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ADobson

Programmatically Extract Scripts from SUD Files for Version Control

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 02-06-2013 01:35 PM 8 Comment

We use scripts extensively to automate many tasks in a consistent manner, so we back these scripts up in a version control system to track changes and revert back to a know version if issues arise.

 

However, because we also use Diadem dialogs we need to create SUD files to house not only the menus but also the scripts that can be built into them. These SUD files are binary in nature and cannot be compared in the version control system, which is primarily a text based tool, and because the fileformat is unknown any differences at the binary level are not easily understood.

 

My idea is to have a tool that can parse a SUD file to extract the script associated with each dialog and export that script to a VBS file in a programmatic manner, such that multiple VBS files can be created quickly instead of having to open each SUD file and its many dialogs and then capturing the scripts. The benefit this brings is that there will now be the ability to track script differences in any text diff tool of your choice, it would not address any changes of a graphical nature within the SUD file, but that is not the motivation for this idea.

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Daklu

More resolution for predefined function keys

Status: Declined Submitted by Active Participant on 01-21-2013 10:36 AM 3 Comment

Currently the predefined function keys only allow you to execute an entire .vbs file.  How about adding the ability to define a single procedure within a script file to be executed?

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Daklu

Reorder script tabs

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Active Participant on 01-21-2013 10:31 AM 1 Comment

In tabbed environments (web browsers, dev environments, etc.) reordering my tabs helps me keep things organized and improves my workflow.  I'd like to have the ability to reorder the tabs in the script editor.

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Daklu

Add block comment/uncomment

Status: Completed Submitted by Active Participant on 01-21-2013 10:27 AM 4 Comment

The script editor needs the ability to comment or uncomment an entire block of text at once, similar to what is present in the Dialog Editor and most other script editors.

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Daklu

Add a scripting console window

Status: Completed Submitted by Active Participant on 01-21-2013 10:23 AM 3 Comment

During script development I'm finding I often want to run little one-off scripts to get some insight into the environment at that particular point in time.  Stuff like...

 

LogFileWrite(ItemInfoGet("MyGlobal"))

 or maybe iterating through a collection to see what it contains.

 

Currently I have to open a new script window, type up my script, and execute it.  This gets to be a headache as I have several temporary script windows open each with a different command I want to use.  It would be nice to have a script console tab available in the watch window where I could type in the commands and have them execute immediately.  Alternatively, an option to highlight a section of a script and execute only that section would allow me to bunch all my commands into a single temporary window.

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dslemusp

Merge two element list

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 11-21-2012 04:11 AM 1 Comment

Hi

 

I have create an Element List filtering some channels of a group

 

Dim mSyncLst, iGrp
Set iGrp = Data.Root.ActiveChannelGroup
Set mSyncLst = Data.GetChannels(iGrp.Name & "/ABC*") 'List With Several Channels

 

I would like to add to the mSyncLst the channels containing DEF. e.g. Data.GetChannels(iGrp.Name & "/DEF*"), which also contains several channels. Using the method Add mSyncLst, only allows to append one channel each time.

 

Thank you

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Jesse_D

Programmatic copy function

Status: Completed Submitted by Active Participant on 11-19-2012 09:08 AM 2 Comment

Diadem currently has a copy function for curves within the user interface, as shown below: 

 

 

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However, there is no copy function within the scripting api. This means to duplicate a curve programmatically multiple functions. one for each of the properties in the curve, need to be called as shown below: 

 

Dim oMyReportObj, oMyNew2DCurve,

Set oMyReportObj = Report.ActiveSheet.Objects.Item(1)

Set oMyNew2DCurve = oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Add(e2DShapeLine, oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Item(oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Count).Name &"_copy")
oMyNew2DCurve.Shape.XChannel.Reference = oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Item(oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Count-1).Shape.XChannel.Reference
oMyNew2DCurve.Shape.YChannel.Reference = oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Item(oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Count-1).Shape.YChannel.Reference
oMyNew2DCurve.Shape.Settings.Line.Width = eLineWidth0100

...

 

It would be far easier if there were a call to copy a curve directly: 

 

Dim oMyReportObj, oMyNew2DCurve,

Set oMyReportObj = Report.ActiveSheet.Objects.Item(1)

Set oMyNew2DCurve = oMyReportObj.Curves2D.Copy(1)

 

 

 

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James3rd

intellisense

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 10-30-2012 10:17 PM 1 Comment

DIAdem should have intellisense work throughout all script file.

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ledz

Persistent bookmarks

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 06-15-2012 08:50 AM 3 Comment

So the DIAdem script editor -- which is a nice editor, don't get me wrong 😉 -- has the option to set bookmarks to ease navigation within a lengthy script. I like to use these, but I would like them even more if there were an option to carry them over to the next time I launch DIAdem to work on the script, possibly to mark where I left off, or to enable me to jump right back into the fray, as it were.

 

Has this been requested before, and if no, what is the likelyhood of this making it into a future version?

 

Thanks in advance and best regards

Leo

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punkmonkey

Implement .Net framework instead of vbscript

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 02-28-2012 08:29 AM 1 Comment

Would it be possible to take the next step in automation and use the .Net framework for scripting functionality?

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pcloadletter

Save Icon (vs. Save As or Save All)

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 02-23-2012 12:49 PM 1 Comment

In the DIAdem interface, there are menubar buttons available that allow the user to "Save ___ As...", whether it's a script, SUD, layout, etc.  In the script editor, there is also a "Save All" button that saves all of the opened scripts.  However, 9 times out of 10 I just want to save the current layout/script/whatever.  It would be great to have a standard "Save" button either in addition to or in place of the "Save As..." button in the menubar.

 

(Yes, I know I can use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl+S" or click "File --> Save" but these options are not as readily apparent as the "Save As..." or "Save All" icons, so I find myself clicking one of those and then having to click several more times just to get out of it...when all I wanted was a one-click save.)

 

An added benefit would be (like in the Script editor), if the file has not changed then the "Save" icon could be grayed out.  That way the user would know that the current state of the current script/layout/etc was saved to disk.

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Shawn_S.

Time shift data feature

Status: Completed Submitted by on 01-17-2012 03:00 PM 1 Comment

Lately there has been a need by many individuals to shift data for one reason or another.  Possibly the data was collected without using a trigger to synch everything or just collected with an inevitable delay.

 

Would R&D look into a function that could mark two points in a customer's data and then align/shift the data so a comparison may be done of one data set against another?

 

Thanks!

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Phex

Extending grouping feature in DIAdem SCRIPT

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 10-25-2011 11:26 AM 1 Comment

What about an extended grouping feature like the recently implemented collapsing/expanding possibility for subs or functions? I would like to see it extended to loops, case structures or just arbitrary chunks of script to make longer scripts clearer and easier accessible.

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JoshRew

Configurable Default View Graph Settings

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 08-01-2011 02:00 PM 2 Comment

Rather than asking for a change to the "Repeat Marker" to plot all the points (we'd prefer "Repeat Marker" in DIAdem VIEW to be "Every N Points" where N = 1 rather than "Up to N Points" where N = 100), I think it would be great if we could have a configurable DIAdem default set of VIEW items that could be saved via usercommand, script, or a file configuration so we could conveniently spread it to our users.

This could include colors, points and/or lines, "Repeat Markers" configuration, line width/size/fill.

 

The "Repeat Markers" option is the most important to us because we have had users in the past who didn't realize that they were only seeing 100 points of their data, which can be a very bad thing (for example if you've turned off curve color and are looking for outliers in 150 points of data).  On the other hand, I can understand not wanting to plot 2 billion points on a graph, hence the ability for an administrative body (or individual users) to configure the graph defaults.

 

-Josh

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mrt501

Warning and Errorhandling in Dataplugins

Status: Declined Submitted by Member on 05-13-2011 03:19 AM 3 Comment

Hi,

 

I´d like to know how many people would like to see structured error and warning handling in dataplugins.

 

Just having the ErrorRaise method doesn´t suit my needs of get some detailed informations when just a warning would be sufficient.

 

How about having a RaiseWarning method?

 

and

 

a kind of UI to query the datafinder of files and paths where warnings and erros occur

 

br,

thomas

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Radek_Codr

SCRIPT Calling simplification

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 03-22-2011 10:24 AM 1 Comment

Let argument in object.GetReference(argument) method should be optional and as default set ExtendChnName

  In this case calling of function should look like Call ChnSmooth(oMyChannel.GetReference,oMyChannel.GetReference,10,“maxNumber“)

 

Also include in Channel object even required properties (description, unit, max, min, length, etc.). This should be equivalent to oMyChannel.Properties(NameOrIndex).Value

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DianaS

Save SUD Dialog for previous version

Status: Declined Submitted by on 12-10-2010 04:27 AM 1 Comment

It should be possible to save .SUD dialogs for previous version so you could open Diadem 2010 Dialogs in Diadem 11.1

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TCPlomp

Add auto-save to SCRIPT, REPORT and VIEW

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 11-23-2010 09:39 AM 4 Comment

I was fiddling with some DIADem Scripts and manage to crash DIADem twice, unfortunatly my VIEW, REPORTS and SCRIPTS weren't auto-saved.

 

That is kinda bad, so please add an autosave option.

 

Ton

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Jim West

Text box rendered size

Status: Completed Submitted by Member on 11-04-2010 02:26 PM 1 Comment

I often create custom reports that have a box drawn "FreeFrame" with a text box "FreeText" inside. In some cases, I put too many characters in the text box and it breaks the bounds of the box. It is difficult to predict the size of the text box unless you use a font like courier. I would like the property of size added to the report text box.

 

  • The use case is update the text box with the text.
  •  Check the rendered text box size.
  • Adjust font size if the box exceeds the size of the surrounding box.
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Jim West

Simplify how to create a DataPlugin

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 08-30-2010 05:50 PM 3 Comment

Simplify how to create a DataPlugin. I should be able to define a binary layout like a telemetry stream and directly assign channels.

 

For example, A new GUI would be created. I define the telemetry stream which has three floating point numbers then an integer, repeat. Assign channel names Volts, Amps, Power Out, and Setting. Perhaps set the built-in properties. Press a button the plug in is automatically created.