The box object can be used in Layout Table reports to draw boxes and lines on the report, creating visual separation of data.

A Branch Action allows your script to execute different actions depending on the outcome of a test. To perform the test, Alpha Anywhere evaluates an expression (the "branch expression"), or checks the value in a control on the form. For example, if the value of the branch expression is "Boston", you might want your script to print a report for your Boston customers, while if the value of the branch expression is "New York", you might want your script to print a report for your New York customers.

A library of code snippets can make developing applicatons easier. Commonly used patterns, examples for APIs you don't use very often, or functions you find yourself writing over and over again can be stored in the Javascript Code Library. The Javascript Code Library is available anywhere you can use the Javascript editor.

Fields containing Ink or PNG data can be rendered as images in a Report. This is done by overriding the field definition.

Installing an SSL/HTTPS certificate for a site running under IIS is straight forward. The IIS server maintains a list of available certificates that have been added to it and each site has an HTTPS binding that uses one of those certificates.

A certificate authority typically has it's own form for making a certificate request, but you may also create a standard certificate request file that is a plain text file and can be used by a certificate authority instead. This may be needed if the certificate authority's certificate request form does not have all the settings that you need for specifying certificate properites.

The instructions below show how a certificate request file can be created, how the returned .pfx or .cer certificate from the certificate authority can be added to an IIS server, and how to set which certificate is used by a site in IIS.

Media files (images, videos, and audio files) can be stored on a device's file system rather than Local Storage in Cordova applications, letting you provide access to media files when the application goes offline.

A variable and a parameter are the same thing. A parameter is just an Alpha Anywhere variable whose value is prompted for at run-time.

This topic discusses an advanced use of a Custom Control in a Grid component.

GraphQL is a popular approach for defining APIs. Unlike REST APIs, which have multiple endpoints, a GraphQL API exposes a single endpoint that allows many different types of queries and mutations (a mutation is a method that changes data). Alpha Anywhere's built-in genie makes creating a GraphQL service (i.e. API) to expose data in a SQL database extremely easy.

Language tags allow you to create 'replaceable' text based on the current active language for an Alpha Anywhere application.