[APBeta] Running Scripts

[Paul Rodman]

The major changes to Scripting are now in place. I hope. There are  
three and a half minor obstacles to getting the old scripts to run:

1. The latest versions of the V1 scripts have not been moved into the  
V2 system yet. The ones that are there now I moved across for testing  
purposes.
2. If I/you download a script to change it, then when you try and  
upload it, it will not allow you to overwrite the original, unless you  
are the original author.
3. Time to do it (for me anyway).
3.5. As Robin points out, there might be further changes to scripting.

I was going to leave the scripting system until last, but Robin has  
been pounding on it, and me, so I've been working on it on and off.

Paul R.


On Feb 28, 2009, at 02:58 PM, RPEHLM wrote:

> There is no Scripting Manual for v2 at the moment.  Use the  
> Scripting Framework display instead.  The v2 scripting system is  
> being almost continuously updated at the moment.  Quite a few  
> changes between one beta release and the next; after all that is  
> what betas are for :)
>
> If you like I'll take a look at DSS Gallery for you.  However it is  
> not certain that if I get the script working for one version of v2  
> that it will work for the next.
>
> Regards
> Robin
>
> I.R. van de Stadt wrote:
>>
>> I tried DSS gallery, but had no luck
>>
>> with sub main() inserted at line 14
>> and end sub at the end (now line 169)
>>
>> There was an error message:
>>   script error on line 64: Too many parameters
>>
>> line 64 is
>>  c=new Canvas(w,h,"DSS Gallery")
>>
>> There it gets to the point that I would have to dive into the  
>> scripting manual...
>>
>> Celestial Mixmaster probably needs the sub main(args() as Variant),  
>> but what goes into the args()? or is args itself an existing  
>> function, should there go anything into the ()?
>>
>> with either the constants left as as before or moved to within the  
>> sub main (I tried both ways)
>>
>> scipt error on line 44: there is no class with this name
>>
>> that is line
>>  function findObjectInPlan( planIdx as Integer, obj as  
>> APPlanObjectData, fuzzyMatch as Boolean ) as Integer
>>
>> (there are many more !s but maybe (hopefully) for the same problem)
>> now I'm lost a again
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>> Clear Skies
>> Inge
>>
>> > Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:31:51 +0100
>> > From: robin at lauryssen-mitchell.com
>> > To: apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net
>> > Subject: Re: [APBeta] Running Scripts
>> >
>> > Your script needs to contain a sub called main(). For example
>> >
>> > sub main()
>> > print "Main part of your program goes here"
>> > end sub
>> >
>> > See <http://www.astroplanner.net/reports/details/1500/1533.shtml>
>> >
>> > Paul is working on fixing the scripts. If there is one or two in
>> > particular that are of interest to you, let me know and I'll see  
>> if I
>> > can fix them for you if you like.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Robin
>> >
>> > I.R. van de Stadt wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Am I missing something? I can't run any of the scripts, whether
>> > > converted from V1 or newly downloaded.
>> > > The error is usually
>> > >
>> > > Script must contain a (global) main() method.
>> > > i.e. one of:
>> > > Sub main()
>> > > or
>> > > Sub main(args() as Variant)
>> > >
>> > > Even 'Observing nights' - created in de V2 era gives an error  
>> message:
>> > > Script must not contain any calls to the main() method.
>> > >
>> > > Clear Skies!
>> > > Inge
>> > >
>> > >  
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