Functions

AddCookie

AddDays

AddMonths

ClearElement

Contains

Culture

DateDiffInDays

EndsWith

EvaluatePath

FilterArray

Format

FormatANSIDateTime

GetCookie

Guid

IfNull

IndexOf

IsEmpty

IsFunction

PadEnd

PadStart

RandomColor

ReadFile

RemoveByIndex

RemoveCookie

RemoveFromArray

Replace

RequestValue

Round

SortItems

StartsWith

AddCookie

(name: string, value: string, days: number)

: void

Adds a cookie

AddDays

(dt: Date, days: number)

: Date

Add days to a date object

AddMonths

(dt: Date, months: number)

: Date

ClearElement

(element: HTMLElement)

: void

Clears all child nodes from any html element

Contains

(a: any, obj: any)

: boolean

Searches inside an array for a specific object

Culture

(culture: string)

: void

Sets the current culture for controls

Example

pf.Culture("en-GB");
pf.Culture("en-US");

DateDiffInDays

(date1: any, date2: any)

: number

Calculates the difference between 2 dates in days

EndsWith

(str: string, suffix: string)

: boolean

EvaluatePath

(context: any, path: string, sep: string)

: any

FilterArray

(array: T[], comparer: )

Returns a new array containing the items from the original array that pass from the comparer method parameter

Example

var data = [1, 2, 3, 4];
var result = pf.FilterArray(data, function(x) { return x < 3; });

Format

(obj: any, fmt: string, locale: string)

: any

Formats a number or a date

Example

var d = new
 Date();
var result = pf.Format(d, "dd MMM yyyy");

FormatANSIDateTime

(dt: any)

: any

Returns a string in ANSI date format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss

GetCookie

(name: string)

: string

Retrieves a cookie by its name

Guid

()

: string

Returns a random GUID-like string

IfNull

(value: T, fallback: T)

: T

Returns fallback value if value is null

IndexOf

(array: any, item: any)

: number

Returns the index of a specific item inside an array.
If the item is not found, -1 is returned

IsEmpty

(s: any)

: boolean

Checks if the passed value is empty or null

IsFunction

(v: any)

: boolean

Checks if the passed value is a function

NN

(str: any)

: number

Converts to a number. If the value is not a number, zero is returned

NZ

(str: any)

: string

Returns an empty string if parameter is null. Leaves non-string intact

Example

pf.NZ(null) === ""; //true
pf.NZ("test") === "test"; //true
pf.NZ(5) == "5"; //implicitly true. The number remains intact
pf.NZ(5) !== "5"; //not equal because no string conversion takes place

PadEnd

(s: string, maxLen: number, padChar: string)

: string

PadStart

(s: string, maxLen: number, padChar: string)

: string

RandomColor

()

: string

ReadFile

(file: File, base64: boolean, callback: )

: void

RemoveByIndex

(array: any, index: any)

: void

Removes an items from an array by index

RemoveCookie

(name: any)

: void

Removes a cookie

RemoveFromArray

(array: any, item: any)

: boolean

Removes an item from an array

Replace

(original: any, searchText: any, replaceWith: any)

: any

Replaces a string with another string

RequestValue

(key: any)

: string

Returns the value of a querystring key

Example

var id = pf.RequestValue("id");

Round

(num: number, decimals: number)

: number

SortItems

(items: any, sortFieldName: any, ascending: boolean, dataType: string)

: any

Returns a sorted array

StartsWith

(s: string, prefix: string)

: boolean