Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide

Creating Actions for ToolTalk Applications

Note –

The following information applies only to applications that support ToolTalk messaging.

Use the action type TT_MSG to create an action that sends a ToolTalk message.

ACTION action_name
{
 	TYPE		TT_MSG  
 	… 
	}

`addressing` and `disposition` Fields

The ToolTalk disposition field defaults to the specification in the static message pattern.

The following are not supported by TT_MSG-type actions:

Table 12–3shows the keyword and usage for TT_MSG actions.

Table 12–3 TT_MSG Action Keywords and Usage


Keyword	Use
`TT_CLASS`	Defines the value of the ToolTalk class message field
`TT_SCOPE`	Defines the value of the ToolTalk scope message field
`TT_OPERATION`	Defines the value of the ToolTalk operation message field
`TT_FILE`	Defines the value of the ToolTalk file message field
`TT_ARGn_MODE`	Defines the value of the ToolTalk mode attribute for the nth message argument
`TT_ARGn_VTYPE`	Defines the value of the ToolTalk vtype attribute of the nth message argument
`TT_ARGn_VALUE`	Defines the value of the nth message argument