About the Scripting Infrastructure

Aptify includes a scripting implementation that centralizes all user-defined scripts into a central location. This functionality uses the following services:

• Script Languages: This service stores information about the supported coding languages for writing scripts in Aptify. The standard installation of Aptify supports three scripting languages:
  • VB.NET: Used by Entity Fields validation, Event Definition Filter Triggers, VBScript-based Process Flow Step Rules, and plain text Message Parts.
  • SQL: Used by SQL-based Process Flow Step rules.
  • HTML: Used by HTML Message Parts and by HTML and plain text Message Templates.
     
• Script Types: This service stores information about the functional areas that support user-defined scripts and the objects that a script of a particular type can reference. The standard installation of Aptify includes four script types:
  • Messaging: This script type applies to the Message Parts and Message Templates entities.
  • Process Pipeline: This script type applies to rule-based Process Flow Steps.
  • Field: This script type applies to Entity Field validation.
  • Events: This script type applies to the Filter Trigger for Event Definitions.
  • Alerts: This script type applies to Alert notifications that can appear in the Data Control Bar.
  • Pricing Rules: This script type applies to scripts written to determine a product's price for a particular customer/member.
     
• Scripts: This services stores the text of each user-defined script. It also stores a Script Name, its language, and its type.