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  • 1.  Dashboard - Write Text Input to a File

    Posted 09-12-2023 18:42

    Hi,

    I'm trying to have a text entry field in Dashboard write the text to a file when a button is pushed. Here is the ogscript line I've written for the button. The paramater for the text is called "Ticker_Text":

       <task tasktype="ogscript">/*! block id=1009!*/
    ogscript.saveToFile('localhost/C$/Users/me/Documents/text-test.txt','(params.getValue('Ticker_Text'))', true),</task>

    But it returns errors. Any recommendation? Thank you.

     



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    James Moyer
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  • 2.  RE: Dashboard - Write Text Input to a File

    Posted 09-13-2023 09:19

    Hi James,

    From the above code, I think the issue is with the usage of params.getValue() method. 

    The syntax of params.getValue() should be params.getValue (OID, Index); 

    In the above example, you successfully provide the OID but the index is missing. Since Ticker_text is not an array, you can use the value of the index as '0'.

    Also, there is a typo at the end of the getValue() method. Instead of using a semicolon, there is a comma.

    Your code should look something similar to this: 

    <task tasktype="ogscript">/*! block id=1009!*/

var fileContent += params.getValue("Ticker_Text", 0);

var filePath = "localhost/C$/Users/me/Documents/text-test.txt";

ogscript.saveToFile(filePath, fileContent, true); // SAVE TO THE FILE</task>

    I hope this helps. Please reach out if this doesn't work for you.

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    Here is an example grid panel for your reference:

    <abs contexttype="opengear" style="">
   <meta>
      <params>
         <param access="1" maxlength="0" name="Text to write" oid="params.text" type="STRING" value="This is a test. sge" widget="multiline-text"/>
         <param access="1" maxlength="0" name="File Name" oid="params.file" type="STRING" value="text.txt" widget="file-picker"/>
         <param access="1" constrainttype="INT_CHOICE" name="Mode" oid="params.mode" precision="0" type="INT16" value="0" widget="default">
            <constraint key="0">Overwrite</constraint>
            <constraint key="1">Append</constraint>
         </param>
      </params>
   </meta>
   <param expand="true" height="42" left="20" oid="params.file" showlabel="false" top="19" width="457"/>
   <param expand="true" height="212" left="16" oid="params.text" showlabel="false" top="74" width="456"/>
   <param expand="true" height="43" left="16" oid="params.mode" showlabel="false" top="298" width="333"/>
   <button buttontype="push" height="51" left="354" name="Write" top="295" width="120">
      <task tasktype="ogscript">var filePath = params.getValue("params.file", 0);
var fileContent = "";
if (params.getValue("params.mode", 0) == 1)  //IF WE ARE IN "APPEND MODE"
{
   fileContent = ogscript.post(filePath, null);  //READ THE CURRENT FILE
   if (fileContent == null)
   {
      fileContent = "";
   }
 
   fileContent += "\n"; //ADD A NEW LINE
}
 
fileContent += params.getValue("params.text", 0); //GET THE VALUE TO WRITE TO THE FILE
 
ogscript.saveToFile(filePath, fileContent, true); // SAVE TO THE FILE</task>
   </button>
</abs>

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    Best Regards,



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    Altaz Daruwala
    Ross Video
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