General Utility Functions

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

All of general utility functions are synchronous.

Method	Description
guid()	Generates a unique string.
trimSpaces(str)	Removes spaces from the specified string. str – the specified string.
escapeValue(val)	Replaces all instances in the specified string: Of the & character with '&'. Of the < character with '<'. Of the > character with '>'. Of the " (quotation mark) character with '"'. Of the ' (apostrophe) character with '''. val – the specified value. Returns the escaped value.
unescapeValue(val)	Replaces all instances in the specified string: Of the '&' substring with ‘&’. Of the '<’ substring with '<’. Of the ‘>’ substring with ‘>’. Of the ‘"’ substring with '"'. Of the ‘'’ substring with '''. val – the specified value. Returns the escaped value.
isIOS()	Returns true if the Mobile Workflow application is running on an iOS platform.
isBlackBerry()	Returns `true` if the Mobile Workflow application is running on a BlackBerry platform.
isWindowsMobile()	Returns true if the Mobile Workflow application is running on a Windows Mobile platform.
isWindows()	Returns true if the Mobile Workflow application is running on a Windows platform.
getAttribute(elem, attribName)	Reliably returns the specified attribute value for the specified HTML element. elem – the specified HTML element. attribName – the attribute name.
getElementsByTagName(El, tagName)	Reliably returns the list of elements with the specified tag name, searching only the subtree underneath the specified element. el – the specified HTML element. tagName – the specified tag name.
getFormElementById(formEl, elemID)	Returns the form element with the specified ID. formEl – the form element. elemId – the specified ID.
getXMLHTTPRequest()	Reliably returns an XMLHttpRequest object. Note: This method is supported only on BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms.
getURLParam(paramName)	Returns the specified parameter value from the current URL (window.location.href). paramName – the specified parameter name.