Actions

Actions may be triggered by buttons and menus. Some are only applicable in specific cases.

Note: the Client column indicates which Sym3 Operator Client supports this action (Desktop and/or Web application)

Name	Description	Client
Acknowledge alarms	Acknowledge all the non acknowledged alarms	Desktop
Acknowledge selected alarms	Acknowledge the currently selected alarms (only applicable for a context menu on an Alarm Display)	Desktop
Change Camera	Change the camera of the selected 3D view	Desktop
Close popup window	Close the current window of the control (if it is a popup window)	Desktop
Disable Selected Alarms	Disable the currently selected alarms (only applicable for a context menu on an alarm display)	Desktop
Display Message	Open a popup window with the specified Title, Text and Icon.	Desktop
Edit Alarm’s User Properties	Override an alarm instances User Defined Property value (only applicable for a context menu on an Alarm Display)	Desktop
Execute External Program	Starts the specified program. The absolute path of the program must be specified, and the program must be local to the client machine. Note that is it possible to simply specify the path of a file and let Windows open the file with the default program for this file extension. For example: “http://www.google.com” will automatically launch the default web browser with the URL. Or C:\Documentation\doc.PDF will open the pdf file in a PDF reader if installed on the client.	Desktop
Execute Macro	A macro that can be typed in directly, or a reference to a function in the Client Script. Example Client.Tags.Set("mytag", true); is a valid macro.	Desktop
Exit Application	Shut down the client	Desktop
Logoff	Log off the current user	Desktop
Open Login Form	Display the login form	Desktop
Open Popup Window	Pops up a new window at the specified location. When a window is popped up the variable “caller” is the object that was used to open the window (typically the button or a piece of equipment). the user may use %caller.Name% or %caller.Alias% anywhere in the binding properties to use the name of the caller as part of the tag names.	Desktop/Web
Open URL	Open a web URL in the default browser. In the web application, the URL can be open in a new browser window, a new tab or embedded in a web client window. Please note that the desktop client will ignore the mode and always open the URL in the default browser.	Desktop/Web
Open Speed Tuning dialog	Displays the speed tuning dialogue used to configure Product Tracking	Desktop
Show Alarm Equipment	Applicable for a context menu on an Alarm Display only. Zoom to the equipment associated to the alarms (if any).	Desktop
Show Disabled Alarms	Opens the list of disabled alarms.	Desktop