topic Re: macros that are running javascript in PowerMill Forum

macros that are running javascript

nozby — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:51:01 GMT

Hello all,
I was hoping that someone can help me with this:
I have some macros that are running javascript or VBS.
They can be lunch from a regular MAC file like any other macro using a link like this:

pmillhelp url fille:///C:\PM_Macro\test\example.html

All macros look pretty much the same. Something like this:

html>
<head>
<script language = "javascript">

var PowerMill = top.external;

function apply_click() {

PowerMill.Execute("Do some work",1);

}

</script>

</head>
<body>

<form>

</form>

</body>
</html>

My problem is that they all need a button to lunch the script, and I can't figure out how do I create something that runs just by lunching the MAC file, which contains the link to that script. In other words, how can I eliminate the button from my programs?
I hope I am explaining my problem clearly enough.

Thank you for your help.

Re: macros that are running javascript

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 09:13:08 GMT

Try this:

<html> <head> <script language = "javascript"> var PowerMill = top.external; PowerMill.Execute("MESSAGE INFO 'Javascript running'",1); </script> </head> <body> </body> </html>

Re: macros that are running javascript

nozby — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 10:06:40 GMT

Thank you for your response, but that's what I'm trying to do and somehow can't make it work. Also, the SPLITTER TABBROWSER keeps opening, and I don't know how to prevent that.

Re: macros that are running javascript

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:21:02 GMT

<html> <head> <script language = "javascript"> var PowerMill = top.external; PowerMill.Execute("BROWSER HOME",1); PowerMill.Execute("SPLITTER TABEXPLORE",1); PowerMill.Execute("EXPLORER SELECT Workplane 'Workplane\\1p' NEW",1); PowerMill.Execute("MESSAGE INFO 'Javascript running'",1); </script> </head> <body> </body> </html>

Re: macros that are running javascript

nozby — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 05:07:25 GMT

I'm still doing something wrong. I even copied your code just to make sure I got it right. It is not working.

Re: macros that are running javascript

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:30:56 GMT

Sorry, I only tested from the command line, it worked that way, but it doesn't really work from a macro call. Specifically, javascript runs but does not set the PowerMill variable well. To eliminate the problem
I did the following: I downloaded AutoIt v3 https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/ and made it
a script

#include-once #include <WinAPI.au3> #include <Memory.au3> #include <WinAPISys.au3> #include <WinAPIFiles.au3> #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> Local $DropFile="" If $CmdLine[0] = 0 Then $DropFile="c:\temp\test.html" Else $Dropfile=$CmdLine[1] EndIf If Not FileExists($DropFile) Then MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Drag&Drop", "File not found -" & $DropFile, 10) Exit EndIf Local $tPointStruct = _WinAPI_GetMousePos () Local $hWndDragDropTarget = _WinAPI_WindowFromPoint($tPointStruct) Local $aWindows = _WinAPI_EnumWindows() For $i = 1 To $aWindows[0][0] If _WinAPI_IsChild ($hWndDragDropTarget, $aWindows[$i][0] ) Then $hWndDragDropTarget = $aWindows[$i][0] ExitLoop EndIf Next $tPointStruct = _WinAPI_GetMousePos (True, $hWndDragDropTarget) _FileDragDrop($hWndDragDropTarget,$DropFile,DllStructGetData($tPointStruct, "x"),DllStructGetData($tPointStruct, "y")) Exit . . .

that performs a drag & drop operation The original code . This also works well from HTML + javascript macro calls. For security reasons, I uploaded the source code, if you want to try it, compile it.

You have to rewrite the file paths, I used the c:\temp folder

Re: macros that are running javascript

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:38:19 GMT

Oops! double post

Re: macros that are running javascript

nozby — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 01:38:18 GMT

That help. Thank you.