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 or text) whose value will be retrieved. |
| Output | The location where the result will go (variable or dropdown, field, radio, slider, switch 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.
print screen
Prints the specified element’s rectangular boundary of a given screen. This is only available for MacOS and Windows platforms.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Screen | The screen to be printed. |
| Element | An element whose rectangular boundary specifies the area of the screen to be printed. |
print to pdf
Prints the specified element’s rectangular boundary of a given screen to a pdf file.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Filename | The filename of the pdf to be saved. |
| Screen | The screen to be printed. |
| Element | An element whose rectangular boundary specifies the area of the screen to be printed. |
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 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 Wed 12 Jul 2023 22:12:12 BST