Environment Functions

The following functions can be used to get and set environment information.

Note: The ENQUIRE and ISWINDOWS functions are only of interest to users of the iProcess Application Layer (SAL) interface.

Function

Usage

Description

CUSTAUDIT

Add a user defined audit trail to a specific case’s audit trail

ENQUIRE

Request information about environment

FORMCONTROL

Perform action on current form

FORMMAXIMIZE

Maximize the current form

FORMMINIMIZE

Minimize the current form

FORMMOVE

Move the current form

FORMRESTORE

Restore the current form

FORMSIZE

Change the size of the current form

GETHANDLE

Return handle

GLOBALVARIABLE Fetches the value of the requested Global Variable field

ISWINDOWS

Check if running a 16-bit Windows client

MARKFIELDCHANGED

Mark a field as changed

MEMOFILE

Return name of file containing text of a memo

MESSAGEBOX

Display message box

READFIELDS

Read values of fields from a file

SENDKEYS

Send keystrokes to the active window

SETSTEPSTATUS

Sets the status of a step to Not processed or Released

USERATTRIBUTE

Return a user's attribute value

WINACTION

Perform miscellaneous actions on a window

WINACTIVATE

Activate a window

WINCLOSE

Close a window

WINEXIST

Check if a window exists

WINFIND

Find a window to perform an action on

WINMAXIMIZE

Maximize the active window

WINMESSAGE

Display a message in window

WINMINIMIZE

Minimize the active window

WINMOVE

Move the active window

WINRESTORE

Restore the active window

WINSIZE

Change the size of the active window

WRITEFIELDS

Write current values of fields to a file

WINSLEEP

Suspends the current execution until the time-out interval (in milliseconds) elapses