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APPX Runtime Subroutine API

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 Release 5.1.0 of the APPX Utility includes a new standardized designer API which can be used to gain access to extended functionality from within an APPX application. This API provides APPX Designers with a robust set of subroutines which can be called to do a variety of tasks. This API replaces the older subroutines that have been informally used, and all designers are encouraged to begin using the new subroutines.

General Information

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<		All of these new subroutines are defined in the (---) application and begin with a period (.). They all use a standard call interface and use the same framework for returning resuts and reporting errors. They are grouped by name prefix so that related subroutines are grouped together by function. Data is passed into and returned from these subroutines by use of the PASS statement. Failure information is returned by use of a work field with the same name as the subroutine. This failure code field is tokenized so you can scan to see the failure reasons that can be returned.
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>		All of these new subroutines are defined in the (---) application and begin with a period (.). They all use a standard call interface and use the same framework for returning results and reporting errors. They are grouped by name prefix so that related subroutines are grouped together by function. Data is passed into and returned from these subroutines by use of the PASS statement. Failure information is returned by use of a work field with the same name as the subroutine. This failure code field is tokenized so you can scan to see the failure reasons that can be returned.
 
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<		If the subroutine accepts parameters (ie, READ, WRITE, APPEND to --- .STREAM OPEN), the parameters are case insensitive.
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>		If the subroutine accepts parameters (i.e., READ, WRITE, APPEND to --- .STREAM OPEN), the parameters are case insensitive.
  If the subroutine has required parameters and you do not PASS the correct number of parameters, the subroutine will issue a CANCEL identifying which parameter was missing.
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WIDGET Routines

.WIDGET APPLY THEME

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.WIDGET CNV CLR TO RGB

Converts an alpha/hex color code to decimal.

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Conversion Routines

.CONVERT BYTES TO HEX

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.CONVERT HEX PR TO NUM

Converts a hex pair of alpha characters to a decimal number.

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 Converts a decimal number to a hex pair of alpha characters.

.CONVERT SPLIT NUMBER

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.CONVERT TEXT TO HTML

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  Puts data on the system clipboard.
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.CLIENT UPLOAD FILE

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.CLIENT UPLOAD FILE

  Uploads a file from the Client to the server.

File System Utilities Subroutines

File Manipulation Routines

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<		These subroutines provide you with a way to manipulate files on the file system without having to check the O/S type (ie, using 'cp' vs 'copy', or different kernal calls).
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>		These subroutines provide you with a way to manipulate files on the file system without having to check the O/S type (i.e., using 'cp' vs 'copy', or different kernel calls).
 

.FILE COPY

Copies a file from one location to another, creating any required directories.

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.FILE CREATE

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.FILE CREATE

  Creates the specified file.

.FILE CREATE ARCHIVE

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 Deletes the given file from the filesystem.

.FILE EXISTS

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.FILE EXTRACT ARCHIVE

Extracts all the files from a previously created archive.

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  Creates the given directory and parent directories in the filesystem.
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.FILE MOVE

  Moves a file or directory from one location to another, creating any required directories

.FILE RESTRUCT

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