Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1
You can configure a ribbon button to run a program. This type of add-in does not require any coding and is created by defining and configuring a ribbon entry. When a user clicks the ribbon button, the application will start.
To configure a ribbon button to run a program
- Inside the root XML node of the manifest file, create a node and name it - ActionAddIn.
- Add an attribute named - Contextsto the action node and set the value to one or more context values. For more information about which context values can be used, see Context values.
- Add an attribute named - ActionTypeto the action node and set the value to- Application.
- Add an attribute named - ActionParamto the action node and set the value to the full file path of the file that will run.
- Add an attribute named - Nameto the action node and give it a value.
- Optionally, add the - Iconand- ShowInContextMenuattributes.
See Also
Scenario: Build a Basic Action Add-in
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