UserTalk Verbs by Category
DocServer is an online UserTalk language reference. It documents the hundreds of verbs used by Manila and Radio UserLand programmers, along with UserTalk's operators and built-in data types.This page lists verbs by category. You can also view an alphabetical list.
UserTalk Language
basic - Simple or low-level data operations
coercion - Verbs for converting data types
keywords - Reserved UserTalk keywords
operators - UserTalk operators
UserTalk Verbs
base64 - Convert text to/from Base64 encoding
bit - Bitwise and logical operations
db - Open, read and manipulate object databases
dll - Load, call and unload DLLs
export - Import and export tables as a folder of files
fatPages - Import objects from files or data stored in fatPage format
file - Verbs for manipulating files on disk
Frontier - Show, hide or get information about the Frontier application
launch - Launch programs or files
log - Create log events or find a log file
people - Verbs for managing users, groups and services
point - Convert to/from point-type data
re - Fast native regular expressions
rectangle - Convert to/from rectangle-type data
rootUpdates - Update an object database over the Internet
scheduler - Run scheduled events, repeating events and always-running threads
searchEngine - Verbs which implement Manila's web search engine index
semaphore - Verbs for creating and releasing thread semaphores
stack - Verbs for creating and working with data stacks
string - Verbs for manipulating strings of text
sys - Verbs which tell scripts about the environment they're running in
table - Verbs for managing and manipulating tables
thread - Create, query, stop, start and kill runtime threads
xml - Manipulate XML data and convert to/from UserTalk's native data formats
Windows and Window Objects
op - Verbs for manipulating outline objects
script - Verbs for manipulating script objects
target - Set, get and clear the target window for the current thread
window - Open, close, show, hide or resize windows
wp - Verbs for manipulating wpText (styled text) objects
Web and HTML
html - Verbs for rendering HTML
macros - Verbs to be called within the context of rendering HTML (see also Macros.UserLand.Com)
mainResponder - The web server that underpins Manila's membership and content storage
webBrowser - Open web pages on your system console, using its default web browsing application
webServer - Low-level web server verbs
Date and Time
clock - Get or set the system time, or wait for a given time interval
date - Manipulate dates or convert between different date formats
Internet
betty - XML-RPC client and server
inetd - Low-level TCP server
soap - SOAP client and server
tcp - Low-level TCP socket verbs
Application UI and Environment
clipboard - System clipboard manipulation
dialog - Various dialog boxes
editMenu - Implements commands in the Edit menu
fileMenu - Implements commands in the File menu
kb - Verbs to get status of the console keyboard
menu - Create and manipulate menu objects and menu commands
mouse - Verbs to get status of the console mouse
search - Find/Replace inside an object database
speaker - Verbs to make sounds using system audio
Windows Only
com - COM client and server verbs
winRegistry - Manipulate the Windows Registry
winShell - Open folders, locate files and launch files and applications
Macintosh Only
app - Automate apps which support AppleEvents from the App Suite
core - Automate apps which support AppleEvents from the Core Suite
Finder - Verbs for automating the Mac Finder
misc - Automate apps which support AppleEvents from the Miscellaneous Standards Suite
objectModel - AppleEvent utilities for creating location identifiers
osa - Compile or get source for OSA script objects
pict - Manipulate PICT resources
quickTime - Open, Play or Stop media files in formats supported by QuickTime
required - Automate apps which support AppleEvents from the Required Suite
rez - Manipulate resources in Mac resource forks
ubase - 'Glue' for automating the uBase flat-file database application
