Description
The app object allows you to interact with your app and its objects directly.
Properties
Below is a list of properties supported by this object.
| Name | Description | UWP | Web | Avatars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | Returns the name of your app | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| version | Returns the version of your app | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| pageCount | Returns the total # of pages in your app's layout | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| pageIndex | Returns the index of the active page in your app's layout | Yes | Yes | No |
| pageTitle | Returns the title of the active page in your app's layout | Yes | Yes | No |
Functions
Below is a list of functions supported by this object.
| Name | Description | UWP | Web | Avatars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| find | Returns a specified app object | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| get | Returns a specified app object's value or a mapped curated needle value | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| set | Sets a specified app object's value | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| load | Loads multiple app object values from a single passed object | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| listen | Registers specified app objects to listen for change events | Yes | Yes | No |
| link | Links two groups of app objects together for a specified purpose | Yes | Yes | No |
| unlink | Unlinks two groups of app objects from each other that have an existing relationship via app.link | Yes | Yes | No |
| enable | Toggles the enabled status of the specified app object(s) | Yes | Yes | No |
| visible | Toggles the visibility of the specified app object(s) | Yes | Yes | No |
| paint | Paints (colors) the specified app object(s) | Yes | Yes | No |
| plot | Renders a plot visualization to a specified Picture app object | Yes | Yes | No |
| selected | Returns whether or not the specified app object has a valid value | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| selectedAll | Returns whether or not all of the specified app objects have valid values | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| selectedAny | Returns whether or not any of the specified app objects have valid values | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| transcribe | Transcribes a specified app object's language | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Name | Description | UWP | Web | Avatars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| locker.download | Downloads a specified resource from your app's locker | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Remarks
Use the app object to interact with your app and its objects directly.
Accomplish tasks such as:
- Listen for user input changes and take appropriate actions
- Get, set, and validate user input values
- Make suggestions to the user by painting user inputs based on logic
- Modify your app's output language just before it is rendered
- And much more!