Javascript Overview

Referencing Dialogs

Referencing Objects

Using (#ObjectName) to reference a Knowledge Builder Object or Variable. Access to the objects is through methods (set) and properties (read):

• Methods
• #ObjectName.val(<value>);
• #ObjectName.run();
• #ObjectName.addInstance(<instance value name>);
• #ObjectName.clear();
• #ObjectName.clearInstances();
• #ObjectName.delInstance(<instance value index>);
• #ObjectName.evaluate();
• #ObjectName.inst(<property name>,<instance value index>,<value>);
• Properties
• #ObjectName.isEmpty()
• #ObjectName.nValues
• #ObjectName.props
• #ObjectName.val()
• #ObjectName.value([<instance value index>])

The following methods apply solely to list objects:

• The encodeInstances method returns an array of Objects which encodes all the List Value Instances and Properties. This array has the following format:
  [{"_name":"V1","vDescription":"Value One","Cost":10},{"_name":"V2","vDescription":"Value Two","Cost":20},{"_name":"V3","vDescription":"Value Three","Cost":30}]
• The addInstances method takes an array of Objects as a parameter to populate a List Object with the instance and their property values. The following example copies all the List values and their instance properties from ListObject1 to ListObject2:
  

   
      var s = #ListObject1.encodeInstances;
      #ListObject2.addInstances(s);