Parameter Selection Button: no more typing when entering parameters...

Applies to:
User interface overview

 
Next to each parameter entry field you find a parameter selection button "...". When you press this button, a mouse pointer menu opens with several entries making your life a lot easier when it comes to entering parameters.

 

 

Most of the entries in this menu are depending on certain parts of your project, for example additional files you added, global variables you created or labels and web objects used in your project.

You'll find the following entries in that menu to choose from:

 
Additional Files:
As soon as any additional files have been added to the project (see Additional files for details) you can enter the path to these files by selecting them from this menu entry. You can open the complete folder structure and enter long paths by navigating through this menu. The parameter which signifies the working directory of the finished application will be added automatically when linking to additional files.

Example: a link to the file "home.html" entered via this menu would look like follows in the parameter field: "<_CurrentDir_>\Additional\home.html"
 

 
 

Global Variables:
The menu entry "Global Variables" enables you to select between all global variables you have entered under 'View-> Global variables' (refer to Global variables to learn all about global variables).


System Variables:

Under "system variables" you find the entries:

which stands for the path to the working directory of your final application.
which stands for the name of the state the application is working in at the moment the parameter is used (during runtime of the application).
<_Scan_>
(only available on the scanning dialog within a scan): returns the value of the URL, which is currently investigated during the scan. Please refer to Scanning for an example ot its usage.


States:

Choose between all existing states (different "interfaces" with different functions) of your project for example as parameter for the action "Change State" (refer to States to learn all about this exciting feature of exchanging looks and functions of your app).


Text Variables:

Choose between all label and edit objects of the project to add a variable to the parameter which enters the runtime contents of the label or edit into the parameter.

Example: signifies the text displayed via "Label1" at the time the parameter is used. If the label is a status bar for example would read the browser status at the moment it is executed.... (refer to PropertiesDialog to learn all about Label and Edit objects and their use).

URL Variables:
Choose between all webs present in your project to generate a variable like " " in the parameter field. This signifies the current URL displayed in the respective web object at the moment the variable is used. Depending on what web objects you use in your project, you will find an entry for each of them.

Content:
As soon as any content has been structured been added to the project (see Content window for details) you can enter the path to these files by selecting them from this menu entry. You can access the complete content structure here and enter long paths by navigating through this menu. The parameter which signifies the working directory of the finished application will be added automatically when linking to content files.

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