Library of Blockly functions

ignatandrei / NETCoreBlockly

.NET Core API to Blockly - generate from WebAPI, Swagger, OData, GraphQL => https://visualapi.azurewebsites.net/

https://ignatandrei.github.io/BlocklyAutomation/

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Library of Blockly functions #163

Closed djaus2 closed 2 weeks ago

djaus2 commented 2 weeks ago

Can we have a mechanism of saving a set of Blockly functions separate from the app so that they can reloaded into another app as a single entity.? eg

As a separate page
As a single block( or one for reach function) on the app page .

ignatandrei commented 2 weeks ago

I will make an example with custom categories ASAP

ignatandrei commented 2 weeks ago

Update latest nuget.org/packages/NetCore2Blockly version 8.2024.503.745

Put a file named customCategories.txt

<category name='CategoriesLoaded'>
</category>

and inside put your blocks

djaus2 commented 2 weeks ago

Using version 8.2024.503.745

OK so have created app with simple function:

Downloaded that and extracted the function part of it:

  <block type="procedures_defnoreturn" x="107" y="488">
  ...
  ...
  </block>

I created a file in Downloads directory where DownloadBlocks saves to, called customCategories.txt. With the block code in it:

<category name='CategoriesLoaded'>
  <block type="procedures_defnoreturn" x="107" y="488">
    <field name="NAME">GetData</field>
    <comment pinned="false" h="80" w="160">Print current Date-Time</comment>
    <statement name="STACK">
      <block type="text_print">
        <value name="TEXT">
          <block type="displayCurrentDate">
            <field name="dateFormat">human</field>
          </block>
        </value>
      </block>
    </statement>
  </block>
</category>

The "Category" isn't being loaded. ???

Also added <xml ..> and tags before and after the category tags with same result. Guessing issue might be where to place the file??

ignatandrei commented 2 weeks ago

Sorry for not being clear The folder for the file is assets\loadAtStartup

For your case , make a folder named loadAtStartup in SoftataWebAPI\wwwroot\BlocklyAutomation\assets and put there the file

djaus2 commented 2 weeks ago

Thanks that all worked. :)

Using version 8.2024.503.745
Created folder

SoftataWebAPI\wwwroot\BlocklyAutomation\assets\loadAtStartup

Created text file in that folder called:

customCategories.txt

Made sure it was being copied to the built output
Inserted code as previous (WITHOUT the XML monikers)!
Ran Blockly and could access any functions in that file via CategoriesLoaded.
Functions then available under Basic-->Functions
Functions renamed if already existing
Can then reuse functions.

djaus2 commented 2 weeks ago

All good now, thanks again. :)