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You can use event-based actions on your documents and data entry forms to perform various actions, such as printing documents, writing to files or databases, and sending email. You can configure these actions to run when a particular event occurs, such as when a print job is completed, when a user clicks a button on a data entry form, or when a data entry form is closed.

In This Section

• Adding Actions to the Document or Form

  Describes how to add actions to your BarTender document or data entry form to perform various actions when a specified event occurs.

• Actions Page

  Describes how to configure action properties and variables for the specified events.

• Available Events

  Describes the events that can be configured to cause an action to run.

• Available Actions

  Describes the actions that can be configured to take place when an event occurs.

• Using Variables

  Describes how to use variables that represent specific information at the time that an action runs.