Multipurpose Send Mail Form Builder

v2.0

Form design

List of actions (optional)

Here it declares list of action used in form. Current version of MSMF only support 2 types of action:

Open link
Show a subform in group. See List of subform groups

This part is structured as following:

General structure of this part

[properties of subform]

</action>

[properties of subform]

</action>

... [other actions]

</actionlist>

Properties of action

Properties	Optional	Value type	Default value	Meaning
type	No	String		Set type of action.
name	No	String		name of action. Similar to name of other components, it can be named any but must be unique in current main form. This name will be used in other component to call action
value	No	String		value corresposing with action
startup	yes	Boolean	false	Run action at startup (when main form is loaded)

Following is list of action supported in current version

Action type	Value	Meaning
OpenLink	http link	This action will open http link in new browser
OpenForm	name of subform in subform group declaration	This action will show specified (by name) subform. All other subforms in same group will be hide

Example

With following general configuration (in XML file)

<actionlist>
   
   <action>
      <type>OpenLink</type>
      <name>OpenLinkGoogle</name>
      <value>http://google.com</value>
   </action>
   <action>
      <type>OpenForm</type>
      <name>OpenForm_Grp1_Sample1</name>
      <value>Grp1_Sample1</value>
   </action>
   <action>
      <type>OpenForm</type>
      <name>OpenForm_Grp1_Sample2</name>
      <value>Grp1_Sample2</value>
   </action>
</actionlist>

<objectlist>
   <object>
      <type>Button</type>
      <name>btnOpenLink1</name>
      <x>10</x>
      <y>40</y>
      <width>100</width>
      <height>20</height>
      <value>Grp1 Form1</value>
      <backgroundColor>red</backgroundColor>
      <textColor>#c9fc9f</textColor>
      <fieldTitleInMail>Button 1</fieldTitleInMail>
      <toolTip>Please write for reviewer</toolTip>
      <actions>
         <name>OpenForm_Grp1_Sample1</name>
      </actions>
   </object>
</objectlist>
　

It will create one Button which when click, form name Grp1_Sample1 will be shown

For more examples, see Examples

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