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Generating user dialogs
1.7 XML identifier
1.7.6 System variables
System variables are variables available in every script, which are used for exchanging data
between the parser and the script execution.
The following table provides an overview of the tags for which variables are automatically
generated.
Variable name
$actionresult
$focus_name
$focus_item_data
$gestureinfo
$return
$message_par1
$message_par2
$xmlAttribute
$xmlValue
$xmlCharacters
$xmlCharactersStart
$xmlCharactersLength
$mouse_event.type
$mouse_event.x
$mouse_event.y
$mouse_event.id
$mouse_event.buttons
$mouse_event.button
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Meaning
Signals to the parser, whether
the parser is to process the
event.
Contains the name of the field
which has the input focus
Contains the numerical value
item_data, that was assigned to
the field
For finger gestures, the parser
provides the gesture information
in the variable and executes the
gesture_event tag.
The variable transports the re‐
turn value of a subfunction
Contains the call parameters of
the SEND_MESSAGE function
Contains a list of the tag attrib‐
utes found
Contains a list of the tag values
found
Contains the data flow
Contains the start index:
Contains the number of charac‐
ters stored in the data flow
Structure to transfer the parame‐
ters of the mouse event
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Valid in tag
KEY_EVENT
FOCUS_IN
INDEX_CHANGED
EDIT_CHANGED
GESTURE_EVENT
FUNCTION_BODY
MESSAGE
XML_PARSER
startElementHandler
XML_PARSER
charactersHandler
MOUSE_EVENT
Easy XML