Other Actions

These are just actions that didn't seem to fit in any of the other groups…

"-" Action

Use "-" to make Apt ignore a particular trigger. The main use is to disable a trigger you have in *default* but that you don't want to be active for a particular application. Effects are unpredictable if used in a macro.

Apply Action Category

Apply

Applies the prefs (Prefs screen only) of the specified target to the current target.

Send Reset Notification Action Category (RSet)

Send Reset

Tells the specified app that a reset has just been performed. For some apps this can trigger them to enable some functionality (e.g. activate resident components). This would probably be used with the -Lnch (prelaunch) trigger.

Apt Action Category

Call Tag(Call)

Calls the tag with the specified name. See tags.

Enable Trigger (T+)

Disables the specified trigger (for all apps).
+++Disable Trigger (T-)
Enables the specified trigger (for all apps)

Increment Variable (Var+)

Increase the value of the specified variable by 1. See variables.

Decrement Variable (Var-)

Decrease the value of the specified variable by 1

Clear Variable (Var0)

Set the value of the specified variable to 0

Show Graffiti Taps and Strokes (SGrf)

Shows the catch areas of all strokes and taps for the current app.

Get Tap (GTap)

Record a tap from the user, and use the coordinates for the first undefined tap trigger in the current target.

Get Stroke (GStrk)

Record a stroke from the user, and use the coordinates for the first undefined stroke trigger in the current target.

Add Tap (ATap)

Record a tap and make a new trigger entry in the profile for the current app (will create new profile block if necessary)

Add Stroke (AStrk)

Record a stroke and make a new trigger entry in the profile for the current app (will create new profile block if necessary)

List Menu Items (LMen), Fields (LFld), Controls (LCtl), Form ID (LFrm)

Popup a list box with the names and resource IDs of the relevant form objects. List Form only shows the current form data. If an item is selected, the resource ID is copied, and in Apt can later be pasted into a field with Menu->Edit->PasteID.

Get Point (GPnt)

Tap the screen to record a coordinate, which can then be used in a Pen:Tap action.

Show Apt Menu (Menu)

Show a star menu with all of the above actions plus the GetCoords DA and Apt launch button.

"…" Action Category

Back

Launch the last visited app which had Remember Me on the Prefs+ screen checked. All apps have this selected by default, but you may not want to e.g. go back to launcher apps. Back does not do anything when no app has yet been visited e.g. after a reset

Wait

Don't do anything for the specified time (in milliseconds). This is a 'non-blocking' wait, the device can be busy doing other
things while the wait is taking place.

Form

Goto the form with the specified resource ID. Warning:your device will crash if you put a non-existent ID here. You can get the form ID of a form in the target app using ListForm in the AptMenu and paste it in with Menu->Edit->PasteID.

Lock

Lock the device until the lock triggers defined in *default* are satisfied.

AOff

Set the device auto-off timer to x seconds. Note: if you have AutoOff settings in a Prefs screen, it will override the setting here if you go to that app.

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