Using the JavaScript Editor

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Using the Context Menu in the JavaScript Editor

The Context menu contains items that let you Undo/Redo actions; Select/Copy/Cut/Paste/Delete code; Find/Replace code; collapse/expand sections of code; and characterizes tabs/whitespace/line endings. Finding/Replacing Code in the JavaScript Editor Folding in the JavaScript Editor Finding/Replacing Code in the JavaScript Editor Folding in the JavaScript Editor Parent topic: Using the JavaScript Editor

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Remapping Editor Shortcut Keys

All editor shortcut key mappings can be changed from the Administrator Settings Tab in the Settings View. You only have to do this once, even if you log into multiple, separate Mirth® Connect instances. Parent topic: Using the JavaScript Editor

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Using the Auto-Completion Popup in the JavaScript Editor

The Auto-Completion popup simplifies channel coding, eliminating the need to go back and forth between the JavaScript Editor and the User API or even the Message Template list on the same page as the Editor by putting all coding variables (e.g., code templates, classes, functions, variables) in one popup within the Editor itself. Accompanying the Auto-Completion popup is a descriptor window that displays, depending on the selected item, its name and various traits. To display the Auto-Completion popup, select on the beginning/end of a line in the JavaScript Editor, then hold down the ctrl / control button, and select the space bar. On the list, double-click the desired item to add it to the code in the Editor. Note: When adding classes in the JavaScript Editor, double-click the desired class on the Auto-Completion popup, and type a period after the class to reveal a list of its methods (that perform specific actions), then double-click the desired method to add it to the Editor. Parent

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Using JavaScript in Mirth® Connect

This section shows you how to use JavaScript to perform various messaging operations within Mirth® Connect. About E4X Accessing Message Data with E4X Adding Segments to a Message Segments are a group of fields that can contain varying types of data. Each segment exists independently and can be used in multiple messages. Deleting a Segment Iterating Over Message Segments Iterating Over Repeating Fields Adding a New Repeating Field Message Variables Built-In Code Templates Using Java Classes Regular Expressions Logging with JavaScript Generating a Hash with JavaScript How to generate a hash using Javascript. Parent topic: Mirth Connect and JavaScript

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Mirth® Connect Debugger

The Mirth Connect Debugger tool allows you to troubleshoot JavaScript errors throughout the Mirth® Connect application. The Debugger can be used for the following scripts and connectors: Deploy, Undeploy, Preprocessor, and Post Processor scripts Attachment/Batch scripts Source Connectors: Filters/Transformers Database Reader and JavaScript Reader types Destination Connectors: Filters/Transformers. Database Writer and JavaScript Writer types Response transformers Before You Begin If your Java application does not interact directly with a user, use the following steps to change the Headless mode to false. Setting this mode to false means that your Java application: Displays windows or dialog boxes. Accepts keyboard or mouse input. Uses any heavyweight AWT (Abstract Windowing Toolkit) components. To Edit the mcserver.vmoptions file Use the Debugger Debugger Window Debugger Menus Parent topic: Mirth Connect and JavaScript

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The User API (Javadoc)

The user API (application programming interface) is a collection of Java classes and methods that helps you interact with channels and the message that is being processed. It also provides helper methods for common tasks such as date formatting. Wherever you are editing JavaScript code in Mirth® Connect, you can view the API by selecting the View User API function in the Other panel, which is available on all Mirth® Connect Administrator views. Image of the View User API task on the Other menu. You can also right-click/command+click in the text area of any JavaScript Editor, and on the drop-down menu, select View User API. Image of the process of viewing the user API from the JavaScript Editor. The Javadoc appears in your default web browser, in which you can select classes to view their method signatures and descriptions. Image of the Javadoc. Note: You can also view the API via this link: http://javadocs.mirthcorp.com/connect/3.6.0/user-api/ Parent topic: Mirth Connect and JavaScript

Using the JavaScript Editor

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