Designing Windows › Controls › Controls that Do Not Implement Views of Attributes › Programmatic Control

Programmatic Control

Programmatic control is what you define to occur when a user interacts with a control. The action of interacting with a control can cause the following results:

• Trigger an event
• Execute the procedure step
• Execute a command, which, in turn, can cause an autoflow
• Execute a special action of OK, CANCEL, or HELP
• Invoke a dialog

All of the control types except literals, hidden fields, group boxes, and special fields can trigger events. Only menu items and push buttons can cause the other four types of results.