12.9. Scripting

Cascade DataHub™ : Version 6.4
	Chapter 12. Properties Window

This option in the Properties Window lets you work with scripts. Please refer to the DataHub Scripting manual for more details. In this window you can also add, remove, and reorder configuration files.

Load these Gamma script files when starting:

Here you can create and access Gamma scripts.

The DataHub Scripting manual has a more complete explanation for these options, but briefly they are as follows:

New creates a new script from parameters you specify.

Add lets you add a script to the list.

Edit opens the script in the Script Log for editing.

Load Now loads the selected script into the Gamma interpreter for immediate processing.

Remove deletes the selected script from the list.

Move Up and Move Down move the selected script up and down in the list

Script Manager

The DataHub's Script Application Manager let you view a list of scripts and stop a running script. To access it, press the Script Manager button.

This will open the Script Application Manager window:

To stop a script, highlight it, and press the Stop Selected button.

The columns display the following information:

Class: the name of the instance of the Application class created in the script.

Timers: the number of timers active in this script.

Change Events: the number of change events active in this script.

Menu Bindings: the number of menu entries that this script has placed in the system tray menu.

Sub-Menu Name: the name of the submenu in the system tray menu into which this script has placed its menu entries.

Load these additional configuration files when starting:

Configuration files let you start the Cascade DataHub from a known configuration. Normally there is one configuration file that comes with the DataHub distribution. Each change you make in the Properties window gets written to that file automatically, and saved. However, it is also possible to create and/or edit configuration files with a text editor (see Appendix B, Configuration Files).

Any additional configuration files must be listed here in order to be read by the Cascade DataHub. The files in the list are used in order from the top down, with the last file taking precedence. That is, if a value is assigned to a variable from within a configuration file, its value will be changed by subsequent assignments, whether they come from within that config file or from any other.

Creating or editing configuration files should only be attempted by experienced users.

The Add button opens a standard file browsing window, from which you can choose configuration files to add. The Remove button removes the configuration file that is highlighted.

The Move Up and Move Down buttons rearrange the order of the configuration files. Order is important. These files are read from the top down; variables change with each subsequent assignment, taking on the last value assigned.


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