System Methods

• Primarily work with form objects, tables, fields and logging
• Examples: getProperty(), getPreference(), getDisplayColumn(), tableExists(), nil(), eventQueue(), print(), log(), logError(), getMessage()

getProperty() - returns the value of a Glide property.

getPreference() - gets a user preference.

getDisplayColumn() - gets the display column for the table.

tableExists() - determines if a database table exists.

nil() - returns true if a field's value is null or an empty string ("").

eventQueue() - queues an event for the event manager.

print() - writes a message to the system log.

log() - logs a message to the system log and saves it to the syslog table.

logError() - logs an error to the system log and saves it to the syslog table.

getMessage() - retrieves translated messages to display in the UI.