ctrlActivate

1.001.001.501.000.50

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Description

Description:

Launch actions attached to given (button based) control.
Command only triggers engine-based actions (cancel or ok codes) and will not trigger button related User Interface Event Handlers or buttonAction, use the alternative syntax for this.
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

Notes

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