Set External Value Activity

Description:

Caches a value in a client application.

Inheritance Hierarchy:

System.Object
  System.Activities.Activity
    System.Activities.NativeActivity
      Geocortex.Workflow.Activities.ExternalActivityBase
        Geocortex.Workflow.Activities.SetExternalValue

Function:

This activity allows a workflow to store a value in the client application that can later be obtained by a Get External Value <T> activity in this workflow, or another workflow in the current application.

Stored values are held by the viewer application. If the user reloads the page, any values set using the Set External Values activity are lost.

In a Workflow:

You would use this activity if your workflow needs to store a value that will be used later on in this workflow, or in another workflow.

Properties:

Name	Description
In Arguments
Key	The key used to cache the value.
Value	The value to cache.
Misc
Display Name	SetExternalValue You can change the name of an activity to one that describes what it does. A descriptive name can make a workflow easier to interpret and maintain.
External Id	An activity handler within a client can reference this particular activity using this external identifier.

Version Information:

Supported from: Geocortex Essentials 4.0, Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 2.0, Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 2.0.