Custom Code

Overview and Key Concepts

You can use the Custom Code activity to create custom behavior in the Process Flow module. You can select pre-defined picklist options or write your own code in FlexScript. When a token enters the Custom Code activity, it will evaluate the user-defined code and then immediately be released to the next activity without any model time passing.

Connectors

The Custom Code activity only allows one connector out. See Adding and Connecting Activities for more information.

Properties

The following image shows the properties that are available for the Custom Code activity:

Each of these properties will be explained in the following sections.

Name

Used to change the name of the activity. See Name for more information about this property.

Font

The Font button opens a window to edit the activity's background color and font properties. See Font for more information about this property.

Statistics

The Statistics button opens the activity's statistics window. See Statistics for more information about this property.

Custom Code

Use the Custom Code box to choose the custom code that should be executed when a token enters this activity. You can use pre-defined code templates (picklists) or write your own custom code if you are comfortable with Flexscript.

To use a picklist, click the Add button next to the Custom Code box to open a menu listing different picklists that are currently available for this object. Try clicking on this menu and exploring some of the different options to see what's available.

Alternatively, if you are comfortable with Flexscript and want to enter in your own custom code, click the Code Editor button next to the Custom Code box to open the code editor. In the code editor, you would enter in the code you want the activity to execute every time a new token enters the activity.