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How to: Include the Original Body in an Item Resulting from an Action

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To specify the way that the body of the current item is included in the resulting item

  1. In the form region manifest XML file, specify the action as a child action element of the customActions element for that form region.
  2. Specify the internal name of the action as the value of the name attribute of the action element.
  3. Specify a value for the child body element of the action element.

The following example assigns replyToBlog as the internal name of a custom action, and specifies that the body of the current item will be included and indented in the resulting item:

  <customActions>
    <action name="replyToBlog">
        <body>indent</body>
        <!-- Further characterize this action -->
    </action>
</customActions>

Note that the child body element of the action element can contain one of the folowing values:

Value Description
attach The current item is attached to the resulting item.
include The body of the current item is included as the body of the resulting item.
indent The body of the current item is included in the body of the resulting item and indented.
link A link to the current item is provided in the resulting item.
omit The body of the current item is omitted from the resulting item.
prefix The body of the current item is included in the body of the resulting item and prefixed with the quotation character.
user The user’s preferences are applied in how the body should be handled.

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