Operation

Where it executes

Verify

Client

Always on the client.

Call

Batch

Server

Always on the server.

Rich Client Window Type=Modal

Mixed

Executes partly on the client and partly on the server. It will access the server to load the task, but then go to the client to start it, and the caller task is halted.

Rich Client

Window Type=Not Modal

Server

Access the server to load the task. Then the process continues, without waiting for the called task to run.

Invoke

UDP

Server

Executes partly on the server.

Web Services

Server

Executes partly on the server.

OS Command

Depends

Depends on the Execute On property.

COM

No

Not supported.

Evaluate

Depends

Depends on the operation being evaluated.

Block

Depends

Depends on the Block expression.

Update

Depends

Depends on the variable being updated, and the Expression used for the Update.

Raise Event

Depends

Depends on the handler for the event being Raised.

Form

Input, Output

No

Not supported. You can run reports on the server and display the results on the client. See Displaying a PDF.

Note:

Operations are also affected by the expressions used in their properties: for example, the Condition property.