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Perform the following steps to add a button to a dashboard:

1. Open the Dashboard Part form for the Button Bar that you want to edit.
   
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1. 1. the Options...

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1. 1.  link from the upper-right hand corner of a personal -dashboard.

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1. 1. Select Edit "<Dashboard Name>"

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1. 1.  from the context menu.
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1. 1. the Layout

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1. 1.  tab on the Dashboard Options form.
   2. Open an existing Button Bar part or create a new part that uses the Button Bar component.
2. On the Button Bar form, select the the Properties tab tab, and then select the the Buttons sub sub-tab.
   

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1. • Click Yes

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1. •  if prompted to save the Button Bar before continuing.

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2. Click Add to open the Button Properties form.
3. Enter a name for the button in the the Name field field.
4. Enter a culture string in the the Name Culture String field  field to localize the button's display name (if desired). See the " Localization " Localization chapter in the the Aptify 5.5.1 Administration Guide for  for more - information or contact your administrator if you need assistance.
5. Enter a description of the button in the the Description field field.The description appears as the button's tool tip when a user mouses over the button.
6. Enter a culture string in the the Desc Culture String field  field to localize the description of the button (if desired).If specified, the applicable culture string appears as the button's tool tip. See the "Localization" Localization chapter in the Aptify 5.5.1 Administration Guide for  for more - information or contact your administrator if you need assistance.
7. Select an an Action Type from  from the drop-down list.
   
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1. • Configuring the Button Action Types

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1. •  for information on the available button action types.
2. If you want to specify the button's exact location on the part, select select Manual from the  from the Location Mode drop drop-down list and enter the button's s Left and  and Top positions  positions in the fields provided.
   
   • Aptify recommends that you leave Location Mode set to Automatic to let the dashboard automatically place the buttons for you (particularly if your button bar will have more than one button).
   • If specifying a manual location, enter a value in pixels for the button's Left and Top positions. The Left and Top fields indicate where to place the button in relation to the part's upper left corner (which corresponds to a Left position of 0 and a Top position of 0).
3. If you want to specify the button's size, select select Manual from the  from the Size Mode drop drop-down list and enter the button's s Width and  and Height in  in the fields provided.
   
   • If you leave Size Mode set to Automatic, the button uses the default Button Height and Button Width defined on the Button Bar's General tab.
   • If specifying the button size manually, enter a value in pixels for the button's Width and Height.

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2. Click the the Appearance tab tab.Button Appearance Tab

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2. Specify the button's appearance by configuring the following properties:
   
   • Text Color:

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1. •  The color of the button's text. By default, the text color is black. To select a different color, click the ellipsis (...) button to open the Color Selection dialog. See

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1. • Selecting Dashboard Colors

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1. • . Note that this field is not applicable if the button's Style is System.
   • Back Color:

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1. •  The button's background color. By default, the background is gray. To select a different color, click the ellipsis (...) button to open the Color Selection dialog. See

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1. • Selecting Dashboard Colors

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1. • . Note that this field is not applicable if the button's Style is System.
     • Note that changes made to the dashboard button's background on systems using XP or Vista themes may not be visible. Changes to the button's background colors are visible with Windows 2003 and 2008 themes.
   • Font Name:

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1. •  The font used by the button's text. By default, the font is Tahoma. To select a different font, click the ellipsis (...) button to open the Aptify Font dialog (shown in the figure below). 
     

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1. • Font

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1. • Size:

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1. •  The size of the button's text. By default, the font size is 8 pt. You can enter a different font size in this field or within the Aptify Font dialog (shown in

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   • Style:

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1. •  This parameter determines the button's appearance and border type. The options are Flat, Popup, Standard, and System. System is the default style.
     • To see how these border options differ, select a Style, click the Image tab, and

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1. • •  click the button sample shown in the Button Preview.

     • When set to System, the button always uses black as the text color and the background color is gray, even if you specify a different Text Color and Back Color.

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       You cannot add an image to a button if the button's Style is System.

2. Click the the Image tab tab.
3. To add an icon to the button (for buttons whose Style is not System), specify the location of the image file within the Aptify Object Repository in the the Image Location field field.
   
   • The Image Location field is only applicable for button's whose Style is set to Standard.
   • Contact your administrator if you need assistance with placing files in the Object

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2. If you specified an image in the Image Location field, select a location for the image on the button from the list of available options in the the Image Alignment field  field (for example, select select TopLeft to  to place the image in the upper left corner of the button).
3. Specify the location of the text on the button from the list of available options in the the Text Alignment field  field (for example, select BottomRight to place the text in the bottom right corner of the button).Button Image Tab Image Removed 
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4. Select the the Action Properties tab tab.
5. Define the properties for the selected Action Type.
   
   • The properties to configure differ depending on the Action Type selected. See

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2. Click the the Comments tab  tab to add additional information concerning this button, as needed.
3. Click Click OK to  to save the button and return to the Button Bar Properties dialog.
4. Add additional buttons as necessary.
5. When finished, click click OK to  to close the Button Bar Properties dialog, and click click OK again  again to close the Dashboard Options dialog.
   
   • The new button(s) appear on the dashboard.