From the External section of the list of actions available along the left column of the Action Editor, you can add any of the following four actions. Click an action for instructions on how to add it to an action sequence.
Action | Property |
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Send SMS | Sends a text message. |
Send Email |
Sends an email message. |
Show Alert |
Displays an alert message to the user. Alerts can be one of three types:
All the alerts are modal in nature. That is, the user cannot proceed with other UI operations until the alert is dismissed. |
Open URL | Opens a web page. |
To configure an action that sends an SMS message, do the following:
To configure an action that sends an email message, do the following:
Field | Description |
To | The email address of the recipient or recipients (separated by semicolons) that the email message is being sent to. |
Cc | The email address of the recipient or recipients that are to receive a "carbon copy" of the email message being sent. |
Bcc | The email address of the recipient or recipients that are to receive a "blind carbon copy" of the email message being sent (i.e. the other recipients of the email message are not able to see that the Bcc recipients are included. |
Subject | The text that you want to appear in the subject line of the email message. |
HTML Formatted Body |
Check this check box if the body of your email message includes HTML code, otherwise, the email message is sent using simple text formatting. Note: If you check the HTML Formatted Body check box, you must ensure that the HTML code that you use in the body of your email message is correct. Otherwise, your message may not display correctly. |
Body | The text that you want to appear in the body of the email message. This text appears in simple text format unless you check the HTML Formatted Body check box and format the body with correct HTML code. |
To configure an action that shows an alert, do the following:
Field | Description |
Alert Type | From the Alert Type drop-down list, select either Confirmation, Error, or Info. |
Alert Title | The text that the user will see in the title bar of the alert. Alternately, if you are localizing the app and have set up an internationalization (i18n) key for this value, select the key you want from the Alert Title i18n drop-down list. |
Yes Label | The button text that the user will see to accept the information of the alert, commonly configured as Yes or OK. Alternately, if you are localizing the app and have set up an internationalization (i18n) key for this value, select the key you want from the Yes Label i18n drop-down list. |
No Label | The button text that the user will see to reject the information of the alert, commonly configured as No or Cancel. Alternately, if you are localizing the app and have set up an internationalization (i18n) key for this value, select the key you want from the No Label i18n drop-down list. |
Alert Icon |
If you want an icon to accompany the alert message, click Browse, select the |
Message Type | From the Message Type drop-down list, select either Constant or Expression. |
Alert Message | The body of the alert, informing users of what you want them to know. Alternately, if you are localizing the app and have set up an internationalization (i18n) key for this value, select the key you want from the Alert Message i18n drop-down list. |
To configure an action that opens a URL, do the following:
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