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- Getting started
- For administrators
- Designing automations
- Creating an automation from an idea
- Creating a project
- How to start an automation
- Managing project files and folders
- Connecting automations to your accounts
- Configuring activities
- Managing the activities in a project
- Passing values between activities
- Iterating through items
- Managing the data in a project
- Configuring a project to use your data
- Using file and folder resources
- Running and testing your projects
- Managing automations
- App projects
- Apps in Studio Web
- Using the Expression editor in controls
- Using VB properties in apps in Studio Web
- Useful VB functions
- App activities
Studio Web User Guide
Last updated Feb 21, 2025
Using VB properties in apps in Studio Web
Every control in an app has a number of properties associated with it. As an app developer, you can interact with these properties using the VB expression language and its syntax.
When you reference a VB property within a control, simply specify the property you wish to reference. When you reference a VB property of a control inside an automation, you need to specify a top-level item, otherwise the expression is invalid.
The following are examples of common VB expressions, as well as the top-level items you need to specify when using them in a workflow.
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To reference the first name of the current user in a control, use
CurrentUser.FirstName. -
To reference the first name of the current user in a workflow, use
UserContext.User.CurrentUser.FirstName.
Note:
You can also reference other properties of the current user, such as
DisplayName,LastName,Group or email.
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To reference a property in a control, such as the Text property of a Label, use
MainPage.Label.Text. -
To reference a property in a workflow, such as the Text property of a Label, use
Controls..MainPage.Label.Text
To reference a media file in both controls and workflows, use
appMedia.[media_name]-
To reference an app variable in a control, specify the variable name
[variable_name] -
To reference an app variable in a workflow, use
AppVariable.[variable_name]
When using a Set Variable Value activity, the system automatically generates an Apps variable of the type
AppsFile. Apps file type variables and Studio file type variables are distinct, but you can convert variables from one file type into
the other.
Use the following expressions in the Expression editor when configuring a control or workflow:
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To convert an Apps variable to a Studio variable for use in a workflow, for example with an Upload Storage File activity, use:
AppVariable.file_apps.ToLocalResource -
To convert a Studio variable to an Apps variable for use within your app, use:
file_sw.ToAppsFile
