Vignesh Dhakshinamoorthy
I find it very handy to call a inline javascript function from a control’s event.
For example, I can access this in an onClick event using @refresh();
this.refresh = function(){
console.log("refresh block");
}
But when I define a static variable like this and access it using @name, it gives an ILLEGAL Character error on load.
this.name = "Spark"
How can I access the variables? Seems straightforward but can’t get it to work!
SPARK Support
Hi Vignesh,
What variables are you trying to access?
Let’s say you wanted to access the color configuration variable. In that case, the inline JS could contain:
this.colorSetter = function(color) {
this.context.options.color.set(“value”,color);
return true;
}
And you could call from the inline On Click event:
me.colorSetter(“blue”);
Regards,
Stephen P.
Vignesh Dhakshinamoorthy
Hi Stephen, thank you for your reply. In my case, I am not trying to access a configuration option, but a global constant declared at the coach view level. In my example, the function “this.refresh” declared at the coach view level is accessible by all the controls inside that coach view using the syntax “@refresh()”. I am wondering why the same does not work for a variable declared in a similar fashion like this.myConstant = 10; and access it as @myConstant in a event handing script?
SPARK Support
Hi Vignesh,
No, this does not work the same way. Variables need to be passed and returned by argument.
The @ notation simply makes it easier for the developer to call a function that provides some handling from an event. Note that this notation does not allow for arguments to be passed.
Regards,
Stephen P.
Vignesh Dhakshinamoorthy
Thank you Stephen, for clarifying the API.
