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If you open the screen containing the ribbon/toolbar, you can use the select button to launch the respective functions of the select options.
The select button can be hidden from the ribbon/toolbar or shown again programatically through the hideItem / showItem CLAPI methods., or disabled/enabled using disableItem / enableItem. Hiding and disabling the select button's options can be done through the hideSubitem / disableSubitem CLAPI methods.