, click the icon you want to use.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.48">
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<Para>Click OK.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>To Specify an Icon in a Registration Package</Title>
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<Step>
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<Para>If you are a system administrator or programmer creating a registration
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package, the icon image files are initially located in a directory in the
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registration package:
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</Para>
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<ProgramListing><Symbol Role="Variable">app_root</Symbol>/dt/appconfig/icons/<Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol>
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</ProgramListing>
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<Para>After registration, the icon files will be in an <GlossTerm>icon folder</GlossTerm>.
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Therefore, the action and data type definitions
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should use the base file name.</Para>
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<Para>Use this procedure to specify a base name for an icon that is not currently
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in an icon folder:</Para>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.49">
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<Para>In the Enter Icon Filename text box, type the <GlossTerm>base name</GlossTerm>
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of the icon file.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.50">
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<Para>Click OK.</Para>
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<Para>An error dialog box is displayed, informing you that the icon file wasn't found
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in an icon folder.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.51">
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<Para>In the error dialog box, click Name OK. This closes the dialog box and
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the Find Set dialog box.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.52">
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<Para>Ignore the absence of an icon image in the Action Icons or Datatype icons
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field. The icon image will be found when the application has been registered.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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</Sect2>
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<Sect2 Id="CreatingNewIcon">
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<Title>Creating a New Icon Image</Title>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.53">
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<Para>Click Edit Icon in the Create Action or Edit Datatype window.
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This runs Icon Editor.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.54">
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<Para>Use Icon Editor to draw a new icon. See:</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.55">
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<Para><OLink Type="Jump" LocalInfo="Iconed Tasks">Icon Editor Tasks</OLink>.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.56">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="IconSizesandNames"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.57">
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<Para>Choose Save from the File menu to save the icon file.</Para>
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<Para>Save the icon file into the <ComputerOutput><Symbol Role="Variable">HomeFolder</Symbol>/.dt/icons</ComputerOutput> folder.
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See <XRef Linkend="IconSizesandNames">.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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<Note>
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<Para>If you are a system administrator or applications programmer creating a
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registration package, the icon file should be saved to
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the <ComputerOutput><Symbol Role="Variable">approot</Symbol>/dt/appconfig/icons/<Symbol Role="Variable">language</Symbol></ComputerOutput> directory.
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</Para>
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</Note>
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</Sect2>
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<Sect2 Id="IconSizesandNames">
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<Title>Icon Sizes and Names</Title>
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<Para>Desktop icons use this naming convention:
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</Para>
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<VariableList>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term><Emphasis Role="heading">Size (Pixels)</Emphasis></Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para><Emphasis Role="heading">Name</Emphasis></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>32 by 32</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para><ComputerOutput><Symbol Role="Variable">basename</Symbol>.m.pm</ComputerOutput> or <ComputerOutput><Symbol Role="Variable">basename</Symbol>.m.bm</ComputerOutput>
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>16 by 16</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para><ComputerOutput><Symbol Role="Variable">basename</Symbol>.s.pm</ComputerOutput> or <ComputerOutput><Symbol Role="Variable">basename</Symbol>.s.bm</ComputerOutput>
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</VariableList>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.58">
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<Para>For action icons, use the action name as the basename.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.59">
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<Para>For data type icons, use the data type name as the base name.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</Sect2>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="ToEditAction">
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<Title>To Edit an Existing Action</Title>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>actions:editing</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<Para>You can use Create Action to edit an existing action if:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.60">
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<Para>The action was created with Create Action.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.61">
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<Para><Emphasis>And</Emphasis>, the the file containing the action definition has not been
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edited manually (using a text editor).
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.62">
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<Para>Open the Desktop_Apps application group in Application Manager and
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double-click Create Action.</Para>
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<Para>This displays the main Create Action window.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.63">
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<Para>Choose Open from the File menu. This displays the Open dialog box.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.64">
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<Para>In the Files list, select the file containing the action definition.
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It has the name <ComputerOutput><Symbol Role="Variable">action_name</Symbol>.dt</ComputerOutput>.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.65">
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<Para>Choose OK.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="ToEditDatatype">
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<Title>To Edit an Existing Data Type</Title>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>data type:editing</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<Para>You can use Create Action to edit an existing data type if:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.66">
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<Para>The data type was created with Create Action.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.67">
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<Para><Emphasis>And</Emphasis>, the file containin the data type
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has not been edited manually (using a text editor).
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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|
</ItemizedList>
|
|
<OrderedList>
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|
<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.68">
|
|
<Para>Open the Desktop_Apps application group in Application Manager and
|
|
double-click Create Action.</Para>
|
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<Para>This displays the main Create Action window.</Para>
|
|
</ListItem>
|
|
<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.69">
|
|
<Para>Choose Open from the File menu. This displays the Open dialog box.</Para>
|
|
</ListItem>
|
|
<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.70">
|
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<Para>In the Files list, double-click the file containing the data type definition.</Para>
|
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<Para>The name of the file is <ComputerOutput><Symbol Role="Variable">action_name</Symbol>.dt</ComputerOutput>, where <Emphasis>action_name</Emphasis> is
|
|
the name of the action that was created at the same time you created
|
|
the data type.</Para>
|
|
</ListItem>
|
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.71">
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<Para>Click Advanced.</Para>
|
|
</ListItem>
|
|
<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.72">
|
|
<Para>In the Data Types That Use This Action list, select the data type to be
|
|
edited.</Para>
|
|
</ListItem>
|
|
<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.73">
|
|
<Para>Click Edit to open the Edit Datatype dialog box.</Para>
|
|
</ListItem>
|
|
<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.74">
|
|
<Para>Make changes in the Edit Datatype dialog box. When you are done, click OK.</Para>
|
|
</ListItem>
|
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<ListItem Id="HCRA.TSKS.item.75">
|
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<Para>To save the edited definition, choose Save from the File menu.</Para>
|
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</ListItem>
|
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</OrderedList>
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</Sect1>
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</Chapter>
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