Page History

{div:style=}

Wiki Markup

Div

style	display:none

DO

NOT

EDIT

THE

CONTENT

OF

THIS

PAGE

DIRECTLY

(EXCEPT

INSIDE

THE

DIV

BELOW

WITH

ID=DESCRIPTION),

UNLESS

YOU

KNOW

WHAT

YOU'RE

DOING.

THE

STRUCTURE

OF

THE

CONTENT

IS

VITAL

IN

BEING

ABLE

TO

AUTO

UPDATE

THE

CONTENT

THROUGH

THE

DOC

GENERATOR.

\\ \\ Enter additional information related to this

Enter additional information related to this 'class'

inside

the

\

{div}

macro

with

'id=description'

{div} {div:id=description}{div}\\ {table:id=|class=servoy sSummary}{colgroup}{column:width=80px|padding=0px}{column}{column}{column}{colgroup}{tr:style=height: 30px;}{th:colspan=2}Constants Summary{th}{tr}{tbody}{tr}{td}[Number]{td}{td}[#DATETIME] Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody}{tr}{td}[Number]{td}{td}[#INTEGER] Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody}{tr}{td}[Number]{td}{td}[#MEDIA] Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody}{tr}{td}[Number]{td}{td}[#NUMBER] Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody}{tr}{td}[Number]{td}{td}[#TEXT] Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{td}{tr}{tbody}{table}\\ {table:id=|class=servoy sSummary}{colgroup}{column:width=80px|padding=0px}{column}{column}{column}{colgroup}{tr:style=height: 30px;}{th:colspan=2}Property Summary{th}{tr}{tbody}{tr}{td}[String]{td}{td}[#defaultValue] The default value of the variable.{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody}{tr}{td}[String]{td}{td}[#name] The name of the variable.{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody}{tr}{td}[Number]{td}{td}[#variableType] The type of the variable.{td}{tr}{tbody}{table}\\ {table:id=|class=servoy sSummary}{colgroup}{column:width=80px|padding=0px}{column}{column}{column}{colgroup}{tr:style=height: 30px;}{th:colspan=2}Method Summary{th}{tr}{tbody}{tr}{td}[String]{td}{td}[#getScopeName]\() Get scope name{td}{tr}{tbody}{table}\\ {table:id=constant|class=servoy sDetail}{colgroup}{column:width=100%|padding=0px}{column}{colgroup}{tr:style=height: 30px;}{th:colspan=1}Constants Details{th}{tr}{tbody:id=DATETIME}{tr:id=name}{td}h6.DATETIME{td}{tr}{tr:id=des}{td}{div:class=sIndent}Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=ret}{td}*Returns*\\{div:class=sIndent}[Number]{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=sam}{td}*Sample*\\{div:class=sIndent}{code:language=javascript}

Div

id	description

HTML Table

id
class	servoy sSummary

Colgroup Tag

Col

width	80px

Col

Table Head (thead)

Table Row (tr)

style	height: 30px;

Table Head (th)

colspan	2

Constants Summary

Table Row (tr)

Table Cell (td)
Number

Table Cell (td)
DATETIME Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Table Row (tr)

Table Cell (td)
Number

Table Cell (td)
INTEGER Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Table Row (tr)

Table Cell (td)
Number

Table Cell (td)
MEDIA Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Table Row (tr)

Table Cell (td)
Number

Table Cell (td)
NUMBER Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Table Row (tr)

Table Cell (td)
Number

Table Cell (td)
TEXT Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

HTML Table

id
class	servoy sSummary

Colgroup Tag

Col

width	80px

Col

Table Head (thead)

Table Row (tr)

style	height: 30px;

Table Head (th)

colspan	2

Property Summary

Table Row (tr)

Table Cell (td)
String

Table Cell (td)
defaultValue The default value of the variable.

Table Row (tr)

Table Cell (td)
String

Table Cell (td)
name The name of the variable.

Table Row (tr)

Table Cell (td)
Number

Table Cell (td)
variableType The type of the variable.

HTML Table

id
class	servoy sSummary

Colgroup Tag

Col

width	80px

Col

Table Head (thead)

Table Row (tr)

style	height: 30px;

Table Head (th)

colspan	2

Method Summary

Table Row (tr)

Table Cell (td)
String

Table Cell (td)
getScopeName() Get scope name

HTML Table

id	constant
class	servoy sDetail

Colgroup Tag

Col

colspan	2
width	100%

Col

Table Head (thead)

Table Row (tr)

style	height: 30px;

Table Head (th)

colspan	2

Constants Details

Table Body (tbody)

id	DATETIME

Table Row (tr)

id	name

Table Cell (td)
DATETIME

Table Row (tr)

id	des

Table Cell (td)

Div

class	sIndent

Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Table Row (tr)

id	ret

Table Cell (td)

Returns

Div

class	sIndent

Number

Table Row (tr)

id	sam

Table Cell (td)

Sample

Div

class	sIndent

Code Block

language	javascript

var dateVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('globals', 'gDate', JSVariable.DATETIME);
dateVar.defaultValue = 'now';
application.output(scopes.globals.gDate); // Prints the current date and time.

{code}{div}{td}{tr}{tr:class=lastDetailRow}{td}{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody:id=INTEGER}{tr:id=name}{td}h6.INTEGER{td}{tr}{tr:id=des}{td}{div:class=sIndent}Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=ret}{td}*Returns*\\{div:class=sIndent}[Number]{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=sam}{td}*Sample*\\{div:class=sIndent}{code:language=javascript}

Table Row (tr)

class	lastDetailRow

Table Cell (td)

Table Body (tbody)

id	INTEGER

Table Row (tr)

id	name

Table Cell (td)
INTEGER

Table Row (tr)

id	des

Table Cell (td)

Div

class	sIndent

Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Table Row (tr)

id	ret

Table Cell (td)

Returns

Div

class	sIndent

Number

Table Row (tr)

id	sam

Table Cell (td)

Sample

Div

class	sIndent

Code Block

language	javascript

var intVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('globals', 'gInt', JSVariable.INTEGER);
intVar.defaultValue = 997;
application.output(scopes.globals.gInt); // Prints 997

{code}{div}{td}{tr}{tr:class=lastDetailRow}{td}{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody:id=MEDIA}{tr:id=name}{td}h6.MEDIA{td}{tr}{tr:id=des}{td}{div:class=sIndent}Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=ret}{td}*Returns*\\{div:class=sIndent}[Number]{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=sam}{td}*Sample*\\{div:class=sIndent}{code:language=javascript}

Table Row (tr)

class	lastDetailRow

Table Cell (td)

Table Body (tbody)

id	MEDIA

Table Row (tr)

id	name

Table Cell (td)
MEDIA

Table Row (tr)

id	des

Table Cell (td)

Div

class	sIndent

Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Table Row (tr)

id	ret

Table Cell (td)

Returns

Div

class	sIndent

Number

Table Row (tr)

id	sam

Table Cell (td)

Sample

Div

class	sIndent

Code Block

language	javascript

var mediaVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('globals', 'gMedia', JSVariable.MEDIA);
mediaVar.defaultValue = 'new Array(1, 2, 3, 4)';
application.output(scopes.globals.gMedia); // Prints out the array with four elements.

{code}{div}{td}{tr}{tr:class=lastDetailRow}{td}{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody:id=NUMBER}{tr:id=name}{td}h6.NUMBER{td}{tr}{tr:id=des}{td}{div:class=sIndent}Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=ret}{td}*Returns*\\{div:class=sIndent}[Number]{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=sam}{td}*Sample*\\{div:class=sIndent}{code:language=javascript}

Table Row (tr)

class	lastDetailRow

Table Cell (td)

Table Body (tbody)

id	NUMBER

Table Row (tr)

id	name

Table Cell (td)
NUMBER

Table Row (tr)

id	des

Table Cell (td)

Div

class	sIndent

Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Table Row (tr)

id	ret

Table Cell (td)

Returns

Div

class	sIndent

Number

Table Row (tr)

id	sam

Table Cell (td)

Sample

Div

class	sIndent

Code Block

language	javascript

var numberVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('globals', 'gNumber', JSVariable.NUMBER);
numberVar.defaultValue = 192.334;
application.output(scopes.globals.gNumber); // Prints 192.334

{code}{div}{td}{tr}{tr:class=lastDetailRow}{td}{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody:id=TEXT}{tr:id=name}{td}h6.TEXT{td}{tr}{tr:id=des}{td}{div:class=sIndent}Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=ret}{td}*Returns*\\{div:class=sIndent}[Number]{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=sam}{td}*Sample*\\{div:class=sIndent}{code:language=javascript}

Table Row (tr)

class	lastDetailRow

Table Cell (td)

Table Body (tbody)

id	TEXT

Table Row (tr)

id	name

Table Cell (td)
TEXT

Table Row (tr)

id	des

Table Cell (td)

Div

class	sIndent

Constant to be used when the type of a variable needs to be specified.

Table Row (tr)

id	ret

Table Cell (td)

Returns

Div

class	sIndent

Number

Table Row (tr)

id	sam

Table Cell (td)

Sample

Div

class	sIndent

Code Block

language	javascript

var txtVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('globals', 'gText', JSVariable.TEXT);
txtVar.defaultValue = '"some text"'; // Use two pairs of quotes if you want to assign a String as default value.
application.output(scopes.globals.gText); // Prints 'some text' (without quotes).

{code}{div}{td}{tr}{tr:class=lastDetailRow}{td}{td}{tr}{tbody}{table}\\ {table:id=property|class=servoy sDetail}{colgroup}{column:width=100%|padding=0px}{column}{colgroup}{tr:style=height: 30px;}{th:colspan=1}Property Details{th}{tr}{tbody:id=defaultValue}{tr:id=name}{td}h6.defaultValue{td}{tr}{tr:id=des}{td}{div:class=sIndent}The default value of the variable. It is interpreted as a JS expression. For form variables ,setting this property requires the form instances to be destroyed

Table Row (tr)

class	lastDetailRow

Table Cell (td)

HTML Table

id	property
class	servoy sDetail

Colgroup Tag

Col

colspan	2
width	100%

Col

Table Head (thead)

Table Row (tr)

style	height: 30px;

Table Head (th)

colspan	2

Property Details

Table Body (tbody)

id	defaultValue

Table Row (tr)

id	name

Table Cell (td)
defaultValue

Table Row (tr)

id	des

Table Cell (td)

Div

class	sIndent

The default value of the variable.

It is interpreted as a JS expression.

For form variables ,setting this property requires the form instances to be destroyed (history.remove("formName")).

If

you

want

to

use

a

default

value

for

a

newly

created

variable

create

the

variable

using

the

3

parameter

version

newVariable(name,type,defaultValue).

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'".

{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=ret}{td}*Returns*\\{div:class=sIndent}[String]{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=sam}{td}*Sample*\\{div:class=sIndent}{code:language=javascript}

Table Row (tr)

id	ret

Table Cell (td)

Returns

Div

class	sIndent

String

Table Row (tr)

id	sam

Table Cell (td)

Sample

Div

class	sIndent

Code Block

language	javascript

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

{code}{div}{td}{tr}{tr:class=lastDetailRow}{td}{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody:id=name}{tr:id=name}{td}h6.name{td}{tr}{tr:id=des}{td}{div:class=sIndent}The name of the variable.{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=ret}{td}*Returns*\\{div:class=sIndent}[String]{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=sam}{td}*Sample*\\{div:class=sIndent}{code:language=javascript}

Table Row (tr)

class	lastDetailRow

Table Cell (td)

Table Body (tbody)

id	name

Table Row (tr)

id	name

Table Cell (td)
name

Table Row (tr)

id	des

Table Cell (td)

Div

class	sIndent

The name of the variable.

Table Row (tr)

id	ret

Table Cell (td)

Returns

Div

class	sIndent

String

Table Row (tr)

id	sam

Table Cell (td)

Sample

Div

class	sIndent

Code Block

language	javascript

var gVar = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('globals', 'gtext', JSVariable.TEXT);
gVar.name = 'anotherName';
gVar.defaultValue = '"default text"';
// The next two lines will print the same output.
application.output(scopes.globals[gVar.name]);
application.output(scopes.globals.anotherName);

{code}{div}{td}{tr}{tr:class=lastDetailRow}{td}{td}{tr}{tbody}{tbody:id=variableType}{tr:id=name}{td}h6.variableType{td}{tr}{tr:id=des}{td}{div:class=sIndent}The type of the variable. Can be one of: TEXT, INTEGER, NUMBER, DATETIME or MEDIA.{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=ret}{td}*Returns*\\{div:class=sIndent}[Number]{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=sam}{td}*Sample*\\{div:class=sIndent}{code:language=javascript}

Table Row (tr)

class	lastDetailRow

Table Cell (td)

Table Body (tbody)

id	variableType

Table Row (tr)

id	name

Table Cell (td)
variableType

Table Row (tr)

id	des

Table Cell (td)

Div

class	sIndent

The type of the variable. Can be one of: TEXT, INTEGER, NUMBER, DATETIME or MEDIA.

Table Row (tr)

id	ret

Table Cell (td)

Returns

Div

class	sIndent

Number

Table Row (tr)

id	sam

Table Cell (td)

Sample

Div

class	sIndent

Code Block

language	javascript

var g = solutionModel.newGlobalVariable('globals', 'gtext',JSVariable.TEXT);
scopes.globals.gtext = 'some text';
g.variableType = JSVariable.DATETIME;
scopes.globals.gtext = 'another text'; // This will raise an error now, because the variable is not longer of type text.

{code}{div}{td}{tr}{tr:class=lastDetailRow}{td}{td}{tr}{tbody}{table}\\ {table:id=function|class=servoy sDetail}{colgroup}{column:width=100%|padding=0px}{column}{colgroup}{tr:style=height: 30px;}{th:colspan=1}Method Details{th}{tr}{tbody:id=getScopeName}{tr:id=name}{td}h6.getScopeName{td}{tr}{tr:id=sig}{td}{span:style=margin-right: 5px;}[String]{span}{span:style=font-weight: bold;}getScopeName{span}{span}\(){span}{td}{tr}{tr:id=des}{td}{div:class=sIndent}Get scope name{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=ret}{td}*Returns*\\{div:class=sIndent}[String]{div}{td}{tr}{tr:id=sam}{td}*Sample*\\{div:class=sIndent}{code:language=javascript}

Table Row (tr)

class	lastDetailRow

Table Cell (td)

HTML Table

id	function
class	servoy sDetail

Colgroup Tag

Col

colspan	2
width	100%

Col

Table Head (thead)

Table Row (tr)

style	height: 30px;

Table Head (th)

colspan	2

Method Details

Table Body (tbody)

id	getScopeName

Table Row (tr)

id	name

Table Cell (td)
getScopeName

Table Row (tr)

id	sig

Table Cell (td)

Span

style	margin-right: 5px;

String

Span

style	font-weight: bold;

getScopeName

Span
()

Table Row (tr)

id	des

Table Cell (td)

Div

class	sIndent

Get scope name

Table Row (tr)

id	ret

Table Cell (td)

Returns

Div

class	sIndent

String

Table Row (tr)

id	sam

Table Cell (td)

Sample

Div

class	sIndent

Code Block

language	javascript

var globalVariables = solutionModel.getGlobalVariables();
for (var i in globalVariables)
	application.output(globalVariables[i].name + ' is defined in scope ' + globalVariables[i].getScopeName());

{code}{div}{td}{tr}{tr:class=lastDetailRow}{td}{td}{tr}{tbody}{table}

Table Row (tr)

class	lastDetailRow

Table Cell (td)

Child pages

Versions Compared

Old Version 6

New Version Current

Key

DATETIME

INTEGER

MEDIA

NUMBER

TEXT

defaultValue

name

variableType

getScopeName