Extension Functions

"Ext" is another SBM application object containing extensions to VBScript's built-in functions. These functions provide features or conversions not available in core VBScript. "Ext" contains merely functions, not data. For example, the extension function Ext.AcquireLock() provides a resource lock for multiple threads running a script at the same time.

The following "Ext" functions are available with SBM AppScript.

• Ext.AcquireLock( [msTimeout] )
• Ext.AppendTextFile( fileName, contents )
• Ext.CmdLineWait( cmdLine )
• Ext.CreateAppRecord( tableId [, recType] )
• Ext.CreateAppRecordList( tableId )
• Ext.CreateProjectBasedRecord( tableId )
• Ext.CreateVarRecord( tableId )
• Ext.DateToDbLong( dateVariant )
• Ext.DbLongToDate( dateInt )
• Ext.EncodeURL( urlString )
• Ext.FileExists( fileName )
• Ext.GetCharacterSet( )
• Ext.GetCompatibilityVersion( )
• Ext.HasLock( )
• Ext.LoadString( String ID, optional parameters )
• Ext.LockIsAvailable( )
• Ext.LogErrorMsg( msg )
• Ext.LogInfoMsg( msg )
• Ext.LogWarningMsg( msg )
• Ext.NewTask( appName, arg1, arg2, ... )
• Ext.NewTaskWait( appName, arg1, arg2, ... )
• Ext.OutputStreamExists()
• Ext.PrimaryTableId( applicationPrefixOrId )
• Ext.ReadTextFile( fileName )
• Ext.ReleaseLock()
• Ext.SetCompatibilityVersion( majorVersion, minorVersion )
• Ext.SetCookie( sNameValuePair)
• Ext.SetCookieExists()
• Ext.ShellHasProp( propName )
• Ext.Sleep( milliseconds )
• Ext.SolutionIdForPrefix( applicationPrefix )
• Ext.SolutionIdForTable( tableDbNameOrId )
• Ext.StartOfWeekOffset()
• Ext.TableDatabaseName( tableDispNameOrId )
• Ext.TableDisplayName( tableDbNameOrId )
• Ext.TableId( tableDbOrDispName [, nameType] )
• Ext.TableSingularName( tableDbNameOrId )
• Ext.TeamTrackDLLName()
• Ext.UnencodeURL( urlString )
• Ext.WriteStream( str )
• Ext.WriteTextFile( fileName, contents )