Raw Action

You can write a raw definition of an action not defined inside Cherri, in Cherri.

Defining an action

Provide a string of the action WFWorkflowActionIdentifier. Then, optionally provide a dictionary for the WFWorkflowActionParameters.

rawAction("is.workflow.actions.alert", {
     "WFAlertActionMessage": "Hello, world!",
     "WFAlertActionCancelButtonShown": false
})

This defines an alert action with the message Hello World!. This action is already defined in Cherri using the alert() action. Still, this example demonstrates a simple way actions not implemented in Cherri can be used.

However, there is an alternative called action definitons in a future release, which creates reusable action definitions.

Variable Values

Future Release

To use a variable value for a parameter that only accepts a variable value, prepend an inline variable reference’s brackets in a string value with the character $.

action saveFile(variable file) {
    rawAction("is.workflow.actions.documentpicker.save", {
         "WFInput": "${file}"
     })
}

Again, just like with the alert() action, there is already a saveFile() action; this is only an example.

Only a single variable is allowed; if this is not detected, the compiler treats the value as a string with inline variable references.