Working with Event Types > Events in Applications > Using and Handling Custom Events
	Using and Handling Custom Events

Using custom event types is different from using built-in event types in two important respects:

• You must create custom event types before you can use them.

• To create custom event types, see Using the Event Type Editor.

• You must specifically use a Throw item to throw a custom event and a Catch event to handle it.

There are three basic ways to throw a custom event:

• Use a Link item in a node and then use the Throw item, attached to the Link item, to throw the event. See Link.

• Use the Throw item within a Catch item. See Catch (VXML Events).

• Use a Throw item as the only item in a Form node, and then use a condition within a Data node to branch to that Form node.

• For more information about the Form and Data nodes, see Application Items (Basic Nodes).

Once you have set up a way to throw the custom event, you must make sure you have a Catch item, within the scope of the Throw item, to handle it.

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