Shortcuts to Axiom forms

You can use shortcuts to open form-enabled files as Axiom forms. The shortcut target must be a form-enabled file, and the shortcut parameters must be configured to open as an Axiom form.

Can be used in

Axiom forms
Favorites
Ribbon tabs
Startup files (report files only)
Task panes

Shortcut parameters

Axiom forms support the following shortcut parameters, in addition to any parameters supported by the underlying file type. For example, if the form-enabled file is a report, then the file supports the report shortcut parameters plus the Axiom form parameters.

Item	Description
View As Form	Select this check box to open the file as an Axiom form. If the file does not open as an Axiom form, then the remaining parameters do not apply.
Use New Window	Select this check box if you want the form to be opened in a new window instead of in the current window. This option only applies when opening the target form from within another Axiom form.
Processing Step	Specifies when the form will be opened during the form update process. This option only applies when opening the target form from within another Axiom form, using a Button component (or the Button content tag for formatted grids). By default, this is set to Form - Before Processing, which means that the target form is opened before processing begins in the original form. If desired, you can specify a different processing step for the command. For more information, see Timing of command execution and Axiom form update process. If the target form is being opened in a new window, then the full form update process will be performed on the original form, regardless of when the target form is opened. If the target form is being opened in the same window, then the form update process for the original form stops once the target form is opened.

Item

Description

View As Form

Select this check box to open the file as an Axiom form. If the file does not open as an Axiom form, then the remaining parameters do not apply.

Use New Window

Select this check box if you want the form to be opened in a new window instead of in the current window. This option only applies when opening the target form from within another Axiom form.

Processing Step

Specifies when the form will be opened during the form update process. This option only applies when opening the target form from within another Axiom form, using a Button component (or the Button content tag for formatted grids).

By default, this is set to Form - Before Processing, which means that the target form is opened before processing begins in the original form. If desired, you can specify a different processing step for the command. For more information, see Timing of command execution and Axiom form update process.

If the target form is being opened in a new window, then the full form update process will be performed on the original form, regardless of when the target form is opened. If the target form is being opened in the same window, then the form update process for the original form stops once the target form is opened.

Additionally, in some contexts you can use the Axiom Tab Name parameter to control how the form is opened, if the shortcut is launched from within the Excel Client or the Windows Client:

If this setting is left blank, then the form will open in the user's default browser.
If a tab name is defined, then the form will open as a tab in the application. This only applies to the Windows Client. If you are using the Excel Client, then the form will always open in the user's browser.

If the shortcut is launched from the Web Client (meaning from a browser), then the form is always opened in the browser, regardless of the Axiom Tab Name setting.

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