topic Setting Alternate State in Definiton.xml in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Setting-Alternate-State-in-Definiton-xml/m-p/602993#M1234285 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>I was wondering if it is possible/the syntax of initiating an alternate state to an extension object. My object is a scrolling text and it keeps resetting whenever a selection is made. I have something like this:</P><P></P><P>&nbsp; &lt;Initiate Name="General.AlternateState" Value="Test" /&gt;</P><P></P><P>But I am not sure if this is the correct syntax.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Kevin</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:26:21 GMT 2026-01-26T16:26:21Z Setting Alternate State in Definiton.xml https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Setting-Alternate-State-in-Definiton-xml/m-p/602993#M1234285 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>I was wondering if it is possible/the syntax of initiating an alternate state to an extension object. My object is a scrolling text and it keeps resetting whenever a selection is made. I have something like this:</P><P></P><P>&nbsp; &lt;Initiate Name="General.AlternateState" Value="Test" /&gt;</P><P></P><P>But I am not sure if this is the correct syntax.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Kevin</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:26:21 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Setting-Alternate-State-in-Definiton-xml/m-p/602993#M1234285 2026-01-26T16:26:21Z