Task Functions (Magic xpa 4.x)
CabinetUnload – Unloads a loaded component from the memory at runtime.
CallProg – Calls up a program and passes arguments to it.
ControlItemsRefresh – Refreshes the item list of a specific control.
Counter – Counts the number of iterations.
DataViewIndexNames – Returns the index names of the main data source defined on the task. Since version: 3.2
DataViewIndexSegmentNames – Returns the segment names of a data source’s index. Since version: 3.2
DataViewToDataSource – Adds the current data view to a data source.
DataViewToDNDataTable – Generates a .NET DataTable object from the current data view.
DataViewToHTML – Creates an HTML file from the data view variables sent to it.
DataViewToJSON - Creates a JSON file from the data view variables sent to it. Since version: 4.1
DataViewToText – Creates a text file from the data view variables sent to it.
DataViewToXML – Creates an XML file from the data view variables sent to it.
DataViewVars – Fetches the variables displayed on the form from where the Print Data event was raised.
DataViewVarsIndex – Returns the variables' indexes.
Delay – Stops the execution of the current process for a specified period of time.
EmptyDataview – Returns True if the data view is empty.
Flow – Checks the flow mode of an operation.
FlwMtr – Appends a message to the Activity Message list.
GetComponentName – Fetches the name of the current component.
GetGUID – Fetches the GUID of the application.
GetLang – Gets the active language.
GetParam – Retrieves values passed as parameters to programs.
GetParamAttr – Returns the attribute of the global parameter. Since version: 1.9L and 2.3
GetParamNames – Returns the names of the global parameters. Since version: 1.9L and 2.3
HandledCtrl – Returns the name of the control from which the current handler was executed.
Idle – Checks system inactivity time.
InTrans – Evaluates if a transaction is currently open.
IsComponent – Checks if the executed program or handler is from a component or a host application.
IsFirstRecordCycle – Identifies the first record cycle in the task. This information is useful for running logic that on the one hand is based on the already-fetched data, after the Task Prefix, and on the other hand for logic that is run only once, on entering the task.
KbGet – Returns the last pressed key or the last internal event performed.
KbPut – Simulates invoking a system internal event or other keyboard activity from within Magic xpa.
Level – Checks the execution level in a task.
LocateAdd – Adds filtering criteria to the locate.
LocateReset – Resets the locate filtering criteria to be according to the task logic.
Lock – Returns an evaluated expression that locks a table row or task.
LoopCounter – Returns the current count of the block loop cycle.
MainDisplay – Returns the index of the form that is currently being displayed.
MainLevel – Returns the main level of the task.
Menu – Returns the menu path that leads to the current program.
MenuIdx – Returns the index of a menu structure entry, using the menu entry name.
MMClear – Clears marked records.
MMCount – Provides the number of marked table rows.
MMCurr – Provides the current row of the number of marked rows in the counting process.
MMStop – Stops the multi-mark handler.
MnuAdd – Enables the programmer to dynamically add a menu structure to the current runtime pulldown menu structure.
MnuCheck – Displays or hides a checkmark in front of a menu entry.
MnuEnabl – Enables or disables a menu entry.
MnuName – Sets the menu entry text of a selected menu.
MnuRemove – Enables the programmer to dynamically remove a menu structure from the current runtime pulldown menu structure.
MnuReset – Restores the default pulldown menu structure.
MnuShow – Hides or shows a menu entry.
Prog – Returns the task path that leads to the current task.
ProgIdx – Returns the current index number of the program selected in the Program repository.
ProjectDir – Lets you refer to files that are relative to the location of a component file.
PublicName – Retrieves the public name of a running program.
RangeAdd – Adds filtering criteria to the range.
RangeExpAdd – Adds filtering criteria to a range.
RangeReset – Resets the range filtering criteria to be according to the task logic.
Rollback – Allows rollback of a transaction to a specified nesting level save point.
RunMode – Returns a numeric code corresponding to the runtime engine mode.
SetLang – Selects the active language.
SetParam – Sets parameters.
SetWindowFocus – Passes the focus to another window in the Window list.
SharedValGet – Retrieves a shared value according to its name. A shared value is a value stored in the memory of the Magic xpa process. Once created, this value can be retrieved by all active contexts and new contexts.
SharedValGetAttr – Returns the attribute of the shared values. Since version: 1.9L and 2.3
SharedValGetNames – Returns the names of the shared values. Since version: 1.9L and 2.3
SharedValSet – Creates a shared value, which is a value stored in the memory of the Magic xpa process. Once created, this value can be retrieved by all active contexts and new contexts.
SortAdd – Adds sorting criteria.
SortReset – Resets the sort criteria to be according to the task logic.
Stat – Tests a task's mode.
SubformExecMode – Retrieves the subform execution mode.
TaskID – Retrieves the Task ID of a running task.
TaskInstance – Returns the task instance of a running task.
TaskTypeGet – Returns the task type.
TDepth – Returns the current task depth.
THIS – Directs a variable-related function or a task generation function to the variable or task from which an event was triggered.
TransMode – Provides information about the current active transaction.
TreeLevel – Retrieves the current level of the selected node in the data tree.
TreeNodeGoto – Parks on a tree node that is identified by the tree node identifier.
TreeValue – Retrieves the node identification determined by the current level of the selected node.
UnLock – Returns an evaluated expression that unlocks a table row or task that is locked.
ViewMod – Checks whether records were changed since the last save.
