Creating Child Nodes in OScript Explorer

Greg Griffiths

I'm working on some code and to aid clarity and avoid name collisions I'd like to create a structure similar to :

Root

WebNode

WebNodeCmd

Rename

RecycleBin

Utils

I've created Objects to mirror this tree structure, and they appear in this "tree" in the Module Explorer, just not in the OScript view . I just end up with them all appearing at the same level in the OScript Explorer view which is confusing and cluttered.

Creating Packages inside Packages doesn't seem to work, any ideas ?

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sıɹɥɔ

Hi Greg,

The nesting of OScript Explorer mirrors that of the file system under CSIDE, with packages corresponding to folders. Similar to folders, packages can indeed be nested.

I think you've encountered an issue with the release of CSIDE. A workaround to allow for nesting is to organize the file system accordingly and then refresh the view of OScript Explorer.

Hope this helps,

-chris

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Creating Child Nodes in OScript Explorer

Posted by Griffiths, Greg On 04/24/2017 08:07 AM

I'm working on some code and to aid clarity and avoid name collisions I'd like to create a structure similar to :

Root

WebNode

WebNodeCmd

Rename

RecycleBin

Utils

Creating Packages inside Packages doesn't seem to work, any ideas ?

Greg Griffiths

Chris,

Thanks for the response, I've created the additional folders in the Source Code folder and resynched the OScript Explorer Perspective, I assume you meant this rather than the Module Explorer Perspective in your post, and the tree now appears - although the icon is a Folder until I update the Package headers. I'll do some checks to make sure the code appears and compiles in both Perspectives correctly.

If I try and create a Package within a Package I get the error :

"The Parent Package '<module name>' does not exist in the source folder

Parameters to New Package are as follows :

Source Folder = /GGDemo/srcmodules

Package Name = newPackage

Parent Package = <module name>::<parent package>

CSIDE version is 16.2.0.1421

sıɹɥɔ

You can have Support inform you of the status of this issue by referencing OIDE-940. Hopefully the workaround does what you're needing for now.

And yes thanks, I did mean to say "OScript Explorer" instead of "Module Explorer" earlier. I was thrown off because I'd initially thought you were expecting the nesting of both perspectives to always be the same. Typically they're not, of course, because packaging can follow whatever design is preferred. (The java community occasionally debates what's appropriate for this too.)

-chris

Greg Griffiths

Chris,

It works, just had to create a series of .OS file, one for each folder I added and have them inherit from each other to get the tree in both perspectives correct. Feels like more work than the Builder "create Child" approach, but now I know I can work with it

Will keep track of the Ticket you mention.

thanks again.