Lua Scripting Resources

Important Update to Custom Scripting

SurveyGizmo's CustomScript Action now supports the LUA programming language.


Legacy Custom Scripting Language Deprecation Plans 

  1. New accounts (created after October 29, 2018) will only have the option to use Lua in scripts.
  2. As of October 29, 2018 Custom Scripting Actions will default to Lua as the scripting type in the Custom Scripting Action for accounts created before this date. You will be able to switch to the Legacy Custom Scripting; though we highly encourage using Lua.
  3. In the long term, Legacy Custom Scripting Actions will be switched to read-only. Read-only scripts will continue to function; you will just be prevented from editing. The exact date on this is to be determined; we will send notifications well ahead of time.


 Go to our Legacy Scripting Documentation.

While SurveyGizmo is one of the most flexible survey tools around, we get requests for customizations that are not available out of the box. This is where JavaScript and Custom Scripting can save the day. If you have scripting chops you can use the JavaScript action or the Custom Scripting action to achieve the survey of your dreams.


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This function removes a multiple-choice option (by reporting value). For table questions, it hides the column associated with that reporting value for all rows. This will not reset if back button is used. If you'd like to have the option reappear use the hideoption function.

See this function in action in an example survey.
Parameters*
Description
Required
questionID
the ID of the question
true
reportingvalue
the reporting value of the option you wish to remove
false

*Provide parameters in the above order.

Example

Here, we use the function removeoption to remove an option from question 2 based on the answer to question 1.

q1 = 2
q2 = 3
 
value1 = getvalue(q1)
 
removeoption(q2,value1)

See also the following working examples for use of this function: