Script Step doesn't accept parameter

[animation_master]

This is a problem with passing a parameter to a script to tell it which layout to use.

I have created a script that opens a Layout and Sets a field in that layout. Simple.

Now imagine a Layout with a half-dozen buttons. Each button runs this same script, but the Layout it goes to is different for each button.

I could make 6 copies of the script, modifying each one to change the name of its destination layout.

But I’d prefer to write the script once, then have each button pass a parameter with the name of its destination layout.

The Script step “Go to Layout” accepts a parameter to tell it which layout to go to.

The Script step “Set Field” does not.

So, using parameter passing, I can get to the proper layout, but, once I’m there, I can’t set a field on that layout.

Any ideas?

[Reed]

It sounds like you're trying to pass multiple parameters in one script. To do this you need to create a delimited list of parameters and pull them out using text manipulation etc.

One easy way to do this is to pass a list of parameters as a return-delimited list, and use the MiddleValues() function together with Get(ScriptParameter) to pull out the right parameter when you need it.

[Matthew F]

The Script step “Go to Layout” accepts a parameter to tell it which layout to go to.

The Script step “Set Field” does not.

So, using parameter passing, I can get to the proper layout, but, once I’m there, I can’t set a field on that layout.

If I understand you correctly you want to pass parameters to your script that indicate not only what layout to navigate to but also the name of a field to set. A problem with the "Set Field" script step is that it does not allow the target field to be specified through a calculation. This is the subject of an old post and it includes a couple of hacks. See the link for more details: Wants and Wishes

[Søren Dyhr]

A problem with the "Set Field" script step is that it does not allow the target field to be specified through a calculation.

Well it's not too complicated to make:

If [ PatternCount ( FieldNames ( Get ( FileName ) ; Get ( LayoutName ) ) ; LeftValues(Get ( ScriptParameter );1) ) ] 

     Go to Field [  ] [ Select/perform ] 

     Go to Next Field 

     Loop 

          Exit Loop If [ Get ( ActiveFieldName ) & "¶" = LeftValues(Get ( ScriptParameter );1) ] 

          Go to Next Field 

     End Loop 

     Set Field [ Substitute ( Trim ( Substitute ( RightValues ( Get ( ScriptParameter ) ; 1 ) ; "¶" ; " " ) ) ; " " ; "¶" ) ] 

     Commit Records/Requests [ Skip data entry validation; No dialog ] 

End If 

First value in the paramter is the fieldname you wish to send a value to and the second is the value in itself. Only thing missing is to put the scriptparamters to each button, the script is the one and same.

--sd