If - Else

Declaration

<AMELSE />

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Overview

Used along with any If activity to provide an alternate code block to execute only if the condition returns FALSE.

NOTE: All If activities must be followed at some point with an End If step to mark the end of the code block to be executed if the expression is TRUE. For ease of use, by default, any If activity added to the Task Builder's Steps panel is always followed by an End If activity.

Practical usage

If combined with Else is an extremely useful combination. These activities are conditional statements that can perform different actions during the course of a task depending on the result of an expression evaluation. If the result evaluates to TRUE, the task executes the block of steps immediately following the If activity up until an End if step is encountered, otherwise the block is skipped (or if an Else statement is encountered it executes that block of steps).

Parameters

This activity contains no parameters.

Description

Error Causes

On Error

Example

NOTE:
  • Copy and paste the sample AML code below directly into the Task Builder Steps Panel.
  • To successfully run the sample code, update parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, or other information specific to the task to match your environment.

Description

The following Simple If / Else Statement displays the answer in a message.

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<AMIF EXPRESSION="2 &lt; 1" />
<AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="The result is TRUE." />
<AMELSE />
<AMSHOWDIALOG MESSAGE="The result is False." />
<AMIF ACTIVITY="end" />