I have got a request to export EPC as a graphic file like JPEG or some other common format. However, it seems ARIS Script only supports doc/pdf/xls/rtf/txt/html format. I noticed that when exporting EPC as html, a png file would be created. Does any one know how to get the png file directly using ARIS script?
First, you need to specify which model should be exported. This is done as follows:
var models = ArisData.getSelectedModels()
Then you need the method “createOutputObejct()”, which returns a new output object with preset name, format, and media size .
var outputDummy = Context.createOutputObject()
Getting the graphic of a model can be done by calling the Graphic method of the model object. This method uses three parameters. The first parameter means that the object is always visible on a part of the graphic. The second parameter defines whether the returned graphic should be black & white or contain colors (false = color, true = black and white). The last parameter specifies the language to be returned.
var picture = models[i].Graphic(false, false, Context.getSelectedLanguage()
The method“Save()” saves a picture object as an EMF, PNG, or JPG file. In our example the picture is saved as a png
picture.Save(outputDummy, imageFileName)
Everything else is just iterating over the list of models, etc..
var models = ArisData.getSelectedModels()
var outputDummy = Context.createOutputObject()
for(var i=0; i<models.length; i++)
{
var picture = models[i].Graphic(false, false, Context.getSelectedLanguage() )
var imageFileName = "ModelImage_"+i+1+".png"
picture.Save(outputDummy, imageFileName)
Context.addOutputFileName(imageFileName)
Context.setSelectedFile(imageFileName)
}
Make sure to watch the Reports & Macros group. There you will find additional tutorials which will help you to get started with ARIS scripting.
There is a space in between your dot and file extension type in your imageFileName variable value. That's what makes the picture.Save(...) method crash.
You should remove either the line with Context.addOutputFileName(...) or the line with Context.setSelectedFile(...), they do almost the same thing and you need only one of them. Which one you choose depends on what you want to do. Is there a normal output file, like a .doc file and you want the .png in addition to that .doc file, use Context.addOutputFile(...). If the .png file is the only file you want, use Context.setSelectedFile(...)
In whichever line remains from my second note, you should change " ImageFileName" to " "imageFileName".
I apologize for any confusion I may have caused. The simplest working way I could find was the following:
var aModel = ArisData.getSelectedModels();
var oOutput = Context.createOutputObject();
var nLoc = Context.getSelectedLanguage();
for(var i = 0; i <aModel.length; i ++){
var picture = aModel[i].Graphic(false, false, nLoc);
var imageFileName = " " + i + 1 + ".png";
picture.Save (oOutput, imageFileName);
Context.addOutputFileName (imageFileName);
}
I have a question that the Save option might be the answer for,
I am trying to reduce the size of a report that I created. The report summarize some (a lot) models into a word document.
The problem that we encountered was that the file created as RTF and because of this exceeds the 512 MB size allowed (by Microsoft).
I tried to lower the resolution of the pictures and transfer them to black and white, but it only partly helped (the file is smaller but still above the 512 MB).
Is there any chance that the save function could help me reduce the pictures resolution inside the RTF document?
Which ARIS version do you use? If it's the latest 7.2, you could try a new feature which will become 'official' soon. If you use output format MS Word ("doc"), not RTF(!), calling the following line of code before creating an output object in your script, will use a new implementation of the output object, which creates much smaller DOC output files:
I have not heard about such errors yet. Could you provide a small script demonstrating the issues? With this, this can be fixed for the next service release.
