Menu and Button Actions

In the menu editor and/or button editor, when you create menu items, buttons, you must associate an action that will be performed when the user clicks the button/menu item:

How to define an action

•Select the component (button, image or menu item) to make the Actions panel active.

•Choose the action you want to be executed: `Standard Action`, `Go to a page/url`, `Execute an HEScript Function`, and finally `Execute JavaScript Code`.

•Be sure to click `Apply Changes` to save your settings before selecting another control or exiting the editor.

Available Actions

Standard Action

Lets you choose a pre-defined action in the list:

•Go Home

•Back

•Forward

•Refresh

•Print

•Find

•Select All

•Copy

•Cut

•Paste

•Zoom In

•Zoom Out

•Reset Zoom

•About

•Exit Application

•Print to PDF

•Show/Hide Favorites

•Show/Hide TOC

•Show/Hide Search

•Go to web homepage

•Remember last viewed page (special)

•Unlock this application

•Deactivate this application

•Check for updates

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Go to a page/url

Lets you open the page or the URL specified in the application’s browser. You can optionally indicate a target: `_heexternal` (open the URL in the external default web browser) or `_henewinstance` (start a new instance of the application and open the URL). Finally, if you use frames, the destination frame's name can be indicated.

Execute an HEScript Function

Lets you associate an HEScript script procedure or function to the button/menu item/timer.

Syntax: `[scriptname].[functionname]`

Execute JavaScript Code

This will run the specified JavaScript code. It must be real JS code and not just the name of a JS function. The code is executed in the context of the current HTML page.

Open a page in a popup

To open a new window or popup, JavaScript code must be used. Choose Execute JavaScript Code and type the following code for instance:

    window.open('https://www.htmlexe.com','preview','width=1000,height=700');