Add constants and functions | Choose from the following:
Right-click in the Expression editor and select from the choice of constant or function options in the context
menu. Click inside the Expression editor and click the Tool Palette icon in the Fast view to display the constants and
functions in the Tool Palette. Then, drag a function or constant from the Tool Palette onto the Expression editor.
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Bind the source text of a constant to be the same as its logical name |
Select the constant in the expression. Select the Bind Source Text to Logical Name checkbox in the Properties for the
Operation view.
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Defining the data type of a constant | Select the constant in the expression. Select a data type from the Data Type drop-down list. NoteIf you select time or dateTime as the Data Type,
the time is adjusted to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in the Dialog Service Test or the Web Service Client wizards. For example, 2006-03-07T17:00:00 (Mountain Standard Time) is sent as 2006-03-08T00:00:00.000Z (Greenwich Mean Time).
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Display a graphical expression in a text format | Choose from:
Select the last operator in the expression and click Collapse in the Properties for
the Properties for the Operation view. Right-click the last operator in the expression and select Collapse from the context
menu.
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Return the text of a collapsed expression to a graphical format | Choose from:
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Using literals with special characters | Do not use special characters in string constants. If you need to use a string constant that contains special characters, do the following:
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