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/**
 * Local (instance-specific) System Property Script Include
 * More info available at https://localprop.snc.guru
 *
 * A ServiceNow JavaScript ES5 class, LocalProperty, for getting and setting instance-specific
 *  system properties.
 * See method documentation for more information.
 * @param {string} [instanceNameOverride=] - Override the name of the instance that's currently
 *  executing this code.
 * For example, if you have a system property such as "my_prod_instance.some_property" which

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function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
	if (isLoading) {
		return;
	}
	
	var scriptHasUncommentedLines, flyoutText;
	
	var isAdvanced = (newValue === 'true');
	var origScriptVal = (g_form.getValue('script').trim());
	var doesScriptExist = (!!origScriptVal);

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//Client-side example usage
doThing();

function doThing() {
	new EfficientGlideRecord('incident')
		.setLimit(10)
		.addNotNullQuery('assignment_group')
		.addField('number')
		.addField('short_description')
		.addField('assignment_group', true) //Get display value as well

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showSimpleLoadingMessage('Retrieving data');

var arrListElements = slowFunctionThatReturnsAnArrayOfStrings() || ['Element 1', 'Element 2', 'Element 3'];
var flyoutListHTML = getHTMLListFromArray(
	arrListElements,
	'disc',
	'Element: '
);
g_form.clearMessages();

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var gaSlowGlideAjaxCall = new GlideAjax('{some_glideajax_script_include');
//todo: Set the second argument to the method you want to execute from your GlideAjax Script Include
gaSlowGlideAjaxCall.addParam('sysparm_name', '{some_slow_glideajax_script_method');
//todo: Add whatever other GlideAjax parameters you need to add below, such as:
gaSlowGlideAjaxCall.addParam('record_sys_id', g_form.getUniqueValue());
gaSlowGlideAjaxCall.addParam('some_field_value', g_form.getValue('{field_name}'));

//Show animated form message: "Processing request..."
//This will continue to show and animate until we call stopAnimatedLoadingFieldMessage(),
// which we'll do in the callback function

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var gaSlowGlideAjaxCall = new GlideAjax('{some_glideajax_script_include');
//todo: Set the second argument to the method you want to execute from your GlideAjax Script Include
gaSlowGlideAjaxCall.addParam('sysparm_name', '{some_slow_glideajax_script_method');
//todo: Add whatever other GlideAjax parameters you need to add below, such as:
gaSlowGlideAjaxCall.addParam('record_sys_id', g_form.getUniqueValue());

//Show animated form message: "Processing request..."
//This will continue to show and animate until we call g_form.clearMessages(),
// which we'll do in the callback function
//todo: Update message from "Processing request" to whatever is appropriate to your situation.

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/** 
 * Show an animated loading message such as "Loading...", where the dots will be
 *  animated with the interval specified in msInterval; first showing "Loading.", then
 *  "Loading..", then "Loading...", up to the number of dots indicated in maxDots.
 * Once maxDots is reached, the message will be reset to "Loading." and the animation
 *  will repeat until stopAnimatedLoadingMessage() is called.
 *
 * @param {String} fieldName - The name of the field on which to show the loading message.
 * @param {String} messageText - The loading message to be shown, which will be followed
 *  by animated dots (or whatever character is specified in dotChar, if specified).

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/**
 * Get the journal entries from a given record, and optionally parse and convert line breaks and
 * HTML and wokkas (< and >) to HTML (<br />\n and HTML-ized character codes).
 * @param {GlideRecord} current - A GlideRecord object positioned to the record you want to get the
 *     journal entries from.
 * @param {String} journalFieldName - The journal field name (e.g. "work_notes", "comments",
 *     "comments_and_work_notes", etc.).
 * @param {Boolean} [convertLineBreaksToHTML=false] - Set this to true, to convert line-breaks
 *     (\r\n) to HTML (<br />\n).
 * @param {Boolean} [convertWokkasToHTML=false] - Set this to true, to convert wokkas ("<" and ">")

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(function openLatestPageVersion() {
	var originalURL, pageNameIndex, pageNameEndIndex, pageName, latestURL;
	originalURL = location.href;
	if (!originalURL.toString().includes('docs.servicenow.com')) {
		alert('This does not appear to be a ServiceNow Docs page. This button only works for pages on docs.servicenow.com.');
		return;
	}
	pageNameIndex = (originalURL.indexOf('/concept/') + 9);
	pageNameEndIndex = (originalURL.indexOf('.html', pageNameIndex) + 5);
	pageName = originalURL.substring(pageNameIndex, pageNameEndIndex);

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var message = '';

message += 'This is an expanding info message. It can even run code! Click "Show more" to see!';
message += '<div>';
message += '<p><a href="#" onclick="javascript: jQuery(this.parentNode).next().toggle(200);">Show more</a></p>';
message += '<div style="display: none;">';
message += '<ul style="list-style: none">';
message += '<li>This is the expanded info in the message.</li>';
message += '<li>You can include any details you like here, including info retreived from a script like the sys_id of the current record: ' + g_form.getUniqueValue() + '</li>';
message += '</ul>';