Working with Event Types > Events in Applications
	Events in Applications

As described in general terms in About Events, the basic process for events in applications involves the following steps:

1. The application encounters an unexpected condition or error, known as an event.

2. The Avaya Application Simulator identifies the unexpected condition or error and throws an event that matches it, as closely as possible.

3. Starting at the level where the event was thrown, the application works its way up from field to form to global level until it finds an appropriate event handler to catch the event. If no event handler is defined, the application uses one of the implicit (built-in) event handlers.

4. The event handler instructs the application how to handle the event.

Dialog Designer implements this basic process in different ways, depending on what type of event is thrown and whether there is an event handler set to catch the event. Generally, Dialog Designer has two ways of handling events, depending on whether the event is a built-in or a custom event. See:

• Using Built-in Event Handlers for Default Events

• Using and Handling Custom Events

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