Angus, the $EVENT$ data is available to all workflow through the life of the event, so yes, the AL that is called by guide has access to the same keywords that the AL that fires on event...I don't see any problems with your approach.
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Angus Comber <[email protected]>wrote: > ** ** > Hi > > I have a situation where a third party application raises an event (it > calls ARProcessEvent) and passes a string. I need to process the string by > ly looking up a value based on the string using a javascript function. I > want to do this in the simplest most convenient way possible. > > So my idea was to do it like this (please correct me if there are better > ways): > > A) Respond to event by creating an active link which is fired by Event > (Execution Options, Event ticked). > > B) This active link grabs the text passed in $EVENTTYPE$ and $EVENTDATA$ > variables and calls a call guide. > > C) Call guide contains an active link which uses the string text in > $EVENTTYPE$ and $EVENTDATA$ and calls the javascript function and stores > the result. > > D) After call guide runs active link that called call guide (ie orignal > active link fired by event has a second If action which creates a Message > using the result from step C) above like this: > > Hi $USER$ your message is $STORED_MESSAGE$ > > So my questions are: > > Is this the right way to do it? > > Are the $EVENTTYPE$ and $EVENTDATA$ variables which are generated from the > first active link event available to the call guide active link? If not > how do I pass the call guide active link the data? Can I just create a > variable on the fly? Or does Remedy not work like that? If not do I store > in a hidden field? What are the options? > > How do I use the result from the call guide active link by the other > active link? Same sort of question as above? > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Angus > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
