[Pro] inline action restriction

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I everyone I was doing a little action tinkering today and I came up with a quick action for webyep. and I was wondering if I am able to restrict this action so that the action can only be seen within the insert action dropdown only if its being used as an inline item like in a run of text.

all the best max

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No, I think that the inline Action is coded <action> just like the
draw-on-the-page Action. You might be able to add some restrictions
through the appliesto attribute, but that’s bolting the door after the
horse has fled – it doesn’t keep people from making the mistake, only
yells at them later.

Walter

On Mar 18, 2011, at 11:17 AM, max wrote:

I everyone I was doing a little action tinkering today and I came up
with a quick action for webyep. and I was wondering if I am able to
restrict this action so that the action can only be seen within the
insert action dropdown only if its being used as an inline item like
in a run of text.

all the best max

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The action-appliesto tag works in two modes. In one mode it should prevent the user from selecting the action if set up correctly as it tells Freeway to exclude the item from the list of available actions to add to the menu.

For example;

<action-appliesto layer>

will only show the action when a layered item is selected.

Also some of the appliesto values are informational so;

<action-appliesto applescript>

will prompt the user in the actions palette to turn AppleScript support on for actions if the feature is currently switched off.

You can stack values to combine requirements;

<action-appliesto applescript layer>

but it can be a bit clunky as the user has to address each requirement separately before they can use the action.

The fwApplyError function on the other hand is a lot more powerful although it runs after the action has been applied.

function fwApplyError()
{
	if(doCheck())
		return "You can't use this action here. Go away!";
	else
		return "";
}

This allows you to do a custom check to see if all of the environment requirements are met and display your own message in the actions palette. A blank returned string will let the user use the action.

This is the closest I can get to what you want Max although it won’t stop users from applying it in inappropriate places;

<action name="inline test">
<action-javascript>
function fwApplyError()
{
	if(!fwItem.fwIsInlined)
		return "You can't use this action here. Go away!";
	else
		return "";
}
</action-javascript> 
</action>

Regards,
Tim.

On 18 Mar 2011, at 15:35, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

No, I think that the inline Action is coded <action> just like the draw-on-the-page Action. You might be able to add some restrictions through the appliesto attribute, but that’s bolting the door after the horse has fled – it doesn’t keep people from making the mistake, only yells at them later.

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Thanks Tim and walter
the inline test is good enough for what I need all the best max

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