Rapide -> Architecture -> Rapide API

Rapide provides a wide variety of methods and properties to interact with the Rapide runtime.

The APIs are exposed as methods and properties that are easily accessed using dot notation statements in the Gen action diagram code.

Examples of functions include:

  • BLOB: Allows you to load BLOB views from a file or resource.

  • UI: Detailed control over UI controls like panes, sashes, frames, field hints, listboxes, collapsible group boxes, etc.

  • Persistent Data: Ability to store persistent data, for example data in cookies.

  • Timer: Ability to start and stop a timer which posts events at periodic intervals.

  • File Upload: Methods for uploading files from the workstation to the app server via the browser app.

  • P-Step Launch: Methods for launching and controlling background p-steps

The example below shows code to perform a file upload from a browser:

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