Utilities and Extended Commands

Utility Routines

This section provides detailed information for the system utilities listed below.

For a list of *web utilities, see Web Utilities.

For example objects that can be used for developing your own interfaces to REST-based cloud services, see Example Objects - REST Interfaces to Cloud Services.

Utility

Description

*BROWSER

Chromium Browser Object

(The Chromium Browser object was added in PxPlus 2017.)

*DIRTREE

Return Directory Tree

*GETLOCALE

Locale Settings

*INIFILE

Update INI File

*MAP

Display Google Map

(The Map utility was added in PxPlus 2022.)

*NEXTSEQ

Return Next Logical Primary Sequence

*OBJ/ARRAYLIST

Array List Object

*OBJ/CHART

Plus Charting Utility

(The Plus Charting utility was added in PxPlus 2019.)

*OBJ/IMAGE

Create Image Object

(The Create Image object was added in PxPlus 2020.)

*OBJ/OAUTH2

Authenticate with Third-Party oAuth2 Web Services

*OBJ/PARAM

Object Parameter

*OBJ/XML

XML Object

*PLUS/JRNL/DUMP

Display File Contents

(The *Plus/Jrnl/Dump utility was added in PxPlus 2016.)

*PLUS/JRNL/SEND (RECV)

System Journal Transport

*PLUS/OBJ/WRAPUP

Wrap-up Object

*PLUS/SPELL/SPELL

Spell Checker Interface

*PLUS/WINUTL/LISTPOPUP;SUBMENU

Invoke List Box Popup Sub-Menu

*PLUS/WINUTL/SERVICE

Windows Task Monitor Service

*PROGBAR

Progress Bar Display

*SECURE

Security Control

*SOAP

Create SOAP Transactions with *SOAP API

*SSH

SSH System Library

(The *SSH System Library utility was added in PxPlus 2016.)

*SYSTEM

Event Handling Object

*TOOLS/APPWIZARD

Generate an Android or iOS App

(The Generate an Android or iOS App program was added in PxPlus 2019.)

*TOOLS/CHARTIMAGE

Generate a Chart Image File

*TOOLS/CONVERTDATA

Convert Data File to/from Text

*TOOLS/CONVERTHTMLCOLOR

Convert HTML Color Name into Hex Color

(The ConvertHTMLColor utility was added in PxPlus 2021.)

*TOOLS/COPYDIR

Copy Directory and its Contents

(The CopyDir utility was added in PxPlus 2021 Update 1.)

*TOOLS/HOSTTEST

Test *plus/cs/spawn Interface

(The HostTest utility was added in PxPlus 2022.)

*TOOLS/HTMLIMAGE

Generate an Image of a Web Page

*TOOLS/MAKEQRCODE

Generate QR Code

(The MakeQRCode utility was added in PxPlus 2014.)

*TOOLS/PFXCERTCONVERT

Convert PFX Certificate

(The PFXCertConvert utility was added in PxPlus 2019.)

*TOOLS/PRINTHTML

Output Formatted Text from HTML

*TOOLS/QRYEXPORT

Create an Export File Based on Query Definition

(The QryExport utility was added in PxPlus 2024.)

*TOOLS/QRYPRINT

Print Report Based on Query Definition

(The QryPrint utility was added in PxPlus 2024.)

*TOOLS/READFILE

Return Binary Data into Output String

*TOOLS/REGEXSUB

Regular Expression Substitution

(The RegExSub utility was added in PxPlus 2022.)

*TOOLS/SMS

Send Short Text Message

(The SMS utility was added in PxPlus 2016.)

*TOOLS/SSLCERT

SSL Certificate Generator

(The SSL Certificate Generator program was added in PxPlus 2017.)

*TOOLS/STRIPLINES

Strip Line Numbers

*TOOLS/SYSTEMANALYSIS

Analyze PxPlus Installation and Setup

(The SystemAnalysis utility was added in PxPlus 2022.)

*TOOLS/UNZIP

Unzip Contents of ZIP File into a Directory

*TOOLS/UTCOFFSET

Get UTC Offset for a Given Date

(The utcoffset utility was added in PxPlus 2023.)

*TOOLS/ZIP

Zip Contents of a Directory into ZIP File

*TOOLTIP

External Tooltip Processor

See Also

Google Workspace Objects
PxPlus Excel Object
PxPlus Word Object