With the latest build Nintex added again lots of new features. Besides the product now supports multilingual user interfaces, it also offers the possibility to use inline functions. These functions focus on manipulating and formatting string and date values and are mostly clones of existing functions known from the .net Framework. You can use the functions in any inputbox within the Nintex Workflow Designer, see the example below.
This is how it works:
"The parsing engine first replaces any inserted reference tokens, and then the resulting text is evaluated for functions. If a function contains another function as an argument, the inner most function will be evaluated first. As reference tokens are replaced first, the reference token can also contain function syntax that will be evaluated. If text contains function syntax (i.e. a brace or comma character) but is not intended to be interpreted by the parser, wrap the text with {TextStart} and {TextEnd} markers to inform the parser that the block should only be treated as text and not evaluated. For example, if a number variable that contains a decimal value is passed to the function, and the decimal separator for your region is a comma, the {TextStart} and {TextEnd} tokens will need to be used."
The current build [10903] supports the following functions:
Function | Description |
fn-FormatDate | Represents a date time value in text of a specific format.
Information on how to format the value can be found on this page: Standard Date and Time Format Strings and this page Custom Date and Time Format Strings. |
fn-Currency | Represents a numeric value as a currency formatted text. |
fn-Substring | Extracts a portion of text from a string. |
fn-Replace | Replaces a section of text in a larger string. |
fn-ToTitleCase | Formats text in a string to title case. |
fn-ToUpper | Formats text in a string to all upper case. |
fn-ToLower | Formats text in a string to all lower case. |
fn-Length | Returns the number of characters in a string. |
fn-PadLeft | Returns the provided string right aligned and padded to the total length with a specific character. |
fn-PadRight | Returns the provided string left aligned and padded to the total length with a specific character. |
fn-Remove | Removes a section of text in a larger string. |
fn-Insert | Adds text in to a larger string. |
fn-Trim | Removes leading and trailing whitespace from a string |
fn-Abs | Returns the absolute value of a number |
fn-Max | Returns the greater of two numbers. |
fn-Min | Returns the lesser of two numbers |
fn-Round | Rounds a decimal value to the nearest integer. |
fn-Power | Raises a number to the specified power. |
fn-DateDiffDays | Determines the number of days between two dates |
fn-DateDiffHours | Determines the number of hours between two dates |
fn-DateDiffMinutes | Determines the number of minutes between two dates |
fn-DateDiffSeconds | Determines the number of seconds between two dates. |
fn-XmlEncode | Encodes a string to make it safe for viewing in html. |
fn-XmlDecode | Decodes a html safe string to regular text |
fn-NewGuid | Generate a globally unique identifier. |
That´s rich! J
Markus