Ideas for editing config.json

[Doug Easterbrook]

oh, forgot to mention, the changes to config,json do not take effect till the next time you restart omnis or a run time.

there is an enhancement request in place to have a command to reload the config in realtime without restarting omnis.



Doug Easterbrook
Arts Management Systems Ltd.
mailto:doug at artsman.com
http://www.artsman.com
Phone (403) 650-1978

> On Oct 23, 2022, at 7:31 AM, Doug Easterbrook via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
> 
> here you go
> 
> NOTE:   I’m using tmOBJS.$makeParamROw to dynamically add a column to a row, if it doesn’t exist, or set the value in the row, if it does exist.
> 
> if you don’t wnt ot use TMobjs for this purpos, you have to use omnis commands like
> 
> if not(row.$cols.$findname(‘MacOS’))
>  do row.$addcols(‘MacOS’)
> end if
> calculate row.macos as aSubRow
> 
> or something like that.
> 
> 
> 
> # set some key values in config.json
> Calculate Row as $root.$prefs.$getconfigjson()
> If Row.$cols.$findname('macOS')
> Calculate Row.macOS as TMObjs.$makeparamrow(Row.macOS,'ignoreTitleClicksInBackground',kFalse)
> # V1007363 kfalse to have title on left and icons on right in Monterey.
> # V1007363 Ktrue means put title above icons as traditional - decision for keep like old times
> Calculate Row.macOS as TMObjs.$makeparamrow(Row.macOS,'useToolbarStyleExpanded',kTrue)
> End If
> If Row.$cols.$findname('tooltips')
> Calculate Row.tooltips as TMObjs.$makeparamrow(Row.tooltips,'maxWidth',400)
> End If
> If Row.$cols.$findname('ide')
> Calculate Row.ide as TMObjs.$makeparamrow(Row.ide,'animateIDEcontrols',kFalse,'autoSave',kTrue,'canUseCreateVariableOnVarNotFound',kFalse)
> End If
> If Row.$cols.$findname('windows')
> Calculate Row.windows as TMObjs.$makeparamrow(Row.windows,'hideStudiorgMessage',kTrue)
> End If
> Do $root.$prefs.$setconfigjson(Row)
> 
> 
> 
> Doug Easterbrook
> Arts Management Systems Ltd.
> mailto:doug at artsman.com
> http://www.artsman.com
> Phone (403) 650-1978
> 
>> On Oct 23, 2022, at 5:55 AM, Das Goravani <goravanis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Is it true that you cannot edit the config.json file for Studio while Omnis is running?
>> 
>> That’s my experience. 
>> 
>> Do you have any ideas of how to edit this file from a running Omnis?
>> 
>> If your config.json file needs an edit, and you have many clients running already, how do you do that?
>> 
>> If you have an option in your program, and for it to run you need to edit config.json, how do you do it ?
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