I’ve got to say that I strongly disagree with this. I can certainly follow John’s script, but following and doing are two entirely different things. I have had very little formal training in “traditional” programming languages – a basic level .NET C# course and an Open University course is about my limit. However, I’m a damn good Remedy developer. I have just started to code in .NET and can see that it’s very powerful. Remedy tends to be more constrained.
An Active Link in Remedy is one object and when I open an Active Link visibly it is significantly easier for me to read the push fields actions in Developer Studio than it is for me to read John’s script. Remedy aids development and (mostly) helps by preventing them from having to remember valid Active Link syntax. .NET is great, but even simple things like forgetting a semi-colon can cause no end of bother! Thanks, Gavin Coleman Senior Analyst/Programmer Computacenter (UK) Ltd Services & Solutions Hatfield Avenue Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9TW, United Kingdom T: +44 (0) 1707 631662 E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> W: www.computacenter.com<http://www.computacenter.com> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jose Huerta Sent: 12 January 2012 06:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Overlay and Applications ** I agree and don't. If you change active links and filters by some scripting language, then ARS won't be ARS anymore. On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 00:02, John Baker <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello, I do wonder when the time will come when base/overlay/etc are replaced with the simple concept of a script. Converting existing workflow to a script is easy and much of the work has already been done, ie converting client side workflow to Javascript already exists in the Mid Tier. Writing a server side workflow (filters/escalations/etc) to Javascript is entirely feasible. Once we find ourselves using Javascript, everything will run (far) more quickly, AR System (with ITSM) would not require 1Gb of memory and 30 minutes to start, and a simple source control system can be used to merge the BMC base application with a client's changes. I've not met an AR System admin who can't fiddle with some script, so perhaps AR System 8 should be the day BMC bite the bullet, eject the current model and move to simple text based scripts: function my_active_link(): if field(123) = "abc": # Push value of field 456 on this form to another push_fields(456, "Target form", 987) set_fields(123, "X") else: change_label(9000, 'New value of my label') set_read_only(9000, True) Alright, so I prefer Python to Javascript but I suspect most ARSlisters can follow the above. John _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org<http://www.arslist.org> attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com<http://www.wwrug12.com> ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ ********************************************************************** COMPUTACENTER PLC is registered in England and Wales with the registered number 03110569. Its registered office is at Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9TW COMPUTACENTER (UK) Limited is registered in England and Wales with the registered number 01584718. Its registered office is at Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9TW COMPUTACENTER (Mid-Market) Limited is registered in England and Wales with the registered number 3434654. Its registered office is at Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9TW COMPUTACENTER (FMS) Limited is registered in England and Wales with the registered number 3798091. Its registered office is at Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9TW The contents of this email are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information which may be confidential and which may also be privileged. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to receive mail for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you receive it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it. Computacenter information is available from: http://www.computacenter.com ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
