Method Exec

The method exec widget is used to execute a method for a specified thing.


Field	Description
Name	The name of the widget, shown at the top of the widget.
Thing def key (mandatory)	The thing definition that has the method to be executed.
Thing key	You may optionally specify the thing key of the thing that owns the method that will be executed. If specified here, it cannot be overridden or inherited from the dashboard.
Method	The method to execute.
Text	The text to display on the button.
Fire and forget	This option allows you to prefill the button parameters to pass to the method. Selecting this option runs the method without a pop-up. Any response from the method is ignored.
Font size	The size of the text on the button.
Background color	The background color of the button.
Border color	The border color of the button.
Text color	The color of the text on the button.
Button width	The width of the button. Normal displays a button that scales to the size of the text. Fill widget causes the button to be as wide as the widget.
Show border	If the widget should have a border around it.

Clicking the button does one of two things:
- executes the method with the parameters preset with the Fire and forget option.
- displays a window to specify parameters to pass to the method