Scripting returnValue options

[cedgingtonNJCK2]

I'm just getting started with FM scripting, I've got some scripts working that are allowing us to create custom ID patterns based on our customer's existing internal naming / numbering strategy. Now I need to tackle some scripting in a variety of other places to improve workflow, etc. One thing I noticed is that some of the sample template Validation scripts have a returnValue that is an array of strings, which according to another post, results in those messages being displayed to the user and the operation being cancelled (as the presence of user messages indicates validation failed). I'm curious if any other types of scripts (non-validation) have returnValue specific functionality - and if that is documented somewhere? For example, can we return a messages array from an action script - and if so, what impact does that have on the action itself?

Thanks,

-Chris

[philipfrench]

Condition scripts return true/false. If false, the transition is not enabled. If true, then the user can do the transition (the condition script is only run if the user has permission to do the transition).

Action scripts do not return anything. I would like them to be able to return messages, and other feedback, etc... But they don't.

Your description of validation scripts is correct.

[sven.dickmans · Accepted solution]

Does this help?

 

[cedgingtonNJCK2]

Oh wow - yes. Thank you. Is this from some publicly available documentation @sven.dickmans ?

-Chris

[sven.dickmans]

Unfortunately not, I created this slide for an internal training.