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.NET 8.0+

ChoiceActionBase Members

Represents the ancestor for Actions that provide items to be chosen by an end-user.

Fields

Name Description
AnyCaption static Specifies the caption for the ActionBase.TargetViewId property value which means “Any view ID”. By default, this field value is set to “Any”. Inherited from ActionBase.
DefaultItemCaption Used to form a default caption for a Choice Action’s item. By default, its value is “Entry”. This value is appended by an order index.
RequireMultipleObjectsContext static Returns a context for enabling/disabling the Action whose ActionBase.SelectionDependencyType property is set to RequireMultipleObjects. Used for the Action’s ActionBase.Enabled list item that has the true value, if one or more objects are selected in the current View, and false, if no object is selected. Inherited from ActionBase.
RequireSingleObjectContext static Returns a context for enabling/disabling the Action whose ActionBase.SelectionDependencyType property is set to RequireSingleObjects. Used for the Action’s ActionBase.Enabled list item that has the true value, if a single object is selected in the current View, and false, if more than one object is selected. Inherited from ActionBase.

Properties

Name Description
ActionMeaning Specifies whether an Action is represented by an accept, cancel or ordinal button in a Window Forms application’s pop-up Windows. Inherited from ActionBase.
Active Gets a collection of reason/value pairs used to determine or change the Action‘s active state. The resulting state determines the Action’s visibility. Inherited from ActionBase.
Application Provides access to an XafApplication object that can be used to manage an application. Inherited from ActionBase.
CanRaiseEvents protected Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component.
Caption Specifies an Action‘s caption. Inherited from ActionBase.
Category Specifies an Action‘s category. Inherited from ActionBase.
ConfirmationMessage Specifies the confirmation message displayed when an end-user executes an Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
Container Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
Controller Provides access to an Action‘s Controller. Inherited from ActionBase.
Data For internal use. Inherited from ActionBase.
DefaultItemMode Specifies how the Action’s default item is determined.
DesignMode protected Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
DiagnosticInfo Specifies information on an Action. This information is appended to the information on the remaining Actions and their Controllers and displayed via the DiagnosticInfo Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
EmptyItemsBehavior Specifies how to display a Choice Action if its ChoiceActionBase.Items collection is empty.
Enabled Provides access to a collection of key/value pairs used to determine an Action‘s enabled/disabled state. A Disabled Action is visible in the UI, but it is grayed out and cannot be executed. Inherited from ActionBase.
Events protected Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
HasImage Indicates whether an Action has an image assigned to it. Inherited from ActionBase.
Id Specifies an Action‘s identifier. Inherited from ActionBase.
ImageMode Specifies the type of the image that is displayed by the current Action’s control.
ImageName Specifies a name of the image displayed for an Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
IsDisposed Gets a value indicating whether an Action has been disposed of. Inherited from ActionBase.
IsDisposing Inherited from ActionBase.
IsExecuting For internal use. Inherited from ActionBase.
Items Specifies a Choice Action’s item collection.
LockCount Indicates the count of the ActionBase.BeginUpdate method calls. Inherited from ActionBase.
Model Gets the Action‘s settings. Inherited from ActionBase.
PaintStyle Specifies the Action‘s paint style. Inherited from ActionBase.
QuickAccess Specifies whether the current Action is accessible via the Quick Access Toolbar (this toolbar is available when the Ribbon UI is used). Inherited from ActionBase.
SelectionContext Specifies a context of an Action‘s execution. Inherited from ActionBase.
SelectionDependencyType Specifies a context for enabling an Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
Shortcut Defines the keyboard shortcut used to execute the current Action. Has effect in WinForms applications only. Inherited from ActionBase.
ShowItemsOnClick Specifies whether to show the drop-down with the current Action’s items when the Action is clicked in WinForms or ASP.NET Web Forms applications.
Site Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. Inherited from Component.
Tag Provides access to the object that contains data about the Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
TargetObjectsCriteria Specifies a logical expression (criteria) for enabling an Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
TargetObjectsCriteriaMode Specifies whether all the currently selected objects must satisfy the ActionBase.TargetObjectsCriteria criteria to make an Action enabled. Inherited from ActionBase.
TargetObjectType Specifies the type of the object(s) that must be represented by the current View to provide an Action activation. Inherited from ActionBase.
TargetViewId Specifies the identifier of the View for which the Action is activated, or a semicolon-separated list of identifiers if the Action targets multiple Views. Inherited from ActionBase.
TargetViewNesting Specifies whether the View, for which an Action is intended, must be root, nested or any. Inherited from ActionBase.
TargetViewType Specifies the type of the View, for which an Action is intended. Inherited from ActionBase.
TestName For internal use only. Inherited from ActionBase.
ToolTip Specifies a tooltip for an Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
TypeOfView Specifies the type of the View for which an Action is intended. Inherited from ActionBase.

Methods

Name Description
AssignFrom(ActionBase) Shares a specified Action’s settings to the current Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
AssignInfo(IModelAction) Applies settings stored in the specified Application Model‘s node to the current Action.
BeginUpdate() Prevents an Action from being updated until the ActionBase.EndUpdate method is called. Inherited from ActionBase.
Dispose() Releases all resources used by the Component. Inherited from Component.
EndUpdate() Unlocks an Action after a call to the ActionBase.BeginUpdate method, and causes an immediate update. Inherited from ActionBase.
Equals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object.
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object.
GetFormattedConfirmationMessage() Returns a formatted confirmation message displayed when executing an Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
GetHashCode() Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object.
GetLifetimeService() Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
GetService(Type) protected Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Inherited from Component.
GetTotalToolTip() Returns the Action‘s total tooltip. Intended for internal use. Inherited from ActionBase.
GetTotalToolTip(String) Returns the Action‘s total tooltip. Intended for internal use. Inherited from ActionBase.
GetType() Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object.
InitializeLifetimeService() Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
IsHierarchical() Checks whether the Action’s ChoiceActionBase.Items collection has a tree-like structure.
MemberwiseClone() protected Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object.
MemberwiseClone(Boolean) protected Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
RaiseCustomizeControl(Object) For internal use. Inherited from ActionBase.
ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object.
ResetId() Restores an Action‘s ActionBase.Id. Inherited from ActionBase.
ToString() Returns an Action‘s textual representation. Inherited from ActionBase.

Events

Name Description
BehaviorChanged Occurs when the ChoiceActionBase Action behavior is modified.
Changed Occurs after one of the current ActionBase object’s properties has been changed. Inherited from ActionBase.
CustomGetFormattedConfirmationMessage Occurs when the ActionBase.GetFormattedConfirmationMessage method is executed. Inherited from ActionBase.
CustomGetTotalTooltip Occurs when an Action‘s ToolTip is calculated. Inherited from ActionBase.
CustomizeCaption static Inherited from ActionBase.
CustomizeControl Fires after the control is initialized. Allows you to customize the control. Inherited from ActionBase.
Disposed Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose() method. Inherited from Component.
Disposing Occurs when disposing of an Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
ExecuteCanceled Occurs after execution of the Action has been cancelled. Inherited from ActionBase.
ExecuteCompleted Occurs after all actions implemented in the Execute, ActionBase.Executed and ActionBase.ProcessCreatedView event handlers have been performed. Inherited from ActionBase.
Executed Occurs after executing an Action. Inherited from ActionBase.
Executing Occurs before an end-user performs the operation that leads to raising an Action‘s Execute event. Inherited from ActionBase.
HandleException For internal use only. Inherited from ActionBase.
ItemsChanged Occurs when a Choice Action’s ChoiceActionBase.Items property is changed.
ProcessCreatedView Occurs after the ActionBase.Executed event. Inherited from ActionBase.
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