Action Editor

Concept

The Action Editor is the editor where the user can set up logic code and rules to manage / trigger all kinds of actions for use in a document.

From wherever actions are created (variables, document events, custom button bars), the same editor is used. See Getting Started with Document Actions for more technical information.

See below for an example of the editor :

Using the editor

Basic usage

To add a new line of code, click the + icon
To remove a line of code, click the - icon
To move a line up, first select a line and click the up arrow
To move a line down, first select a line and click the down arrow
To duplicate a line, first select a line and click the copy icon

Advanced options

Select a line and do CTRL-click (windows) or CMD-click (osx) on one of the icons mentioned above in the basic usage.

Adding & deleting lines

To add multiple lines, do the following :

Select the line from where new lines will be added
CTRL/CMD-click the + icon
A popup appears where you can set the number of lines to be added
Click OK

To remove multiple lines, use the same procedure, but then use the - icon. When removing lines, the line selected is also included.

For example, if you select line 5 , CTRL/CMD-click remove, set 3 lines to remove, then line 5, 6 & 7 will be deleted.

Moving lines

To move lines, do the following :

Select a line
CTRL/CMD-click the up or down arrow (resp. move up or down)
A popup appears where you can set the number of lines to be moved
Choose the move location, there are several options available in a pulldown list :
- One Up : one line above
- One Down: one line below
- Top : to first line
- Bottom : the last line
- Relative line dif. : move x lines down relative from the current position
- Absolute line num. : move to a specific given line location
Click OK

Copying lines

To copy lines, do the following :

Select a line
CTRL/CMD-click the copy icon
A popup appears where you can set the number of lines to be copied
Choose the move location, there are several options available in a pulldown list :
- One Up : one line above
- One Down: one line below
- Top : to first line
- Bottom : the last line
- Relative line dif. : move x lines down relative from the current position
- Absolute line num. : move to a specific given line location
- Document's Action clipboard : This will copy the action to the clipboard, so the action can be pasted in to another variable
Click OK

The stored actions are available from a pulldown list in the editor, use the Paste Scrap button to paste

the selected action on a chosen line location

New in version 6.1 & 2020.1

Compare two Date type variables in the action editor. Both local and global variables can be used for comparisons.

A Date variable can also be compared to a string in the following format YYYY/MM/DD.

With extended conditional statements, template logic can be more precise and more selective. The logical operators 'AND' and 'OR' have been added allowing multiple conditions to be evaluated in one block.