SECTION 8.5
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Actions
KEY
TYPE
VALUE
D
byte string
ASCII string
(Optional)
A bye string specifying the default directory in standard DOS syn-
tax.
(Optional)
An ASCII string specifying the operation to perform:
open
print
O
Open a document.
Print a document.
If the
F
entry designates an application instead of a document, this entry is ig-
nored and the application is launched. Default value:
open
.
P
byte string
(Optional)
A parameter string to be passed to the application designated by
the
F
entry. This entry should be omitted if
F
designates a document.
Thread Actions
A
thread action
jumps to a specified bead on an article thread (see Section 8.3.2,
the action dictionary entries specific to this type of action.
TABLE 8.55 Additional entries specific to a thread action
KEY
TYPE
VALUE
S
name
file specification
dictionary, integer,
or text string
(Required)
The type of action that this dictionary describes; must be
Thread
for a thread action.
(Optional)
The file containing the thread. If this entry is absent, the thread is
in the current file.
(Required)
The destination thread, specified in one of the following forms:
F
D
•
An indirect reference to a thread dictionary (see Section 8.3.2, “Articles”).
In this case, the thread must be in the current file.
•
The index of the thread within the
Threads
array of its document’s catalog
(see Section 3.6.1, “Document Catalog”). The first thread in the array has
index 0.
•
The title of the thread as specified in its thread information dictionary (see
appearing first in the document catalog’s
Threads
array is used.