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  • Target - An auxiliary object that facilitates common scripting tasks  like parsing text data into elements or manipulating arrays as well as the program's more powerful features such as executing external code and pulling data from the web

    • target.array - The array object in the Target drop-down is a group of methods that allow users to control the arrays created within TextConverter
      • Add - Calling this function will add a specified value to an array
      • Allocate - Allocates space for an array
      • Chop - Chops an array
      • Clone - Duplicates an array
      • Empty - Empties an array
      • Find - Calling target.array.Find determines if a certain value is within an array. 
      • First - Determines what the first value in the array is
      • Get - Retrieves the value in the array at a specific index
      • GetArray - Gets an array
      • Insert - Inserts a specified value at a desired index
      • Join - Combines elements of an array based on a delimiter
      • Last - Returns the last value within an array
      • Remove - Remove a value at a specified index
      • Set - Change the value at an index to another value of your choosing
      • SetArray - Sets an array
      • Sort - Sort the values of an array
      • UBound - Returns the upper bound of an array
    • target.file - The .file group of TARGET methods allows you to use and manipulate files outside of the TextConverter software
      • Copy - Calling target.file.Copy copies it from one folder to another
      • Delete - This will delete a file
      • Exists - Determines if a file exists within a folder
      • GetDate - Calling this will return the date the file was made
      • GetExtension - Returning this will retrieve the extension of the file
      • GetExtensionByMIME - Calling this will give you the extension via a MIME
      • GetFileNames - Calling this will give the file names 
      • GetMIME - This function returns a file's MIME type
      • GetName - Returns the name of the file 
      • GetSize - Returns a file's size
      • GetText - Returns the text within a file
      • IsLocked - Determines if a file is locked or not
      • IsTextPDF - Determines if a PDF file is of text
      • Move - This moves a file from one location to another
      • Read - Returns an iSequentialStream that holds the file's content
      • Rename - Renames the file
      • Replace - Replaces a file
      • SetDate - Sets the date of a file
      • Unzip - Unzips a .zip file into a designated folder
      • Write - Writes a file
      • Zip - Compresses a list of files into a zip file or updates an existing zip file
    • target.hash_table
      • Add - Calling target.hash_table.Add adds a key and a value to the hash table
      • AddOnce - Calling target.hash_table.AddOnce adds a key and a value to the hash table only if there is no value under that existing key
      • Clone - Calling target.hash_table.Clone clones the current hash table
      • Count - Calling target.hash_table.Count will count the number of indexes in the hash table
      • Empty - Calling target.hash_table.Empty will clear the hash table
      • Find - Calling target.hash_table.Find will find the value associated with the specified key
      • GetByIndex - Calling target.hash_table.GetByIndex will find a value using an index
      • GetByKey - Calling target.hash_table.GetByKey will find the value associated with the specified key
      • Remove - Calling target.hash_table.Remove will clear the specified key
      • UBound - Calling target.hash_table.UBound will get the number of entries in the hash table
    • target.mail - a group of methods that control name based containers of arbitrary values
      • Connect - Connect to a mail server
      • Delete - Delete a message
      • Disconnect - Disconnect from a mail server
      • GetMessage - This will retrieve messages
      • GetMessages - Get multiple messages based on various parameters
      • Move - Move a message based on a given path
      • Send - Sends an e-mail message
      • SetAttachments - Set the attachments for an email mesage
      • SetCC - Add a CC email address to the message
      • SetFont - Set a desired font for the message
      • SetPickupFolder - E-mail will be sent using the local SMTP service and e-mail will be picked up from the specified folder
      • SetSMTP - Sets the SMTP server for mail operations
    • target.map - These methods control name based containers of arbitrary values
      • Clone - Calling this method will duplicate a map
      • Empty - Clears the container
      • Get - Retrieves container values by name
      • GetRadio - Retrieves the radio values in a map
      • GetValue - Retrieves the content of the container
      • IsEmpty - Calling this method determines if the names inputted are empty fields
      • IsFull - This will determine if the maps are full or not
      • IsTrue - Determines if a name in a map is true
      • Set - Sets a map based on given parameters
      • SetAll - Sets all of the names in a map
      • SetRadio - Sets the radio values of a map
      • SetValue - Sets values in a map
    • target.progress -  These methods control progress bar's behavior
      • Increment - Increments the number of steps by a chosen integer
      • SetLimit - Sets the number of steps
    • target.strlib - These methods control certain key string manipulation functions
      • Chop - Using the chop method will truncate a given string at a desired location
      • Delete - Delete a section of a string based on a starting position and a length
      • Extract - Extracts and returns an array of strings found
      • GetAddress - Extracts a US formatted address from the input
      • GetCityStateZip - Extracts a US city state and zip from the input
      • GetEmail - Extracts an e-mail address from the input
      • GetName - Extracts a person's name from the input
      • GetPhone - Extracts a telephone number from the input
      • GetSSN - Extracts a US Social Security Number (SSN) from the input
      • GetWord - Extracts a word of text from the input
      • GetWords - Extracts an array of words of text from the input
      • InStr - Use this to find the exact location of something in a string
      • Mid - This special Mid function, returns a string between two tags
      • Replace - Search for a string and replace it with another string
      • SetCaseSensitive - This takes an input string and makes it case sensitive
      • Split - Breaks up the input string into parts based on an arbitrary delimiter
      • Trim - This will trim a given string
    • target.weblink - This property allows you to manipulate links to the web
      • CopyTo - Calling the CopyTo method allows you to copy a link
      • Download - Calling this method will allow you to download a file
      • HTTPRequest - This allows you to request an HTTP address
      • NSLookup - This method allows you to look up an address by type
      • Respond - This is used to respond to various items

    • target.ArrayFind - Finds a value of an arbitrary type in a one dimensional array
    • target.ArrayInsert - Inserts a value of an arbitrary type into a one dimensional array at a specified position
    • target.CloseAllDBConnections - This will close all database connections
    • target.CreateObject - Creates an arbitrary object specified as the path to the object
    • target.Execute - Acts as a shell to run an arbitrary executable specified as input
    • target.FormatDate - Formats a date value according to a specified format
    • target.FormatNumeric - Formats a numeric value according to a specified format.
    • target.GetDateRange - Gets the files within a given range of dates
    • target.GetItem - Gets an item
    • target.GetMessage - Prevents errors from appearing to the user
    • target.GetProcessData - Gets the process data
    • target.GetProcesses - Gets multiple processes given a process name
    • target.GetProcessID - Gets the ID of a process
    • target.GetProcessTime - Gets the time for a process
    • target.GetService - Retrieves the services
    • target.GetStartPath - Retrieves the starting path of a process
    • target.GetUniqueString - Gets the unique strings
    • target.IIF - Determines if two values are inline or not (InlineIF)
    • target.InitDate - Initializes a date value from a text date string according to a provided format
    • target.InitNumeric - Initializes a numeric value from a text representation of a number according to a provided format
    • target.IsEmpty - Checks if the value passed to the function is Empty, Null or has zero length
    • target.IsNumeric - Checks if the value passed to the function is Numeric
    • target.IsRunning - Checks if a process is running or not
    • target.IsTrue - Checks if the value passed to the function is True
    • target.KillProcess - Ends a process
    • target.Max - Compares 2 or 3 numeric, date, or string values and returns the maximum value
    • target.Message - Outputs a text message to the end user
    • target.Min - Compares 2 or 3 numeric, date, or string values and returns the minimum value
    • target.Replace - Replaces certain values
    • target.RunOnce - Runs a process only once
    • target.SaveProject - Saves a project
    • target.Sleep - Waits doing nothing for a specified number of milliseconds
    • target.Sort - Sorts a one dimensional array containing arbitrary type values
    • target.SplitString - Breaks an input string into an array of words
    • target.TimerGet - Gets the timer for a process
    • target.TimerSet - Sets a timer obtained using TimerGet
    • target.Update - This function updates value_to with value_from but only if value_from is not empty
    • target.Validate - Determines whether a value is within the set parameters