User Command "ScriptManager"

Overview

ScriptManager (ScriptManager) is a utility useful to manage scripts in a workspace.

Obviously it makes sense to make ScriptManager available as a User Command.

This page offers a small class script ScriptManager_UC.dyalog which is designed to do exactly that.

Refer to UserCommands/WhereShouldTheyGo for advice how to organize your User Commands.

Problem with SALT

When you get a "Target namespace not found" error reported by SALT but crashing ScriptManager than you are using an outdated version of SALT. Ask Dyalog for a better version of SALT where this bug got fixed.

Download

Download the script.

Version

The script is version 1.0.0 from 2011-08-04

Author: KaiJaeger

-- KaiJaeger 2011-08-04 20:13:42

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-= User Command ADOC (Dyalog) =
+= User Command "ScriptManager" =
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-[[ADOC]] is a utility useful to generate documentation (semi-) automatically from class scripts as well as namespace scripts.
+`ScriptManager` (ScriptManager) is a utility useful to manage scripts in a workspace.
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-Obviously it makes sense to make ADOC's services available as a User Command.
+Obviously it makes sense to make `ScriptManager` available as a User Command.
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-This page offers a small class script `ADOC` which is designed to do exactly that.
+This page offers a small class script `ScriptManager_UC.dyalog` which is designed to do exactly that.
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-== Assumptions ==
In order to make `ADOC` available as a user command the script `ADOC_UC.dyalog`  ("UC" for User Command) attached to this page must go somewhere where Dyalog is able to find it. There are to options:
+Refer to UserCommands/WhereShouldTheyGo for advice how to organize your User Commands.
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- * Move it into `Salt\Spice` inside the Dyalog installation folder. That's where the Dyalog User Commands are located.
 * Create a particular folder for your own User Commands.
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-Although the first option is certainly easier, it's actually the second one which is recommended. There are a couple of reasons:

 * Messing Dyalog scripts with your scripts is not a good idea.
 * When a new version of Dyalog arrives you are in trouble.
 * Having a separate folder for your own User Commands allows you to overwrite a Dyalog User Command with an improved version you are not going to loose in case of an update or a new version.

To make your own User Command folder work you have to do a couple of things:

 1. Add the folder to the SALT search path.
 1. Create another folder which is going to host the "real thing". A recommended name is "!UserCommandCode".
 1. Copy the script `ADOC.dyalog` from the [[ADOC]] page into that folder.
 1. Create a registry entry pointing to that new folder with the name `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Dyalog\Dyalog APL/W 12.1 Unicode\SALT\CodeFolder`

Note that the script attached to this page only deals with two issues:

 * Figure out what command the user wants to invoke, "Browse" or "List".
 * Find the real work horse and call it, see below.

In order to achieve that the script `ADOC_UC.dyalog` reads the `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Dyalog\Dyalog APL/W 12.1 Unicode\SALT\CodeFolder` from the Windows registry. It then tries to load the "real" ADOC script from that folder.

Note that not only our examples given on this page but also the code in `ADOC_UC.dyalog` all refer to version 12.1 Unicode of Dyalog. If your are using a different version of Dyalog of course you must change the script, otherwise it's not going to work.

== Samples ==
Given that the two different ADOC scripts went into the right folders, this would be a sample session:

{{{
      ]?ADOC
"??" for general help, "?CMD" for more specific info on command CMD

 Group  Name         Description
 =====  ====         ===========
 ADOC   ADOC.Browse  Creates full documentation and displayes it in the default browser.
        ADOC.HELP    Displays help regarding ADOC.
        ADOC.List    Prints syntax of all public stuff to the session.

      ]?ADOC.Browse
Command "ADOC.Browse". Syntax: 1 arguments; accepts switches -b=
Script location: ........\....\....\ADOC

Gathers information from a class script, compiles
an HTML page with these pieces of information
and displays it in your default browser.

      ]?ADOC.List
Command "ADOC.List".
Script location: ........\...\...\ADOC

Prints a list with all sorts of information to the session
about all public stuff given in the script specified in the right argument

]ADOC.Help
Watch your browser

Shows extensive information about ADOC. It's basically doing `ADOC.Browse ADOC`.
}}}
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-[[attachment:ADOC_UC.zip | Download]] the script.
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-The script is version 1.2.0 from 2011-08-04
+The script is version 1.0.0 from 2011-08-04
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--- KaiJaeger <<DateTime(2011-08-04T19:54:50Z)>>
+-- KaiJaeger <<DateTime(2011-08-04T20:13:42Z)>>