To Add an Action

To add a new action to the toolbar of a custom form, you have to add the action code to the appropriate custom graph. (See To Create a Custom Form Template and To Create a Custom Graph for details.)

You can use the Code Editor to add an action template to the graph extension or custom graph that is saved in a customization project as a Code item and currently opened in the editor. To do this, perform the following actions:

1. Click the New Action button of the Code Editor to open the Create Action dialog box.
2. In the dialog box, specify the name of the action delegate method in the Action Name box and the name of the corresponding button in the Display Name box, as shown in the following screenshot.

   
   
   

3. Click OK to create the action template and add it to the item.

The system adds to the code a template of the action declaration that includes the following class members:

• The declaration of the action delegate method
• The declaration of the button attributes to add the button to the form toolbar with the specified name
• The template of the action delegate method

The following example shows the template code for an action.

public PXAction<DACName> myActionDelegateMethod;

[PXButton]
[PXUIField(DisplayName = "MyActionButtonName")]
protected void MyActionDelegateMethod()
{
  // the body of the action delegate method
}