Actions: Utility

answer dialog

Displays a dialog box with a given message and 1-3 choices as buttons.

Argument	Description
Output	The location where the selection will go (variable or text or field element).
Message	A variable or input to be displayed in the dialog box.
Choice1	A variable or input to be displayed as a button in the dialog box.
Choice2	A variable or input to be displayed as a button in the dialog box.
Choice3	A variable or input to be displayed as a button in the dialog box.

blank action

This is an action you can type into to quickly filter from the list of all Appli actions. Clicking or pressing enter in the auto-completion field turns the blank action into the selected action. Any remaining blank actions get deleted when you press ‘Apply’ .

check internet status

Checks the status of the internet connection, and returns ‘true’ or ‘false’.

Argument	Description
Output	The location where the internet connection status will go (variable or element)

combine values

Combines two values (input, variable, text or field element) and stores the result in a specified variable.

Argument	Description
Value1	A variable, input, text or field element to be combined.
Separator	A separator placed between the two values being combined. Use ‘LF’ for a line feed.
Value2	A variable, input, text or field element to be combined.
Output	The location where the combination of the two values will be stored (variable, element).

comment

Add a helpful comment to your code.

Argument	Description
TheComment	The comment string to display

dispatch event

Have Appli process an event anywhere in the current app.

Argument	Description
Result	Optional output to a variable or element than contains details about how the dispatch was processed: handled, unhandled, or passed.
Event	Select an event to dispatch.
Element	Select an element that contains the event you want to activate.

email pdf

Emails the specified element’s rectangular boundary of a given screen as a pdf file.

Argument	Description
Subject	The subject of the email.
Body	The body of the email.
Screen	The screen to be emailed.
Element	An element whose rectangular boundary specifies the area of the screen to be emailed as a pdf.
Recipient	The email where the pdf will be sent.
FromEmail	The email that will be displayed as the sender’s email.

filter duplicate lines

Removes duplicate lines from a list.

Argument	Description
Input	The variable or text or field element that contains a line-delimited list.
Output	The location to store the filtered list (variable or text or field element).

filter lines

Filter lines from a list.

Argument	Description
ListToFilter	A variable that contains a line-delimited list.
Operator	Which operator (with or without) to filter the lines by.
Filter	A variable that contains a line-delimited list.
Output	The variable to store the filtered list.

get element value

Retrieves the value of the specified element.

Argument	Description
Element	The element (dropdown, field, radio, slider, switch, date, time, checkbox, or text) whose value will be retrieved.
Output	The location where the result will go (variable or dropdown, field, radio, slider, switch, date, time, checkbox, or text element).

get platform

Retrieves the specific platform of the current device (Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android).

Argument	Description
Output	The location where the result will go (variable).

get tax

Retrieves the tax rate of a given location.

Argument	Description
Address	A variable containing the address of the location.
City	A variable containing the city of the location.
Zip	A variable containing the zip of the location.
Output	The location where the result will go (variable or text or field element).

get version

Retrieves the current version of Appli IDE or Appli Player the device is running.

Argument	Description
Output	The location where the result will go (variable or text element).

hide element

Hide an element.

Argument	Description
Element	The element to hide

hide loading

Hides the loading dialog box.

lock screen

Locks the screen to prevent actions from being visible on the screen.

reset element

Resets the specified element to its default state. Supported elements: field, radio, search, dropdown, login, create account, image.

Argument	Description
Element	The element to reset.

set element value

Sets the value of the specified element.

Argument	Description
Element	The element (dropdown, field, radio, slider, switch, date, time, checkbox, or text) whose value will be set.
Value	The value the specified element will store (input, variable or dropdown, field, radio, slider, switch or text element).

set item separator

Set the item separator for this code block.

Argument	Description
Separator	Specify the string character(s) that will act as an item separator within (this) event’s code

show element

Show an element.

Argument	Description
Element	The element to hide

show loading

Displays a dialog box with a given message and a loading spinner.

Argument	Description
Message	A variable or input to be displayed in the dialog box.

sort lines

Sorts lines from a list.

Argument	Description
Input	The variable or text or field element that contains a line-delimited list.
Direction	Which direction (ascending or descending) to sort the lines by.
SortType	The type of data stored in each line to sort by.
Output	The location to store the sorted list (variable or text or field element).

toggle password

Show or hide password input in a field element. The “password” property must be on for this action to occur.

Argument	Description
Element	The field element to have its password input shown or hidden.

unlock screen

Unlocks and renders the updated screen.

wait

Wait for a specific amount of time, in milliseconds. (The wait is non-blocking).

Argument	Description
Number	Specify the number of milliseconds to wait

This chapter was last updated on Tue 7 Nov 2023 16:33:22 GMT