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Action Button

The Action Button block provides a control to initiate an action for the command.

Inherited general properties

  • BlockID
  • Enable
  • Group
  • Label
  • Show
  • Expanded

Block-specific properties

Property Name Description Access Property Type List of Values
BalloonTooltipText Specifies text for the balloon tooltip. CIGS String Any string value. Type \n for a line feed.
BalloonTooltipImage Specifies the file name of the image displayed in the balloon tooltip. CIGS String Valid bitmap file name from the NX library (no suffix/extension needed), or complete file path. Supports TIFF, PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP.
BalloonTooltipLayout Specifies the location of text with respect to the image in the balloon tooltip. Applicable only when both text and image are specified. CIGS Enum Horizontal — default; text to the right of image. Vertical — text below image; use when image is >300px wide or width:height ratio > 4.
Bitmap Specifies the name of the Bitmap image used by this block. If HighQualityBitmap is TRUE, a 24-bit bitmap can be specified, else a 16-bit bitmap is used. CSG String Any valid bitmap image name (full path can also be specified).
HighQualityBitmap Specifies whether to show the current bitmap with true color (24-bit). CIG Logical TRUE — show with true color. FALSE — do not.
Localize Allows localization of the block Label if it matches an English string in the NX localization database. CIG Logical TRUE — translate to current locale. FALSE — do not translate.
Tooltip Specifies the Tool Tip string. CSG String Any string value.

Access column legend

Character Stands for Meaning
C Creation Modifiable interactively in Block UI Styler at design time.
I Initialize Modifiable at run time via NXOpen API, but only during the Initialize callback.
G Get Readable via NXOpen API in any callback.
S Set Modifiable at run time via NXOpen API in any callback.

Related Basic blocks

Drawing Area, Enumeration, Label/Bitmap, Multi-Line String, Object Color Picker, RGB Color Picker, Separator, String, Toggle, List Box.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/209349590/PL20220512394070742.blockstyler/bs_action_button · retrieved 2026-07-07