How to call function?

[seansku]

Hello,

Apologies for my silly question I am very much a beginner. I have downloaded the BaseElements plugin, specifically to make use of this https://baseelementsplugin.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204700538-BE-ExportFieldContents.

 

BE_ExportFieldContents, now this supposedly will allow me to export the contents of the container field using a server script. But I am at a total loss on how this will work? How do I call the function? As I can only see it in the calculations? So how would I write a script that calls this function?

 

Again, I'm sorry for the silly question but I'm baffled.

Thanks in advance.

[rwoods]

Hello.

You have to use Set variable, something like

Set Variable [ $returnedValue ; Value: BE_ExportFieldContents (field ; $folderPath & "/" & $filename ) ]

You will get empty for success, or ? for failure in $returnedValue.

Error codes can be retrieved with BE_GetLastError

 

[seansku]

Thats what I was looking for! Despite crawling the internet for hours searching that was all I needed to see!

 

Thankyou mate its worked perfect.

[noobnoob]

Once you have set the variable with the BE_ExportFieldContents as value, what script step do you need to use to call that variable and effectively execute the export?

[comment]

1 hour ago, noobnoob said:

what script step do you need to use to call that variable and effectively execute the export?

None. The export is executed when the function is evaluated. If you set a variable using the function (as suggested above), then the export will be executed when the Set Variable step is executed.