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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: ja1234 on January 05, 2017, 01:48:43 am

Title: RunReport from script
Post by: ja1234 on January 05, 2017, 01:48:43 am

This code does NOT >:(  work:

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var prj = Repository.GetProjectInterface();
prj.RunReport("{GUID}", "test","C:\\diagram_export\\3.rtf");
where test is a template in User Templates

I simply have hardcoded something in the "test" file and I want to export it into a rtf. Ideas why it is not working?

Title: Re: RunReport from script
Post by: qwerty on January 05, 2017, 02:34:34 am

At a guess: the GUID must be formatted with prj.GUIDtoXML (guid)

q.

Title: Re: RunReport from script
Post by: ja1234 on January 05, 2017, 03:32:55 am

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        var prj = Repository.GetProjectInterface();
        var id = Repository.ProjectGUID;
var xmlID = prj.GUIDtoXML(id);

prj.RunReport(xmlID , "test","C:\\diagram_export\\3.rtf");   
Thanks. Tried it, still not working. Everything that I put as arguments is simply ignored - the document generation window triggers with a totally different template name and path.  :o :o :o

Title: Re: RunReport from script
Post by: Geert Bellekens on January 05, 2017, 04:20:06 am

It helps if you read the explanation in the manual.
Simply guessing and throwing random stuff at the operations usually doesn't work.

http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/13.0/automation/project_2.html
 (http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/13.0/automation/project_2.html)

Geert

Title: Re: RunReport from script
Post by: ja1234 on January 05, 2017, 08:39:24 pm

Quote from: Geert Bellekens on January 05, 2017, 04:20:06 am

It helps if you read the explanation in the manual.
Simply guessing and throwing random stuff at the operations usually doesn't work.

http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/13.0/automation/project_2.html
 (http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/13.0/automation/project_2.html)

Geert

Probabilistic programming and it can sometimes work , especially when the documentation is ambigous ;)

so, here's the deal:

- assume a package, that does not have the stereotype MasterDocument
- you want to RunReport on that package, from a script

Select the package in the Project Browser Window   

then in your script add:

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var currentProject = Repository.GetProjectInterface; //gets current project
var id = currentSelectedElement.PackageGUID; //gets currently selected package GUID
currentProject.RunReport(id, "Your_Custom_Template_Name", "C:\\exports\\1.rtf");
where Your_Custom_Template_Name is saved in Resources/User Templates

This works.

Title: Re: RunReport from script
Post by: Geert Bellekens on January 05, 2017, 09:35:00 pm

I'm sorry, from your response I can't make out if you have solved the issue or still have a problem and you are requesting help.

Geert

Title: Re: RunReport from script
Post by: qwerty on January 05, 2017, 10:37:00 pm

I just tried the above snippet and had no issue creating a report.

q.

Title: Re: RunReport from script
Post by: ja1234 on January 06, 2017, 12:56:24 am

Yes the snippet works, putting it out there for anyone who might have the same problem.