Setting Custom Variables in Actions
This is an experimental idea, that may be removed without notice.
Consider instead using value feedbacks to allow the user to store a feedback into a local variable.
Sometimes, an action can produce a bit of data that the user may want to do something with. In these cases, it doesn't make sense to write it to a variable from your module, as another action on the same button could overwrite it too soon.
Instead, you can output to a custom-variable. To do so, you can add an input field of type 'custom-variable'. The options to this are automatically populated for you.
Then inside your action callback, you can do a call like this.setCustomVariableValue(action.options.result, 'Your value') to set the value.
If the variable id is not valid you will not be informed.
Some additional rules around this:
- Remember that these variables are owned by the user. You should only change them when asked.
- This must be opt-in by the user. The input field will default to 'None', and you must respect that
- You must not set the value of any custom variables at times other than the result of an action
- You must not attempt to discover the custom variables in any way other than the value of this input field.