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| title | How does the Lua script get access to the fields |
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To get programatic access of the values of the custom fields, there is this api call: | Code Block |
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| local Fields = component.fields(); |
This returns a Lua table with the custom fields and their values for the component. |
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| title | How to programmatically modify an existing custom field to set a new value |
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You can use the component.setField{} API. |
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| title | Where are the custom field values defined for each component |
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| <instance root>/IguanaX/configurations/fields/<component guid>.json
For example:
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{
"fields": {
"Folder": "/Folder/",
"Number": "1e3",
"Password": "4E4D90C9F91E21FCD59F9F31D88F71FB",
"Port": "64000",
"String": "A String"
}
} |
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| title | What is the format of config.json the definition for for the fields in each component |
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This is what the format looks like: | Code Block |
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{
"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"
}
]
}Custom Field values set in the component card are encrypted and stored locally in components.json file in the component configuration directory.
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<working directory>/config/comps/<component guid>/component.json |
The custom fields and default values, stored in config.json are stored in the component repository files and checked into Git. See Component Configuration Files.