Dropdown list with EA scripts?

[Guillaume]

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to implement a script in EA that will start prompting the user to select a value from a downdown list (e.g. Select the class from the diagram to process: Class1, Class2...)
I know this is not possible with VBScript. Could JScript or even Javascript support it?

My client is using EA13.5, but a migration to the latest 15.1/.2 will eventually happen if there's something in the latest Javascript engine to achieve this.

Thanks

[Geert Bellekens]

I think theoretically you could make a html page with a dropdown in it and get the value from there.

From a practical point of view, I've done something like this in scripts:

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function getUserSelectedVersionControlID(package)
'check if the parent package has a version control ID
dim versionControlIDs
set versionControlIDs = getVersionControlIDsForPackages(package.ParentID)
if versionControlIDs.Count = 1 then
'return this one
getUserSelectedVersionControlID = versionControlIDs(0)
exit function
elseif versionControlIDs.Count = 0 then
'get all version control ID's in this model
set versionControlIDs = getVersionControlIDs()
end if
if versionControlIDs.Count <= 0 then
'no version control ID's here
exit function
end if
'build string
dim selectMessage
selectMessage = "Please enter the number of the configuration"
dim i
i = 0
dim versionControlID
for each versionControlID in versionControlIDs
i = i + 1
selectMessage = selectMessage & vbNewLine & i & ": " & versionControlID
next
dim response
response = InputBox(selectMessage, "Select Version control ID", "1" )
if isNumeric(response) then
if Cstr(Cint(response)) = response then 'check if response is integer
dim selectedID
selectedID = Cint(response) - 1
if selectedID >= 0 and selectedID < versionControlIDs.Count then
'return the version control ID
getUserSelectedVersionControlID = versionControlIDs(selectedID)
end if
end if
end if
end functionIt's basically an inputbox that says

Please pick one of the following
1. Option1
2. Option2
3. Option3

It not as neat as a combobox, but it gets the job done just the same.

Geert

[Guillaume]

Hi Geert,

Thanks for the info. I tried it and it works ok as a workaround.

Guillaume