About events
Events enable the InForm application to use the results returned by a rule script to generate any of the following actions:
- Issuing or closing a candidate or open query against an item on a form.
- Sending email, or by using an email gateway, sending a fax or activating a beeper.
- Creating an entry in the Windows log file.
For a description of the rule and event processing flow that occurs when an item is submitted or updated, see Rules and events.
In addition to events that fire during rule processing, the InForm application includes predefined system events that fire when state information changes; for example, when a CRF is frozen or unfrozen. This chapter describes the events associated with rules.