Rules

A rule is a VBScript expression that evaluates to TRUE or FALSE. Rules are used within a Decision shape or a While shape to control the process flow. A Decision can have many rules. A While, on the other hand, can have exactly one. To add or edit a rule, double-click on the rule or the shape in the designer.

A rule belongs to an XLANG drawing and not to the shape that uses it. In other words, you could define a rule and reuse it in multiple shapes on the same drawing (that is, on any page other than the Data page). If you update a rule in any shape, all instances of the rule also are updated.

Rules can be named and a description associated with them. The VBScript expressions used within a rule can include the Date and Time functions, along ...

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