Custom Actions Contextual Ribbon Page

The contextual Custom Actions Ribbon page is displayed when the Custom Actions view is active and contains the items that used for custom actions management. This section describes each group from this page and all available actions.

New Ribbon Group

The New Ribbon group is used to create a new action for a specific project.

Pre & Post Action

Pre & Post Action

The Pre & Post Action button from the New group on the contextual Custom Actions Ribbon page should be used to create a new generic action and add it to the selected project.

SAM Licenses Installation

SAM Licenses Installation

The SAM Licenses Installation button from the New group on the Custom Actions contextual Ribbon page should be used to create a new action for installing Software Assets Management (SAM) licenses to the Software Licensing Service (SLS) and to add it to the selected project.

Pin Application Action

Pin Application Action

The Pin Application Action button from the New group on the Custom Actions contextual Ribbon page allows you to create a new action to pin any application to or unpin it from the Start Menu and/or the Task Bar.

Management Ribbon Group

The Management Ribbon group allows you to edit, delete and transfer custom actions.

Edit

Edit

The Edit button from the Management group on the contextual Custom Actions Ribbon page should be used to change the selected action configuration.

Delete

Delete

The Delete button from the Management group on the contextual Custom Actions Ribbon page allows you to delete the selected actions from the selected project.

Copy To

Copy To

The Copy To button from the Management group on the contextual Custom Actions Ribbon page should be used to copy the selected actions to another project.

Move To

Move To

The Move To button from the Management group on the contextual Custom Actions Ribbon page allows you to move the selected actions to another project.

Order Ribbon Group

The Order Ribbon group is used to organize the custom actions execution order.

Move Up

Move Up

The Move Up button from the Order group on the contextual Custom Actions Ribbon page should be used to move the selected user actions up the execution order.

Move Down

Move Down

The Move Down button from the Order group on the contextual Custom Actions Ribbon page should be used to move the selected user actions down the execution order.

Action Templates

The Action Templates group allows you to create typical custom actions based on preconfigured templates.

Run Power Shell Script

Run Power Shell Script

The Run PowerShell Script button from the Action Templates group allows you to create a new custom action that runs a selected PowerShell script. The program allows you to select a script that is added to a set of action files. Command-line parameters to run the script are set automatically.

Run VB Script

Run VB Script

The Run VB Script button from the Action Templates group allows you to create a new custom action that runs a selected VB script. The program allows you to select a script that is added to a set of action files. Command-line parameters to run the script are set automatically.

Run Batch File

Run Batch File

The Run Batch File button from the Action Templates group allows you to create a new custom action that runs a selected batch file. The program allows you to select a batch file that is added to a set of action files. Command-line parameters to run the batch file are set automatically.

Run Installed Application

Run Installed Application

The Run Installed Application button from the Action Templates group allows you to create a new custom action that runs an application deployed by the package. The program allows you to select an executable file from the project to run it as a custom action. Command-line parameters to run the batch file are set automatically.