Executes a specified designer command. You can use this method when implementing a custom toolbar or menu, this method will perform the report actions in response to the toolbar or menu items.
object.ExecuteAction(action As DesignerActionTypes)
The ExecuteAction method syntax has the following parts:
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| object | An expression evaluating to an object of type ARDesigner. |
| action | DesignerActionTypes - A valid action setting. |
The settings for action are:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| ddActionFOpen | 1 - File: Open. |
| ddActionFSave | 2 - File: Save. |
| ddActionFPageSetup | 3 - File: Page Setup. |
| ddActionECut | 4 - Edit: Cut. |
| ddActionEPaste | 5 - Edit: Paste. |
| ddActionECopy | 6 - Edit: Copy. |
| ddActionEUndo | 7 - Edit: Undo. |
| ddActionEDelete | 8 - Edit: Delete. |
| ddActionEDeleteSection | 9 - Edit: Delete Section. |
| ddActionEInsertReportHF | 10 - Edit: Insert Report Header/Footer. |
| ddActionEInsertPageHF | 11 - Edit: Insert Page Header/Footer. |
| ddActionEInsertGroupHF | 12 - Edit: Insert Group Header/Footer. |
| ddActionEReorderGroups | 13 - Edit: Reorder Groups. |
| ddActionEInsertField | 14 - Edit: Insert Field. |
| ddActionViewExplorer | 15 - View: Report Explorer. |
| ddActionViewFieldsList | 16 - View: Fields List. |
| ddActionViewPropertyList | 17 - View: Property Listbox. |
| ddActionViewGrid | 18 - View: Grid. |
| ddActionViewSnapToGrid | 19 - View: Snap to grid. |
| ddActionViewFullScreen | 20 - View: Full screen. |
| ddActionViewCodeEditor | 21 - View: Script Code Editor. |
| ddActionFoAlignLefts | 22 - Format: Align Control Lefts. |
| ddActionFoAlignRights | 23 - Format: Align Control Rights. |
| ddActionFoAlignCenters | 24 - Format: Align Control Centers. |
| ddActionFoAlignTops | 25 - Format: Align Control Tops. |
| ddActionFoAlignMiddles | 26 - Format: Align Control Middles. |
| ddActionFoAlignBottoms | 27 - Format: Align Control Bottoms. |
| ddActionFoAlignToGrid | 28 - Format: Align to Controls Grid. |
| ddActionFoAlignCenterInSec | 29 - Format: Align : Center Control in Section. |
| ddActionFoSizeSameWidth | 30 - Format: Size controls to the same width. |
| ddActionFoSizeSameHeight | 31 - Format: Size controls to the same height. |
| ddActionFoSizeSameBoth | 32 - Format: Size controls to the same width and height. |
| ddActionFoVSpaceEqual | 33 - Format: Space controls even vertically. |
| ddActionFoVSpaceIncrease | 34 - Format: Increase vertical spacing. |
| ddActionFoVSpaceDecrease | 35 - Format: Decrease vertical spacing. |
| ddActionFoHSpaceEqual | 36 - Format: Space controls even horizontally. |
| ddActionFoHSpaceIncrease | 37 - Format: Increase horizontal spacing. |
| ddActionFoHSpaceDecrease | 38 - Format: Decrease horizontal spacing. |
| ddActionFoOrderBringToFront | 39 - Format: Bring control to the foreground. |
| ddActionFoOrderSendToBack | 40 - Format: Send control to the background. |
| ddActionFoLockControls | 41 - Format: Lock controls size and position. |
| ddActionFoFontBold | 45 - Format: bold. |
| ddActionFoFontItalic | 46 - Format: Italic. |
| ddActionFoTextAlignLeft | 47 - Format: Align text left. |
| ddActionFoTextAlignCenter | 48 - Format: Align text center. |
| ddActionFoTextAlignRight | 49 - Format: Align text Right. |
| ddActionFoBorder | 54 - Format: Set border styles. |
| ddActionFoBullets | 55 - Format: Set bullet style. |
| ddActionFoIndent | 56 - Format: Indent text. |
| ddActionFoOutdent | 57 - Format: Outdent text. |
| ddActionFoUnderline | 58 - Format: Underline. |
'Edit > Cut menu item
Private Sub miECut_Click()
ARDesigner1.ExecuteAction ddActionECut
End Sub
Font and color actions are not supported in the ExecuteAction method. In order to set font and color properties you should directly access the selected object and set those properties.