1. Siebel CRM Desktop for Microsoft Outlook Administration Guide
  2. Dropdown Control of the Forms File

Dropdown Control of the Forms File

The dropdown control of the forms_xx.xml file is a button that includes menu options. If the user clicks this button, then Siebel CRM Desktop displays the menu. You add menu items for this menu to a script.

If you set the class attribute of the control tag to dropdown, then you must specify the following tags in the control tag:

  • control. Contains more tags that you can use to describe the dropdown control.

  • text. The value in the control tag that you can use to specify the text of the dropdown control.

To specify the caption for the dropdown control, you can use the caption attribute.

Example Code of the Dropdown Control

The following code illustrates usage of the dropdown control:

<cell size="22">
  <control id="dd_contacts" class="dropdown" caption="#lbl_contacts" tab_order="1" 
visible="false"></control>
</cell>