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Event

This object type serves to trigger events on the basis of pre-defined conditions.

Object class: Executable object
Object type (short name): EVNT

The "! Process" tab is the core of each Event object. The processing statements specified here are processed as soon as the defined condition applies.

The condition specified in the ! Process tab is the event that is triggered.

The conditions that can be defined depend on the event type. The following event types are available:

Event type	Default template	Description
Time	EVNT.TIME	The event is triggered in the defined intervals.
File System	EVNT.FILE	It is checked in the defined intervals whether the condition of the File System tab applies. If so, the event is triggered.
Database	EVNT.DB	It is checked in the defined intervals whether the condition of the Database tab applies. If so, the event is triggered.
Console	EVNT.CONS	The event is immediately triggered when all the conditions defined in the Console tab apply.

Activated Event objects are mostly in the status "Sleeping". In Time events, the status changes to "Active" in the defined intervals and then the event is triggered. The same is true for File System events and databaseA database is an organized collection of data including relevant data structures. events with the only exception being that the settings of the File System tab are checked before the event is triggered. Only if the specified settings apply (for example, the defined number of files is exceeded), the event is triggered. Console events only react when the settings specified in the Console tabs apply. They constantly monitor the Console messages - not in intervals as the two other event types. Console events are always in the status "Sleeping".