5.6.12 Hotspot Options Dialog Box

From this dialog box, you can change the action or other characteristics associated with a hotspot.

NOTE:For more about how to set up and use hotspots, see Enable and Define Hotspots.

Hotspot Options

Modify the selected hotspot using the following options:

Hotspot text

Type a text string, up to 80 characters, to identify the hotspot. Reflection creates a hotspot wherever this text string is encountered in your host application.

Select Action

Select an action to associate with the specified hotspot text.

Tooltip

Type the text to display when the mouse cursor is over the hotspot.

Match case

Select to make the hotspot you are editing case sensitive.

Only valid at row

If selected, the hotspot will appear only if the text is in the specified row.

Only valid at column

If selected, the hotspot will appear only if the text is in the specified column.

Auto invoke when text appears on display

Select to cause the hotspot to be invoked as soon as it appears on the screen.

Text is preceded by a delimiter

Select to match the text only if the text is preceded by a delimiter specified under Hotspot Delimiter. For example, if you define the hotspot "host" and select this option, the word "unixhost" wouldn't be a hotspot.

Text is followed by a delimiter

Select to match the text only if the text is followed by a delimiter specified under Hotspot Delimiter. For example, if you define the hotspot "host" and select this option, the word "hostfile" wouldn't be a hotspot.

Match until a delimiter

Select to define the end of the hotspot as the delimiter(s) specified under Hotspot Delimiter.
Hotspot Delimiter

Space

Select to use the white space created by pressing the SPACEBAR as a hotspot delimiter.

Any of these characters

Select to use any of the listed characters as hotspot delimiters. When this option is selected, you can edit the list of delimiters.

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