[APBeta] User Field scripts

[Sam Finn]

Addendum:

I have just now noted that when creating a User-defined Field I can select that the field gets its value from a script. I’ve selected that. However, the drop-down where I’m supposed to select the script that it gets its value from is empty, as is the drop-down where I’m asked to specify the parameter.

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Sam Finn
lsfinn at gmail.com <mailto:lsfinn at gmail.com>




> On Jun 8, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Sam Finn <lsfinn at gmail.com <mailto:lsfinn at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> APBeta V2.3a32 (64bit)
> Mac OSX 10.14.5
> 
> Hi -
> 
> I’m trying to create a user field script. As a start I’ve tried the example/template script created by the Script Editor, and reproduced on page 292 of the Scripting Manual (v2.1: is there a later version?). Briefly put, I can’t get the example/template to run.
> 
> In more detail:
> * Opening the script editor I use the + button to create a new User Field Script. I give it the name RADec.
> * I select the checkbox “Include in Script menu, with shortcut: None"
> * Changing nothing I save the script.
> * I push the “Check For Errors” button: no errors are detected.
> * I push the “Execute” bottom. In a few moments the script terminates.
> * Selecting my plan document I create the User-defined field RA*Dec (conforming with the ScriptParameter param field in the example/template)
> * I save the plan document
> * With my plan document as the active window, from menubar Edit>List Columns I add the “User: RA*Dec” column, and confirm that the RA and Dec columns are already selected.
> * Still with the plan document as the active window use menubar Script>RADec to execute the script.
> 
> Neither the appropriate column nor the User-defined Fields RA*Dec values appear: i.e., everything was blank before executing the script, and remains blank after executing the script. I get no error messages or other diagnostics.
> 
> Any help/suggestions/advice? I’m not sufficiently familiar with scripting to know if this is “user error” or a bug that needs reporting.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sam
> 
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> Sam Finn
> lsfinn at gmail.com <mailto:lsfinn at gmail.com>
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