Parameter - Web Action Builder Dialog Box

You can use the Parameter - Web Action Builder dialog box to build a Parameter web action on an object so as to run a specified report with the parameters defined in the dialog box when the event bound with the action is triggered at runtime. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Parameter - Web Action Builder dialog box when you select *Parameter and select OK in the Web Action List dialog box.

Parameter - Web Action Builder dialog box

You see the following options in the dialog box:

Submit Action to Handler

Specify the handler to receive the parameters of the web action.

Default Handler in Current Server
Select to submit the action to the current server to handle.
Customized Path
Select to submit the action to a customized path to handle, for example, http://127.0.0.1:8888/.

Get Input From

Select where to get the input.

Apply Action To

Report
Specify the report to run with the parameters specified in the dialog box after the event bound with the action is triggered.
- Browse
  Select to specify the desired report. You can also type the path and file name of the report in the text box.
- Web Control
  Select to use a web control to retrieve the report name at runtime.
Target Frame
Select the window or frame to open the report.
- <Input...>
  Select and type the window or frame name in the text box.
- Constant
  - blank
    Select to load the report into a new blank window. This window is not named.
  - self
    Select to load the report into the window in which the link is selected (the active window).
  - parent
    Select to load the report into the immediate parent window of the active window. If there is no parent window, the active window is used.
  - top
    Select to load the report into the topmost window.
Refresh Current Report
Select to rerun the current report using the parameter values defined in the dialog box when the event bound with the action is triggered.