Online Help System

Show Message
(MessageText, DialogTitle)

Used to show a message with the specified MessageText and the DialogTitle heading.

Open File/URL
(URL, ClipboardText)

Used to open the file or the Web page specified in the URL parameter. The text specified in the ClipboardText parameter will be copied into the Windows clipboard.

Play Music/Video File
(Path, Command, Additional)

This command allows reproducing any media file (music, video) located by the specified Path in case corresponding drivers and codecs are installed in the system. This command is most commonly used to reproduce files of the next formats: mp3, wav, avi, mpg, mid.

Possible values of the Command parameter:

• Play - start a file playback. If the selected file is a video file, it will be reproduced in a new window. At that you can additionally specify the range of playback in the Additional parameter. For example:
  Play Music/Video File ("C:\yesturday.mp3", "Play")
  Play Music/Video File ("C:\01.avi", "Play")
  Play Music/Video File ("C:\01.avi", "Play", "FROM 100 TO 200")
  Play Music/Video File ("C:\01.avi", "Play", "FROM 0 TO 100")
  
• Stop - stops the playback. For example:
  Play Music/Video File ("C:\yesturday.mp3", "Stop")
  Play Music/Video File ("C:\01.avi", "Stop")
  
• mciExecute - sends commands specified in the Additional parameter directly to the standard mcuExecute MS Windows interface. The Path parameter is ignored in this case. For example, the following succession od commands will execute playback of a video file in a non-standard window with slow speed:
  Play Music/Video File ("","mciExecute","OPEN "d:\02.avi" TYPE AVIVIDEO ALIAS myvideo STYLE POPUP")
  Play Music/Video File ("","mciExecute","PUT myvideo WINDOW AT 100 100 600 400")
  Play Music/Video File ("","mciExecute","SET myvideo SPEED 500")
  Play Music/Video File ("","mciExecute","PLAY myvideo WAIT")
  Play Music/Video File ("","mciExecute","CLOSE myvideo")
  
  To learn more about the mciExecute interface, click here.

Switch Topmost ()

Used to switch the mode for viewing program windows on top of all other windows. When this mode is on, the program window will never be hidden behind the windows of other applications.

Exit Program ()

Used to terminate the operation with the application.

Show Help ()

Used to open the Help file.

Send Netword Message (Message, Type)

Sends a text message Message to all users working with a database by the network. This command can be executed only on the server. The message received by clients will be displayed in the center of the screen.

Possible values of the Type parameter:

• Simple - a usual message not requiring any actions from a client. Can be used to send some news to users.
• Block Client Work - after this message is received, the work of a user will be blocked until he or she receives a message of the Unblock Client Work type. It is recommended to send such messages before you (server) are going to execute a complex query or any other operation requiring a lot of time.
• Unblock Client Work - unblocks users' work.

Special Action
(ActionCode)

Used to execute the script built into the application. To learn more about this action, refer to the developers of the application.

RETURN VALUE: Returns a special action result.

Run User Function (UserFunction, Parameter 1, Parameter 2...)

Used to perform the specified UserFunction that has a set of parameters specified in Parameters. To learn more, see the User Functions section.

RETURN VALUE: Returns the result of User Function if such option is set for the selected User Function.