SetValue Method

SIMPLE STRING VARIABLE

The following JScript saves the current username in the variable "User":

// Retrieve username from screen and save as Newlook variable

var user = App.ActiveForm.Username.Text;

App.SetValue ("User", user);

 

EXPRESSION EXAMPLE

The following JScript uses the substr function to extract a department code from the Username and assign it to the variable "Department":

// Retrieve user id from screen and save department prefix as a Newlook variable

var UserID = App.ActiveForm.Username.Text;

App.SetValue ("Department", UserID.substr(0,3));

 

ARRAY EXAMPLES

The following JScript creates a Newlook array containing three elements: a string, integer and user defined element.

App.SetValue("myArray", [ "one", 2, {number: "three"}]);

 

The following JScript uses the Http.Get method to return an array and assign it to a Newlook variable array:

// Example return data

// var data =

// [

// { Id: "P3234", Description: "Spoke", Available: 7000 },

// { Id: "P7534", Description: "Rod", Available: 6000 },

// { Id: "P9533", Description: "Widget", Available: 458 }

// ];

 

// read inputs from the active form

var varMake = App.ActiveForm.inputMake.Text;

var varModel = App.ActiveForm.inputModel.Text;

var varYear = new Number(App.ActiveForm.inputYear.Text);

 

var partsArray = Http.Get("http://localhost/mycars/GetParts", { make: varMake, model: varModel, year: varYear });

 

// No conversion required to store returned value

App.SetValue("vCarParts", partsArray);

 

USER DEFINED TYPE OBJECT EXAMPLES

The following JScript creates a Newlook user defined type record, the third argument being an array:

App.SetValue("myRecord", { arg1: "one", arg2: 2, arg3: [3]});