Mobile Workflow Utility Functions

Methods that allow you to access the Mobile Workflow utility functions.

All of the Mobile Workflow utility functions are synchronous.

Method	Description
getISODateString(date)	Returns a string representation of the specified date (currently in yyyy-mm-dd format only). date – the specified date.
getLocaleDateString(date)	Returns a string representation of the specified date using a locale-specific display. date – the specified date.
getISODateTimeStringToDisplay(datetime, precision)	Returns a string representation of the specified date with the specified precision (currently in yyyy-mm-ddThh, yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm or yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss format only, depending on the precision string (HOURS, MINUTES, SECONDS)). datetime – the specified datetime. precision – (optional) the specified precision, determines the precision used when rounding.
getLocaleDateTimeString(datetime)	Returns a string representation of the specified datetime using a locale-specific display. datetime – the specified datetime.
getISOTimeString(time, precision)	Returns a string representation of the specified time with the specified precision (currently in hh, hh:mm, or hh:mm:ss format only, depending on the precision string—HOURS, MINUTES, or SECONDS). time – the specified time. precision – (optional) the specified precision, determines the precision used when rounding.
getLocaleTimeString(time)	Returns a string representation of the specified time using a locale-specific display. time – the specified time.
getTimeStringToDisplayFromStr(datetime, precision)	Returns a string representation of the specified datetime string as a time with the specified precision—HOURS, MINUTES, or SECONDS. datetime – the specified datetime. precision – (optional) the specified precision, determines the precision used when rounding.
getDateFromExpression(toolingStr)	Returns a date for the specified string, which must be either a string representation of a date or of the form “today” or “today+d” or “today-d”, where `d` is a number of days. toolingStr – the date as specified in the Mobile Workflow Forms editor.
parseBoolean(value)	Returns true if the specified string is equal, in a case-insensitive way, to true.
parseDateTime(value)	Returns a date that corresponds to the specified string.
parseTime(value)	Returns a date that corresponds to the specified string.
convertToSUPType(typeAttribute)	Returns the XmlWorkflowMessage type for the type attribute value. typeAttribute – the type of the specified HTML element.
getHTMLValue(htmlElement, typeAttribute)	Returns a string representation of the specified HTML element’s value. htmlElement – the specified HTML element. typeAttribute – the type of the specified HTML element.
setHTMLValue(htmlElement, value, screenName, adjustForUTC)	Sets the value of the specified HTML element from the specified string representation of the value. htmlElement – the specified HTML element. value – the new value. screenName – the screen on which the HTML element appears. adjustForUTC – hardware clock will adjust for coordinated universal time (UTC)
resetHTMLValue(htmlElement, screenName)	Resets the value of the specified HTML element. htmlElement – the specified HTML element. screenName – the screen on which the HTML element appears.