Specifying a folder for a Goto Explorer Folder event

You can use a form event and handler to redirect the focus to a particular Mongoose Explorer folder.

To do this:

  1. Open the form that has a component you want to use to trigger the event.
  2. Go into Design Mode.
  3. Select the component.
  4. Select the Events property sheet.
  5. Click the ellipsis (…) button associated with the type of event you want to create (usually Primary).
  6. In the Event Handlers dialog box, click New.
  7. In the Event Handler Properties dialog box, Event field, name the event.
  8. From the Response > Type drop-down list, select Goto Explorer Folder.
  9. Click the ellipsis button associated with the Parameters field.
  10. In the Event Handler Parameters dialog box, click Type Specific Parameters.
  11. In the Specify the Explorer Folder... dialog box, from the Root Folder drop-down list, select the Explorer folder you want to use as the starting point.
  12. In the Folder field, specify the path of Explorer folders that will take the user to the desired folder.
    Note: Each folder name must be prefixed with a lower-case 'x' and followed by a forward slash (/). For example, to go to the System folder in the Master Explorer folders, you would specify xModules/xSystem/ in this field.
  13. Click OK repeatedly, until you arrive back at the form.
  14. Save your work and close the form.
  15. Refresh the metadata cache (Ctrl+U), reopen the form, and verify that the system moves focus to the correct Explorer folder when the event is triggered.
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