CRMScript intellisense

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Intellisense is a code completion tool. Think of it as an embedded API reference.

Intellisense, print method

It can help you to:

  • reduce typos and other common mistakes
  • pick the appropriate method
  • check the type of variables and parameters
  • reduce the need for memorizing names and external look-ups

Built-in intellisense

The SuperOffice CRMScript interpreter offers intellisense for the built-in classes and global functions.

To bring up intellisense:

  1. Start typing and then press Ctrl+Space.
  2. Use the arrow-keys to go up and down the list. The description is shown to the right.
  3. Press Enter to add the selected item to your code.

User-defined intellisense

You can also add intellisense for your own structs (including variables), global functions, and global variables.

User-defined intellisense uses the signature of the struct, function, or variable plus any comment directly preceding it.

struct Person {
  // This is the name of the person
  String name;

  // This is the age of the person
  Integer age;
};

Add intellisense descriptions

The signature is automatically picked up, but you have to define the descriptive text yourself.

Simply add a comment directly above the signature, without any line-breaks in between.

You can use both styles of comments:

  • // line comment
  • /* block comment */
// This is the name of the person
String name;

/* This is the age of the person
   Never ask a woman about her age
*/
Integer age;
Note

Trailing (end-of-line) comments are ignored. You might have to change your comment style to accommodate intellisense.

String name; // This comment doesn't show as intellisense

Bring up custom intellisense

  1. Add intellisense descriptions to your CRMScript.
  2. Click Apply.
  3. Start typing and then press Ctrl+Space.

It is essential that you save your script to update the in-memory intellisense reference.

Tip

Inside a struct, you can type this. to get intellisense for its variables. (Save the declarations first.)

How it works

The custom intellisense is kept in a separate intellisense-array than the built-in classes and functions.

When you save a CRMScript (click Apply), ajax.fcgi?action=getScriptIntellisense is called to parse the script and update the array.

Limitations

  • Due to security concerns, you may not use HTML to style your comments. The displayed intellisense description will be plain text only.

  • Local function variables are not available because the CRMScript intellisense is not context-aware. It can't determine which local variables are available in your current scope.