Setting $file in JS

[Lukus]

Hey guys,

I have a J-script at the moment which rtecalls script.execute. this all works wonderfully... however while running the script, $file is null.
Is there a way i can fill $file with the specific record i'm using?

so in my values for the script execute i have:

argVal=newSCDatum();
argVal.setType(2);
argVal.push("script.name");
argVal.push(system.vars.$file) ;
argVal.push("true") ;
argVals.push(argVal);
print(argVals) ;

and below i just have a
print(system.vars.$file);

This prints as "null". can i populate this $file with a doselect or some other?

any guidance appreciated!

Cheers,
Lukus

[glg]

Where are you running this script from?

[jochocki]

depends on where u are calling it from, but try vars.$L_file
Also, what happens when you print the variable at the top of the function?

[Lukus]

i was just calling it from script library. eventually i'll add it to a schedule record.
i have tried to add the Incident number instead of $file in the script execute, but then i get a whole heap of errors.

[glg]

You've got this all wrong then. If you're intending to call this from a schedule, you need to retrieve the incident first. It's not going to just be in memory for you.

[Lukus]

yeah, exactly.
so i've done a select, and i have updated some fields in the incident no worries, then i want to call a script.exeute to make an eventout, but $file is not set.
so to the original question, how do i set $file?
or can i use a different variable for call the script.execute?

[glg]

You don't need $file. You should be able to pass the javascript variable (the SCFile you created earlier).

[Lukus]

ohh.... excellent!

thanks glg!