Description

Blocks user input from the keyboard and mouse.

Practical Usage

Useful for preventing user interference while a task is running.

Parameters

General Tab

Action

Text, Optional Default - "lock"
MARKUP: ACTION="unlock"

Specifies whether keyboard and mouse input should be blocked or unblocked.

The available options are:

lock: Keyboard and mouse input will be blocked

unlock: Keyboard and mouse input will be not be blocked.

Notes

Standard Error Handling Options
This action also includes the standard "Error Causes" and "On Error" failure handling options/tabs

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Variables and Expressions
All text fields allow the use of expressions by surrounding the expression in percentage signs (example: %MYVARIABLE%, %Left('Text',2)%). To help construct these expressions, a popup expression builder is available in all these fields by pressing F2.
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Example

<AMBLOCKINPUT ACTION="unlock">