Creating objects for the Desktop

Installing action definitions

Scripts that define actions for the object are displayed in the first two full-length fields on the Object Builder window. You can define two types of action sequences for the object:

those taken when a user double clicks on the object. You can define actions taken when the user double clicks with mouse button 1 (Activate) separately from those taken when the user double clicks with mouse button 2 (Alt_Activate).
those taken when a user drags and drops the object. You can define actions taken when the object is dragged with mouse button 1 (Drop) or mouse button 2 (Alt_Drop).

You can define the actions to associate with the object in one of four ways:

install the actions from an existing action script by dropping the file containing the action script on the Object Builder window
install the actions defined in an existing object by dropping the object on the Object Builder window
install default actions by dropping an executable on the Object Builder window or by selecting Executable from the Install menu
enter your own actions directly in the ``Trigger Action'' fields

When you drop a non-executable, non-directory file icon on the Object Builder window, the Object Builder assumes it contains a script of action definitions.

If you drop an action script, existing object, or an executable on the Object Builder window, you must first specify the action sequence that you are defining: Activate, Alt_Activate, Drop, or Alt_Drop. Make your choice using the toggle buttons above the ``Trigger Action'' fields.

When you drop an object's icon on the Object Builder window, you are prompted to specify which component(s) to load. You can choose to load the picture only, the actions only, or both.