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titleHow does the Lua script get access to the fields

To get programatic access of the values of the custom fields, there is this api call:

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languagelua
local Fields = component.fields();

This returns a Lua table with the custom fields and their values for the component.

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titleHot to programmatically modify an existing custom field to set a new value

You can use the component.setField{} API.

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titleWhere are the custom field values defined for each component

Custom Field values set in the component card are stored locally in an encrypted file.

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<instance root>/IguanaX/configurations/fields/<component guid>.
json

For example:

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language
json
{
    "fields": {
        "Folder": "/Folder/",
        "Number": "1e3",
        "Password": "4E4D90C9F91E21FCD59F9F31D88F71FB",
        "Port": "64000",
        "String": "A String"
    }
}

See Custom Fields Configuration File for more information.

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titleWhat is the format of config.json - the definition for the fields and default values in each component

This is what the format looks like:

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languagejson
{
    "fields": [
        {
            "default": "/ff/",
            "name": "Folder",
            "type": "folder"
        },
        {
            "default": "fdsf",
            "name": "File",
            "type": "file"
        },
        {
            "default": "",
            "name": "String",
            "type": "string"
        },
        {
            "default": "1",
            "name": "Number",
            "type": "number"
        },
        {
            "default": "true",
            "name": "Boolean",
            "type": "bool"
        },
        {
            "default": "",
            "name": "Password",
            "type": "password"
        },
        {
            "default": "",
            "name": "Port",
            "type": "port"
        }
    ]
}

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