App object

Is a collection of different functions (tools) that your program can use for various task. These tasks include reading files, gathering info about the computer’s CPU, checking how much memory is available, choosing files and many more.

-- an example of how to access various functions from the app object
local processor = app.getProcessorName()

isIDE()

Returns whether the app is being run in Limer or as executable

joinPaths(...)

Joins multiple paths into one

randomChoice(table)

Randomly selects a string from a table

getStandardPath(location)

A set of standard locations on a user’s system where different types of files or resources are commonly stored. These locations are predefined and provide a consistent way to access specific directories such as user’s documents, desktop, applications, and more across different platform. Available arguments for location parameter include: desktop, documents, fonts, applications, music, movies, pictures, temp, home, applocaldata, cache, genericdata, runtime, config, download, genericcache, genericconfig, appdata, appconfig, publicshare, templates

-- how to get the location for desktop
local desktop = app.getStandardPath('desktop')

splitString(string, delimeter)

Split the string by the delimite

intRange(from, to)

Returns a table with a ranger of integers

sleep(seconds)

Sleep for some time. Use 1, 2, 3, ... and not 1000, 2000 to represent time

weightedGraph(data, startNode, endNode)

Perfoms a weighted graph algorithm on data.

-- Based on the provided data, calculates shortest path from point a to point c
local graph = app.weightedGraph({{'point a', 'point b', 20}, {'point a', 'point c', 10},
   {'point b', 'point c', 50}}, 'point a', 'point c')

getStyles()

Returns platform-dependent UI styles that can be applies to the whole application.

setStyle(style)

Set the style to the whole application. Obtained from the above function

makeHash(hashType, string)

Generate a hash from the string based on the hash-type provided: Available hash types: md5, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, sha3_224, sha3_256, sha3_384, sha3_512

hexToRGB(hex)

Converts a hex to RGB values

readFileLines(file)

Reads the file lines for a particular file

bytesToReadableSize(bytes)

Converts bytes to readable size, ie, 2 kb, 10 GB

toBase64(string)

Converts string to base64 encoding

fromBase64(b64)

Converts base64 string to readable string

setFont(file, textSize)

Sets the font and text size for the whole application

extractZip(zip, destination)

Extracts the content of a zip file to some destination

isFolder(path)

Checks if given path is a folder or not

exists(path)

Checks if given path is empty or not

isFolderEmpty(path)

Checks if a given path is an exmpty dir or not

isFileEmpty(file)

Checks if a given file is exmpty or not

getFileSize(file)

Returns file size

getFileExt(file)

Returns only the file extension for a file path

copyFile(source, destination)

Copies a file from source to destination

readFile(file)

Reads a file and returns its content

writeFile(file, content)

Write content to a file

appendFile(file, content)

Does not overwrite, only appeands content to the file

quit()

Quits the application

setClipboardText(text)

Sets text to the clipboard

getClipboardText()

Returns text from the clipboard

listFolder(path)

Returns a list of files in a folder

renameFile(file, newName)

Renames a file

renameFolder(path, newName)

Renames a folder

createFolder(path)

Creates a new folder

playSound(file)

Plays any audio format

getProcesses()

Returns a list for running processes

killProcess(pid)

Kills/terminates a running process by a pid (Process Identifier)

getUsers()

Returns available users on a system

getCPUCount()

Returns the number of CPUs available

getBatteryInfo()

Returns available battery info

getDiskPartitions()

Returns available partitions in a system

getDiskInfo(path)

Returns disk info. path can obtained from above method, ie, C:\\, D:\\, E:\\

getBootTime()

Returns the system’s boot time

getMachineType()

Returns the machine type, ie, AMD64

getNetworkNodeName()

Returns the network node name

getProcessorName()

Returns the processor info

getPlatformName()

Returns the platform name, ie, Windows-10-10.0.22621-SP0

getSystemRelease()

Returns the OS’s release

getOSName()

Returns the OS’s name, ie, Windows

getOSVersion()

Returns available users on a system