What Are Application Events and How Can They Be Controlled from SVB?
An event is an action that is typically performed by a user, such as clicking a mouse button, pressing a key, changing data, or opening a spreadsheet or workbook. In STATISTICA certain events are visible to the outside world, i.e., accessible to STATISTICA Visual Basic, and they can be used to customize its behavior. Using programmable events you can tailor the program’s behavior to the users’ needs. Examples of events applications might include: • building auditing systems into STATISTICA (by IT departments), • building interactive demonstration programs based on workbooks, • building customized user interfaces adhering to specific requirements of a particular application (or a specific company, e.g., to meet specific security requirements). Events are an important part of the set of tools built into STATISTICA to make it a powerful solution building system. There are three basic types of events: those pertaining to STATISTICA documents (e.g., spreadsheets), those pertaining to the ST
