AX2701

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. The assumption is that View As Form will be enabled, so that the file opens as a form. If the file is not opened as a form, then the standard shortcut parameters for the underlying file type apply (such as report or driver).

Item Description

Axiom Tab Name

Defines an alternate tab name for the form, overriding the form title and other settings. This setting only applies when used in the Windows Client, and causes the form to open as a tab within the Windows Client instead of in the browser.

In all other contexts, this setting is ignored. The tab text for the Axiom form is determined using the following priority order:

  1. Title defined in the form properties
  2. File group Tab Prefix and Tab Column (for file group files only)
  3. File name

View As Form

Select this check box to open the file as an Axiom form.

Quick Filter

Defines a Quick Filter to apply to the form when it is opened. The Quick Filter must be a valid filter criteria statement. You can use the Filter Wizard button to the right of the box to create the filter statement.

Remember that in Axiom forms, users do not have a way to clear the Quick Filter.

This option only applies if the form-enabled file is a report or a file group utility

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.

NOTE: Depending on the file type, you may see other parameters. If the parameter is not in the preceding list, then it does not apply when the file is opened as a form.

Remarks

If the form-enabled file belongs to a file group, you can use file group aliases in the document shortcut. This allows the shortcut to update dynamically depending on the current target of the file group alias. For more information, see Using file group aliases in a document shortcut.