Google Apps Script Useful Enhancement Announced

Google announcement recently some of the most useful enhancement to their Apps Script. The information was relayed according to Saurabh Gupta's post in the official Google Apps Developer Blog. There are five areas of enhancement in the Google Apps Script. Gupta summarized the five areas of enhancement which were enumerated below. ***Scripts in Google Docs The App Script team has added custom menus, dialog, and triggers. The changes is Google's response for requests to be able to extend Google Docs in ways that are similar to Google Sheets. Another feature is the new custom sidebar. *** Google Forms The new features allows existing Forms Service to be used programmatically create and modify Google Forms and respond to form submissions. You can also extend the Google Forms editor with the same custom menus, dialogs, and sidebars as Google Docs. To know more on how to use Google Forms you can also check the 5-minute guide to Google Forms. *** Drive Service The Google Drive and Drive Service has been redesigned to make it easier to work with large number of files and to eliminate a lot of bugs with the use of the new version of DocsList Service. Other features added like setting the owner of a file or folder aside from its easier to change the sharing settings. *** Faster Html Service An experimental version of a client-based sandbox scripting is introduced,the programs runs significantly faster in any browser that supports ECMAScript 5 strict mode. *** Improved Authorization Flow and API Console Integration With the new enhancement on Google Apps Script, developers will no longer complained that authorizing a script takes too many steps because you can now opt in to an experimental new authorization flow that requires fewer clicks. As an added support, every script that uses the new flow automatically creates a project in the Google APIs Console. The improved authorization flow will make it easier for Googple APIs that aren't built in to Apps Script. In order to upgrade script to the new flow, select File > Upgrade authorization experience. For more information about the new enhancement just visit the Official Google Developers Blog.

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