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Command Displays the properties assigned to a command.
■ Name - Displays the name of the command. The name you enter is the
label or tooltip name displayed in the program.
■ Description - Displays the description for the command. The description
you enter is displayed in the status bar or in a tooltip.
■ Extended Help File - Displays the file name and ID from the extended help
file that should be displayed when the cursor continues to hover over a
toolbar, panel button, or menu item for a specified period of time.
Click the [..] button to display the Select Extended Help File dialog box.
Select a XAML file that contains tooltip definitions and then select the
tooltip content to display from the Select Help ID dialog box.
■ Command Display Name - Displays the command line text string that is
shown in the command tooltip.
■ Macro - Displays the macro assigned to a selected command. You can
create a macro or edit an existing macro.
Click the [..] button to display the Long String Editor dialog box and the
full contents of the macro.
■ Tags - Displays the user-defined keywords that are associated with a
command. Tags can be used to search for commands in the menu browser.
Click the [..] button to display the Tag Editor dialog box. Click the Tags
text box to add, modify or remove tags. Each tag must be separated by a
comma and the total number of characters for all the tags and separators
cannot be more than 256 characters.
Advanced Displays the aliases and element IDs that you can define for each
user interface element.
■ Aliases - Specifies a unique value for a user interface element that is used
to programmatically reference the user interface element.
Click the [..] button to display the Aliases dialog box. Click in the text box
and edit the list of assigned aliases.
■ Object Name - Specifies the object type associated with a double click
action.
■ Element ID - Displays the tag that uniquely identifies a command or user
interface element.
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