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Click the
Application button on the
Toolbox toolbar.
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Position the mouse pointer where you want the
Application button to
appear and either click the left mouse button or drag the pointer to a specific
size. The
Specify Application Button Details dialog is
displayed.
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Specify this information:
- Application Name
- Enter the name of your application. This name appears as the
caption on your application button. Use the browse button to locate your
application.
- Start Directory
- Use the browse button to locate or change the
start directory where the specified application is located. Enter
the.exe name only, because
other users may have the executable stored in differing locations.
- Optional Parameters
- Enter the optional parameters that you want to be passed to
the external application.
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To pass current record information to the external application,
you must enter the subset and item reference details for the particular data
items you want to pass. Use the syntax
[ss,rr], where
ss is the data item subset and
rr is the item reference.
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Click
OK.
Example
Using the Addresses form, you can set up the application button with
the following parameters:
- Application Name:
excel.exe
- Start Directory:
c:\mydocuments
- Optional Parameters:
Address[0,10].xls
The data item Address Code has the subset
0 and item reference
10. At form runtime, if
SOUTH is the Address Code for the current
record, the file
AddressSOUTH.xls is opened in Microsoft Excel.
However, you must ensure that a Microsoft Excel file with the same name already
exists in the specified Start Directory.
It is possible to identify one or more data items by using multiple
sets of [ ] square brackets, such as
Address[0,10][0,20].xls.