Send messages to that groovy status window

[TampaDeveloper]

Hi,

I've got my template working fairly well... But now I want to put a little feedback in the output window. How do I do it?

[mike.griffin]

I'm confused, are you talking about the output table on your template?

If so you should write everything to the output tab then save it with something like this?

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private void SaveFile(string suffix)
{
   // Save the output file for this Table/View
   string filename = input[\"txtPath\"].ToString();
   if (!filename.EndsWith(\"\\\\\") )
      filename += \"\\\\\";
   filename += \"es\" + SourceName + suffix;      
   
   output.save(filename, false);
   outputBuffer += output.text;
   output.clear();   
}

Maybe I misunderstood you?

[mike.griffin]

Also, here's a useful post
http://www.mygenerationsoftware.com/php ... .php?t=484

[dnparsons]

I don't know if this relates to what TampaDeveloper is asking, but now my curiousity is piqued. If you run a template from the template browser, a dialog box pops up announcing its completion. Is there any way for a developer to pop up his own dialog box after the run icon is clicked? Perhaps containing a progress bar for long running templates.

[mike.griffin]

You should be able to do this, this is from a C# template.

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context.Log.Write(\"Groovy Log\");

However, it doesn't seem to print out anything, Justin will take a look at this.

[mgnoonan]

I don't know if this relates to what TampaDeveloper is asking, but now my curiousity is piqued. If you run a template from the template browser, a dialog box pops up announcing its completion. Is there any way for a developer to pop up his own dialog box after the run icon is clicked? Perhaps containing a progress bar for long running templates.

Hmm. I know you can do it for the UI portion of the template (see the ASP.NET inlide grid templates for dOOdads and EasyObjects for an example).

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to for the template code portion. It would probably have to be a C# or VB.NET based template (not VBScript, which has no concept of a form).

But Mike or Justin would probably have a more definitive answer.

[dnparsons]

But now I want to put a little feedback in the output window.

context.Log.Write("Groovy Log");

Ahhh... the console-like pane you can display at the bottom of an open template. I forgot about that. Sorry, TampaDeveloper... didn't mean to hi-jack your post.

However, it doesn't seem to print out anything

Yes, I can confirm that.

see the ASP.NET inlide grid templates for dOOdads and EasyObjects for an example

Thanks, Matt. I'll take a closer look at that.

[TampaDeveloper]

Ok... Just so we're talking about the same console window...

I mean THIS ONE:




Thanks all for the good suggestions. I will probably just log the output information into a file and pop up a MessageBox. But it seems silly to have this status window and yet not be able to use it. The reason I want it is because I rewrote one of the NHibernate templates to create an abstract class and an implementation class... The implementation class is designed to hold custom code. The generator checks for the existance of the implementation first before writing it... If its there, it will not overwrite it. This way, I can keep my objects up to date with the database, and yet have custom code for certain things that can be done easier/faster outside of NHibernate.

[mike.griffin]

Justin just fixed this in our 1.1.5 beta

Download it and test it
http://www.mygenerationsoftware.com/php ... php?t=1679

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context.Log.Write(\"Thankyou Justin\")

A day or so from releasing now ...