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Constants Summery
Number #DATETIME
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.
Number #INTEGER
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.
Number #MEDIA
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.
Number #NUMBER
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.
Number #TEXT
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Property Summery
String #defaultValue
The default value of the variable.
String #name
The name of the variable.
Number #variableType
The type of the variable.

Constants Details
DATETIME
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.
Returns
Number
Sample
var dateVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gDate', JSVariable.DATETIME);
dateVar.defaultValue = 'now';
application.output(globals.gDate); // Prints the current date and time.
INTEGER
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.
Returns
Number
Sample
var intVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gInt', JSVariable.INTEGER);
intVar.defaultValue = 997;
application.output(globals.gInt); // Prints 997
MEDIA
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.
Returns
Number
Sample
var mediaVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gMedia', JSVariable.MEDIA);
mediaVar.defaultValue = 'new Array(1, 2, 3, 4)';
application.output(globals.gMedia); // Prints out the array with four elements.
NUMBER
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.
Returns
Number
Sample
var numberVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gNumber', JSVariable.NUMBER);
numberVar.defaultValue = 192.334;
application.output(globals.gNumber); // Prints 192.334
TEXT
Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.
Returns
Number
Sample
var txtVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gText', JSVariable.TEXT);
txtVar.defaultValue = '"some text"'; // Use two pairs of quotes if you want to assing a String as default value.
application.output(globals.gText); // Prints 'some text' (without quotes).

Property Details
defaultValue

The default value of the variable.

It is interpreted as a JS expression.

For INTEGER variables it can be an integer constant, like 10 for example.
For NUMBER variables it can be a real constant, like 22.41. For DATETIME
variables it can be "now", or a JS expression like "new Date()". For TEXT
variables it can be any string surrounded with quotes, like 'some text'.
Returns
String
Sample
var intVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gInt', JSVariable.INTEGER);
intVar.defaultValue = 997;
application.output(globals.gInt); // Prints 997
var numberVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gNumber', JSVariable.NUMBER);
numberVar.defaultValue = 192.334;
application.output(globals.gNumber); // Prints 192.334
var dateVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gDate', JSVariable.DATETIME);
dateVar.defaultValue = 'now';
application.output(globals.gDate); // Prints the current date and time.
var txtVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gText', JSVariable.TEXT);
txtVar.defaultValue = '"some text"'; // Use two pairs of quotes if you want to assing a String as default value.
application.output(globals.gText); // Prints 'some text' (without quotes).
var mediaVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gMedia', JSVariable.MEDIA);
mediaVar.defaultValue = 'new Array(1, 2, 3, 4)';
application.output(globals.gMedia); // Prints out the array with four elements.
name
The name of the variable.
Returns
String
Sample
var gVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gtext', JSVariable.TEXT);
gVar.name = 'anotherName';
gVar.defaultValue = '"default text"';
// The next two lines will print the same output.
application.output(globals[gVar.name]);
application.output(globals.anotherName);
variableType
The type of the variable. Can be one of: TEXT, INTEGER, NUMBER, DATETIME or MEDIA.
Returns
Number
Sample
var g = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('gtext',JSVariable.TEXT);
globals.gtext = 'some text';
g.variableType = JSVariable.DATETIME;
globals.gtext = 'another text'; // This will raise an error now, because the variable is not longer of type text.
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