[Aris Script Help] Aris Report object

Hi Rick,

The code you tried is for calling different report from one report. So the report which is being called should have one global function call.

If you import report through Imported Files, you will have to remove any global function call from those reports, and should keep the function names different. Then you can just call the functions in your code.

But i guess you are not looking for above two options. You might want to use the functions in the form of Class and methods. So here is the solution. You will need to import the reports through Imported Files

// Report 1
Report1 = function() {
     this.Value = "Report 1";
     this.CommonMethod = function() {
          // Code
     }
}

// Report 2
Report2 = function() {
     this.Value = "Report 2";
     this.CommonMethod = function() {
          // Code
     }
}

// Import both the above reports in the main report through "Imported Files"
// Your code in Main report

var g_Report1 = new Report1();
Dialogs.MsgBox(g_Report1.value);
g_Report1.CommonMethod();

var g_Report2 = new Report2();
Dialogs.MsgBox(g_Report2.value);
g_Report2.CommonMethod();

Regards,

Amol Patil

Very cool. Thanks Amol!

Hi Rick,

Yes, the thing you tried is correct.

Thanks,

Amol Patil

Thanks Amol,

I removed 'the thing I tried' from my post as I had figured it out. But just to have some closure to the thread, here's what I did:

//this simply reads an XML file and displays it in a browser window

//this is code that already existed in the report and I did not want to add additional code to it directly

function loadXmlFile(test) {

   

        Dialogs.MsgBox(test);

        var xmlData = Context.getFile("GUIDs.xml", Constants.LOCATION_COMMON_FILES);

        var xReader = Context.getXMLParser(xmlData);

        var xDoc = xReader.getDocument();

        var xmlOutput = Context.createXMLOutputObject("settings.xml", xReader.getDocument());

        return xmlOutput;

}

//this calls the existing code

//the value is passed to the existing code by using the 'property' (this.Value).

//This was 'the thing I tried' and it worked great.

Report1 = function() {

this.Value = "Report 1";

this.CommonMethod = function()

{

    loadXmlFile(this.Value).WriteReport();

        }

}

//this code can exist in any other report as long as THIS report is referenced

var g_Report1 = new Report1();

Dialogs.MsgBox(g_Report1.Value);

g_Report1.CommonMethod();

Thanks again, Amol

Rick Beddoe

Cargill Aris Technical Analyst

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Perfect sir,

Thanks,

Amol Patil