ctrlActivate

1.001.001.501.000.50

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Description

Description:

Launch actions attached to given (button based) control.
Command only triggers action entry described in control config and engine-based actions (cancel or ok codes) and will not trigger button related User Interface Event Handlers.
Command ignores control disabled state. (Example 2)

Groups:

GUI Control

Syntax

Syntax:

ctrlActivate control

Parameters:

control: Control

Return Value:

Nothing

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Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

control ctrlActivate full

Parameters:

control: Control - button based control

full: Boolean - true to simulate button click in full including "ButtonClick" event handling

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

ctrlActivate _control;

Example 2:

_control ctrlEnable false; ctrlActivate _control; // Action fired.

Additional Information

See also:

allControls allDisplays controlsGroupCtrl ctrlDelete ctrlModel ctrlSetModel ctrlPosition ctrlSetPosition ctrlClassName ctrlModelScale ctrlSetModelScale ctrlModelDirAndUp ctrlSetModelDirAndUp displayParent

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