Button | Convertigo Documentation

Adds a button on a legacy screen.

Unlike other rules, the Button extraction rule is not designed to extract data from the green screen, but to add a button on the detected screen.
This rule adds a keyword type XML element to the XML document. The keyword XML element is then processed by XSL transformation to display a new button in the HTML page. This element is similar in many ways to the XML elements created by the SNA Commands extraction rule.
Note: XML elements of the keyword type are handled by the keyword XSL template described in the keyword.xsl file. To change the way buttons are displayed in the HTML page, edit this file.

Property	Type	Category	Description
Action	String	configuration	Defines the action triggered when pressing the button. Action can be: • a key action as KEY_PF1, • the name of a transaction if the Transaction property is set to true.
Button layout	XMLRectangle	configuration	Defines the screen zone where the button is to be displayed. This property allows to position the created button element to a specific area of the screen. The created block will be created with the specified screen zone values as positioning attributes. The screen area is defined through four coordinates: • x (area left corner), • y (area upper corner), • w (area width), • h (area height). All values are given in characters, with the upper left corner being (x=0, y=0). -1 represents an undefined value. These positioning attributes have to be handled by the XSL template rule that displays the button.
Button name	String	configuration	Defines the text displayed on the button.
Comment	String	configuration	Describes the object comment to include in the documentation report. This property generally contains an explanation about the object.
End pattern	String	configuration	Defines the block ending pattern for the rule to be executed. Deprecated. It is recommended not to edit this property.
Is active	boolean	configuration	Defines whether the extraction rule is active.
Is final	boolean	configuration	Defines if the extraction is final, i.e. whether pending extraction rules should try to match on the current extraction rule matching blocks. If set to true, once the rule applies on a matching block, Convertigo doesn’t apply the following rules on this block. This can be used to prevent a block from being modified by other rules.
Mashup event	String	configuration	Defines mashup events dispatched on click. Mashup events can be of two types: • Calling directly a transaction or a sequence in Convertigo, • Launching an event in Mashup Composer. Mashup event property allows to define a combination of one direct call to a Convertigo transaction or sequence and/or one launch of Mashup Composer event. Filling this property adds a mashup_event attribute to the block, containing the previous combination in a JSON syntax of one of the following formats: • {"requestable":{"__transaction":"<transaction name>","__connector":"<connector name>"}} for a transaction call only, • {"requestable":{"__sequence":"<sequence name>"}} for a sequence call only, • {"event":"<event name>"} for a mashup event only, • {"requestable":{"__transaction":"<transaction name>","__connector":"<connector name>"},"event":"<event name>"} for a transaction call and a mashup event, • {"requestable":{"__sequence":"<sequence name>"},"event":"<event name>"} for a sequence call and a mashup event. This mashup_event attribute and its content have to be handled by the XSL file applying at the end of the transaction to generate a real Convertigo call and/or Mashup Composer event on click on the displayed object.
Start pattern	String	configuration	Defines the block starting pattern for the rule to be executed. Deprecated. It is recommended not to edit this property.
Transaction	boolean	configuration	Defines whether a transaction must be launched when clicking the button. If set to true, defines the launching of the transaction set in the Action property on button click, by adding a dotransaction attribute to the keyword XML element.
Attributes	int	selection	Defines the presentation attributes on which the rule applies, i.e. the rule applies on blocks matching these presentation attributes. This property allows to configure the rule so that it applies only to parts of screens having specific attributes, for example green text on black background. Presentation attributes to configure are : • Color: Foreground color, Background color, to choose in a list of predefined colors or “not to take into account”. • Decoration: bold, reverse, underlined, blink, for each decoration choose between “with the decoration”, “normal” (i.e. without the decoration), or “not to take into account”.
Screen zone	XMLRectangle	selection	Defines the screen zone on which the rule applies, i.e. the rule applies on blocks completely contained in this screen area. This property allows to configure the rule so that it applies only to areas of screens. All blocks found within the specified perimeter are matching this screen zone and can be processed by the rule. The screen area is defined through four coordinates: • x (area left corner), • y (area upper corner), • w (area width), • h (area height). All values are given in characters, with the upper left corner being (x=0, y=0). -1 represents an undefined value: (x=-1, y=-1, w=-1, h=-1) is an undefined area representing the whole screen, i.e. all blocks, whatever their coordinates, are matching this screen zone and can be processed by the rule.
Type	String	selection	Defines, using a regular expression, to which block types the rule applies. For example, if set to: • static, the rule applies to blocks of static type only. • static \| field, the rule applies to blocks of static or field type only. • [^field], the rule applies to all but field type blocks. Notes: • For more information about regular expression patterns, see the following page: http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html. • To test regular expressions, you can use the regular expression tester at the following URL: http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascriptexample.html.