Using the Script Editor

All Scripting activities enable you to build a custom script using Workflow 8's Script Editor.

To open the Script Editor

1. Add a Scripting activity to your workflow definition by dragging it from the Toolbox Pane and dropping it in the Designer Pane.
2. Select the activity in the Designer Pane.
3. Click Edit in the Properties Pane to open the Script Editor.

Using the Script Editor

• Blue text represents code that will be executed.
• Green text represents code or text that has been commented out.

  Tip: To comment out text in C#, preceded the text with //. In VB.NET, precede the text with '. You can also right-click and point to Advanced for commenting options.

• Insert code you want executed in place of TODO: Script Code Here.

• Once you begin typing code, the Script Editor's Intellisense feature will offer descriptions of functions and their parameter lists.

  Tip: Right-click inside the Script Editor to customize the data that Intellisense displays.

• To set a bookmark to a specific location in the editor, right-click an area, point to Bookmarks, select Toggle Bookmarks. Navigate to bookmarks by selecting Next Bookmark and Previous Bookmark.

• To increase/decrease line indents, right-click inside the editor and point to Advanced.

• The Condition Editor's toolbar contains many useful buttons.  Scroll over each for a description.

C# Example

The following represents the C# code used to create the Delete Entry activity.

VB.NET Example

The following represents the VB.NET code used to create the Delete Entry activity.