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.