Template Repeater

General

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Description

The Template Repeater repeats instances of templates any number of times. It can arrange them vertically, horizontally, or in a "flow" layout, which can either be top-to-bottom or left-to-right. If there are too many to fit, a scrollbar will be shown. This makes it easy to quickly create screens that represent many similar pieces of equipment. It also can be used to create screens that are dynamic, and automatically configure themselves based on configuration stored in a database or tag structure. When first dropped on a window, the template repeater will look like any other empty container. To select the template to repeat, configure the repeater's Template Path property. There are two ways to set how many times the template should repeat:

  • Count - The template will be repeated X times, where X is the value of "Repeat Count". The repeat count starts at zero and increments X amount of times. Each value for X will be inserted into the custom property of the template that will be repeated. Template repeater inserts the value of X into the custom property on the template with the same name as the template repeater's "Index Property Name." For example, if the template has a custom property of "index" and the template repeater's Index Property Name is also "index," then the template will be repeated X many time with the value of X being inserted into the template's custom property called "index."

  • Dataset - The template will be repeated once for each row in the "Template Parameters" dataset. The template's custom properties with the same names as the dataset's column names will assume the values of each row of the dataset.

An Example of configuring the Template Repeater can be found on the Template Repeater Component page.


Properties

Name

Description

Property Type

Scripting

Category

Background Color

The background color of the component.

Color

.background

Appearance

Border

The border surrounding this component. NOTE that the border is unaffected by rotation.

Border

.border

Common

Data Quality

The data quality code for any tag bindings on this component.

int

.dataQuality

Data

Flow Alignment

Alignment for "Flow" layout style.

int

.flowAlignment

Appearance

Flow Direction

When the layout style is flow, this property controls if the components in the container flow horizontally or vertically.

int

.flowDirection

Appearance

Horizontal Gap

The gap size to use for horizontal gaps.

int

.horizontalGap

Appearance

Index Parameter Name

A name of an integer parameter on the template that will be set to an index number.

String

.indexParamName

Behavior

Layout Style

Controls how the repeated template instances are laid out inside the repeater.

int

.layoutStyle

Appearance

Name

The name of this component.

String

.name

Common

Repeat Behavior

<p>"Count" will repeat the template a number of times, assigning each template an index number.</p></p>"Dataset" will repeat the template once per row in the template parameter's dataset.</p>

int

.repeatBehavior

Behavior

Repeat Count

The template will be repeated this many times, if the repeat behavior is set to "Count"

int

.repeatCount

Behavior

Template Parameters

This dataset will be used to control the number of templates and the parameters set on the templates if the repeat behavior is set to "Dataset"

Dataset

.templateParams

Behavior

Template Path

The path to the template that this container will repeat.

String

.templatePath

Behavior

Vertical Gap

The gap size to use for vertical gaps.

int

.verticalGap

Appearance

Visible

If disabled, the component will be hidden.

boolean

.visible

Common

Scripting
Scripting Functions

getLoadedTemplates()

  • Description

Returns a list of templates loaded into the Template Repeater. Properties on the components within each instance can be references by calling getComponent().

  • Parameters

None

  • Return

List of Templates

  • Scope

Client

Extension Functions

This component does not have extension functions associated with it.

Event Handlers

propertyChange

propertyChange

Fires whenever a bindable property of the source component changes. This works for standard and custom (dynamic) properties.

.source

The component that fired this event

.newValue

The new value that this property changed to.

.oldValue

The value that this property was before it changed. Note that not all components include an accurate oldValue in their events.

.propertyName

The name of the property that changed. NOTE: remember to always filter out these events for the property that you are looking for! Components often have many properties that change.

Customizers
Examples
Code Snippet: getLoadedTemplates()
#This script will call getLoadedTemplates() on a Template Repeater, and
#then print the text property of a Label component in each instance
 
#Store a reference to the Template Repeater component in a variable
repeater = event.source.parent.getComponent('Template Repeater')
 
#Store the list of templates in another variable
templateList = repeater.getLoadedTemplates()
 
#Iterate through the list
for template in templateList:
#find a component named "Label" in the instance,
#and print the value of the text property
print template.getComponent('Label').text