Execute javascript from javascript ?

[tommy]

Sounds easy enough to do. Put it into a function and call it.

However suppose you have the javascript in a datarecord and want to excute it from a javascript without it being a function in a scriptlibrary.

Is that possible like it is to execute rad code with parse() and eval() ?

[mateuszk]

js("print(\"bla bla bla\")")

As long as you remember about escaping double quotes
you're free to do almost everything.
After all, this is how they execute js on RAD panels :-)

[tommy]

I will try that.

[mateuszk]

In case this doesn't work for you,
don't forget there's a JS native eval()

[harn145]

eval is the way to go. See for a similar setup the "context" stuff in IIA (ScriptLibrary "context"). Info from a regualr record (contextAction) is evaluated in the function.

[tommy]

eval is the way to go. See for a similar setup the "context" stuff in IIA (ScriptLibrary "context"). Info from a regualr record (contextAction) is evaluated in the function.

Can you post the example. I do not have IIA at present.

[harn145]

Sure:

function RunAction(fFile, ContextActionName)
{
	var fContextAction = new SCFile("contextAction");
	var sql = "name=\""+ContextActionName+"\"";
	
	rc = fContextAction.doSelect( sql );
	
	if (rc == RC_SUCCESS)
	{
		var code = fContextAction.code;
		eval(code);
		
		if (rc == RC_SUCCESS)
		{
			return fRecords;
		}
	
		else
			return false;
	}
}

An example of contextAction code:

var fRecords = new SCFile("probsummary");
var sql = "problem.status~=\"Closed\" and logical.name=\""+fFile.logical_name+"\"";
rc = fRecords.doSelect( sql );

[tommy]

Thanks. Thats exactly what I need.