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Let me provide you with an example that may be useful to you.....

See attachment

Note that the provided code is untested. You'll have to implement your own way of handling the position, anchoring, attributes and control-specific stuff, but I think you'll be OK with this

Umm... (well, I was about to say there was a problem with line 30, but I found the spelling mistake )

code:

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Function called: OnEvent_Initialize
Error: Object expected (code: -2146823281)
       File: __FnWindowParser.js. Line: 46.
Error: Object expected (code: -2146823281)
       File: __FnWindowParser.js. Line: 46.
Function OnEvent_Initialize returned an error. Code: -2147352567

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Line 46:

Javascript code:

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if(ControlId in ret.Interface[WindowId].Controls[ControlType]) // ...

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Is that what verifies if two control IDs match?  What is the object invovled? 

EDIT: there's a similar problem with the Element check as well:

code:

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Error: Object expected (code: -2146823281)
       File: __FnWindowParser.js. Line: 61.
Error: Object expected (code: -2146823281)
       File: __FnWindowParser.js. Line: 61.
Function OnEvent_Initialize returned an error. Code: -2147352567

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Line 61:

Javascript code:

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if(ElementId in ret.Interface[WindowId].Elements[ElementType]) // ...

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Yeah, that's the thingy that checks whether something exists within an object.

For the errors: I'll fix it tomorrow; I'm gonna go sleeping now

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
For the errors: I'll fix it tomorrow; I'm gonna go sleeping now

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Fair enough, I need some sleep as well. 

Have you slept well?

Anyway, here you go with a fix. I've left out the control/element typing. You can do that by retrieving the "xsi:type" attribute of a selected node (so K.item()). I've also included a prototype of my own JSON interpreter, but it does not return valid JSON yet. It's only to give you a basic idea of the object that has been created by parseFile().

I may be stupid lol, but how do I even use this? I installed the script, it says it's started in the preferences/options screen, but I have no idea how to use it lol... I don't see it anywhere?

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Originally posted by SmokingCookie
Have you slept well?

Anyway, here you go with a fix. I've left out the control/element typing. You can do that by retrieving the "xsi:type" attribute of a selected node (so K.item()). I've also included a prototype of my own JSON interpreter, but it does not return valid JSON yet. It's only to give you a basic idea of the object that has been created by parseFile().

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Ok, let's see.

Javascript code:

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var ControlsXPath = "//Interfaces/Window[@Id=\"" + WindowId + "\"]/Controls/Control";
var ElementsXPath = "//Interfaces/Window[@Id=\"" + WindowId + "\"]/Elements/Element";
// Define objects that contain the control types, subdevided into control/element IDs
ret.Interface[WindowId] = new Object();
ret.Interface[WindowId].Controls = new Object();
ret.Interface[WindowId].Elements = new Object();

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1) Am I able to create my own, like this?  For example, to get the window title:

Javascript code:

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var CaptionsXPath = "//Interfaces/Window[@Id=\"" + WindowId + "\"]/Attributes/Caption";
var TitlesXPath = "//Interfaces/Window[@Id=\"" + WindowId + "\"]/TitleBar/Title/Text";

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But...  it can't be enumerated:

Javascript code:

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var K = new Enumerator(xml.selectNodes(CaptionsXPath));

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It's different, because the value isn't "<Item Parameter="Value">", but "<Item>Value</Item>".  How can I get that?

Javascript code:

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var K = new Enumerator(xml.selectNodes(ControlsXPath));
if(K.count() > 0) {
    for(; !K.atEnd(); K.moveNext()) {
        var ControlNode = K.item();
        var ControlId = ControlNode.getAttribute("Id");
        // Define an object for this control type (as in ButtonControl or StaticControl) that contains the actual control
        // Only done when necessary
        if(ControlId in ret.Interface[WindowId].Controls) {
            //[alert the user that there's 2 or more controls with the same ID]
            continue;
        }
        // You'll have to do your own stuff here
        ret.Interface[WindowId].Controls[ControlId] = "null" //[JScript control definition stuff]
    }
}

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2a) If that gets a control ID, then I assume that getting the type uses the same method, replacing ".getAttribute("Id")" with ".getAttribute("xsi:type")", right?
2b) Would this work:

Javascript code:

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var K = new Enumerator(xml.selectNodes(ControlsXPath + "/Position"));
for(; !K.atEnd(); K.moveNext()) {
    var ControlNode = K.item();
    var ControlLeft = ControlNode.getAttribute("Left");
    // Define an object for this control type (as in ButtonControl or StaticControl) that contains the actual control
    // Only done when necessary
    if(ControlId in ret.Interface[WindowId].Controls) {
        //[alert the user that there's 2 or more controls with the same ID]
        continue;
    }
    // You'll have to do your own stuff here
    ret.Interface[WindowId].Controls[ControlId] = "null" //[JScript control definition stuff]
}

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I apologise for so many questions, but this is a confusing topic for me... 

EDIT: yes, I slept well.  10 good hours. 

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Originally posted by Flippy
I may be stupid lol, but how do I even use this? I installed the script, it says it's started in the preferences/options screen, but I have no idea how to use it lol... I don't see it anywhere?

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Go to the Script Menu > "Interface Writer" > "Create a new interface...". 

Please update your first post in this thread with the new version instead of attaching it to a new post.

Not doing this will confuse a lot of people (not everybody checks every post in a thread for a new version) and will result in old versions being distributed.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Please update your first post in this thread with the new version instead of attaching it to a new post.

Not doing this will confuse a lot of people (not everybody checks every post in a thread for a new version) and will result in old versions being distributed.

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Done...  (added a link to the top to download it).

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Originally posted by whiz

quote:

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Please update your first post in this thread with the new version instead of attaching it to a new post.

Not doing this will confuse a lot of people (not everybody checks every post in a thread for a new version) and will result in old versions being distributed.

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Done...  (added a link to the top to download it).

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ok, but it is way better to edit your first post and instead replace the old script with the new(est) version.
After that you can remove all the other attachments in your other posts, they aren't needed and people will still be able to download the wrong version.
(remember, not everybody reads an entire thread to know which version is which; mostly, if they see an attachment in a post (after they came directly to that post because they were referred to it fro manother thread), they probably think it is the latest version)...

If you have an update, do the same thing again. Simply replace the previous version with the new version in the first post. no reason to keep older (buggy) versions.

This is done in every other script thread and is the way most people expect it to be. And there can't be any mistakes either with that method.

Having a list of older versions is nice but it makes things much more complicated which isn't needed.

You are bound to make mistakes with all those links.
In fact you already made mistakes (so check all your links, some are wrong).
and this is only with three versions; imagine if you have a whole bunch to keep track of.