Available Actions

The Desktop Designer actions are grouped into multiple functional sets. The groups with basic action descriptions are listed below.

General group contains frequently used label opening and activation related commands:

• Open Label
• Print Label
• Open Document/Program
• Execute Script
• Create Label Variant

Printer group contains actions related to printing:

• Set Printer
• Define Printer Settings
• Set Print Job Name
• Redirect Printing to File
• Set Print Parameter
• Redirect Printing to PDF
• Printer Status
• Store Label to Printer
• Print PDF Document

Form group defines actions related to form objects:

• Open Another Form
• Message action
• Quit
• Move Focus
• Get Selected Table Row
• Select Table Row
• Set Object Property
• Translate form

Variables group defines actions related to variables:

• Set Variable
• Save Variable Data
• Load Variable Data
• String Manipulation

Data & Connectivity group defines the actions related to databases, data sending, reading or receiving, and networking.

• Execute SQL Statement
• Refresh Table
• Import Data into Table
• Send Data to TCP&IP Port
• Send Data to Serial Port
• Read Data from Serial Port
• Send Data to Printer
• HTTP Request
• Web Service

File operations group defines the active file related actions:

• Save Data to File
• Read Data from File
• Delete File
• Browse File/Folder

Flow control group defines various sequences of actions:

• For Loop
• For Every Record
• Try
• Group

Other group contains specific actions for running the commands, sending custom commands and verifying the licenses:

• Run Command File
• Send Custom Commands
• Verify License
• Log Event