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achu6393

India
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Posted - 11/18/2016 :  08:37:10 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
Hello all,

I am trying to create an app and I use a lot of user defined templates for graphing. I have saved the templates in the app folder and packed it as .opx file with the package manager. However, when I install the app in other PC the program fails to load the template to its template library.

Is it possible that I can load these templates to the library using labtalk script? (I can use them in the 'after installation' section)

Thank you.

Origin Ver. 2016 and Service Release 9.3
Operating System: win 7

-Akki

such coding! much wow!

Hideo Fujii

USA
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Posted - 11/18/2016 :  4:32:29 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi Akki,

> Is it possible that I can load these templates to the library using labtalk script?

As you see in the document (http://www.originlab.com/doc/APP/App-Development), App stuffs are
stored in the "AppData\Local" folder for the current Windows user such as:
C:\Users\myName\AppData\Local\OriginLab\Apps\myApp
So, first please make sure if your template files (.OTP and their preview images .EMF) are there.
Then, you can open the template as an empty graph window, and save it as a user defined
template using "template_saveas" x-function. The code maybe like:
//////////////////////////////////////////
%K=C:\Users\myName\AppData\Local\OriginLab\Apps\myAppName\; //App location
window -t plot "%KmyApp";  //open graph window. Do not add .OTP
template_saveas pg:=[%H] category:="UserDefined" template:="myApp" filepath:="%Y" emf:=1;
//////////////////////////////////////////

There might be much better ways, but at least this also works.

--Hideo Fujii
OriginLab
Edited by - Hideo Fujii on 11/18/2016 4:35:45 PM
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Chris D

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Posted - 11/18/2016 :  5:00:22 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi,

A slight improvement to Hideo's response.

There is actually a string register that points to the root folder where Apps are installed (it is %@A ). So his code sample might better be:
//////////////////////////////////////////
window -t plot "%@A\MyAppFolder\myTemplate";  //Open graph template as window. Do not add .OTP extension.
template_saveas pg:=[%H] category:="UserDefined" template:="myTemplate" filepath:="%Y" emf:=1;
//////////////////////////////////////////


Thanks,
Chris Drozdowski
Originlab Technical Support
Edited by - Chris D on 11/18/2016 5:01:08 PM
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achu6393

India
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Posted - 11/21/2016 :  10:32:01 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Thank you both for your reply. It worked well.

However, Is there a function which returns whether or not if the specified template already exists in the library? or to delete a template from the library? I donot want to override existing system templates.

Thanks again.

such coding! much wow!
Edited by - achu6393 on 11/21/2016 1:06:37 PM
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achu6393

India
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Posted - 11/22/2016 :  04:55:33 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
I want to update my previous reply. I found the function File.exist() which helps in finding if the template is installed or not.
However I couldn't find a function to remove the template from the library.
Is there a labtalk command for the same?

-Akki

such coding! much wow!
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