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by mkayyyy
Wed May 14, 2025 2:41 pm
Forum: Node.js scripting
Topic: PdfProperties
Replies: 8
Views: 28073

Re: PdfProperties

I've just had a debug through the PdfProperties script with a blank PDF I made matching the values of the screenshot and I get the same result as you with the artBox and cropBox values being the same. I don't think this is something you or the script is doing wrong. When I was debugging it looks lik...
by mkayyyy
Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:18 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: View PDF file info within submit point
Replies: 4
Views: 26292

Re: View PDF file info within submit point

Looking at the Switch Reference Guide regarding Defining metadata fields in Submit Points it states: Using variables: It is possible to use variables to define the default value for your metadata field (Single-line text with variables, Condition with variables). However, most variables (e.g. doc aut...
by mkayyyy
Mon Mar 03, 2025 1:34 pm
Forum: Node.js scripting
Topic: Force Stop Script
Replies: 5
Views: 38847

Re: Force Stop Script

I'd open the Progress pane in the Switch Designer, find the script that is stuck executing in the Progress pane, copy the Process ID and kill it in Resource Monitor (If you're on Windows, unsure on the Mac alternative) which will then let the flow stop https://i.gyazo.com/caa941229ba8a8f1353e5c7c8d7...
by mkayyyy
Thu Jan 30, 2025 4:21 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Set private data based on Pitstop Server log
Replies: 9
Views: 33171

Re: Set private data based on Pitstop Server log

Matthew's solution is of course perfect and for the flow design easier than what I will suggest, but here is an approach that does not use scripting for those users that do not have the scripting module. Define two pieces of private data on a folder after having run PitStop using the following XPat...
by mkayyyy
Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:16 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Set private data based on Pitstop Server log
Replies: 9
Views: 33171

Re: Set private data based on Pitstop Server log

Awesome, glad it works as you wanted
by mkayyyy
Mon Jan 27, 2025 4:10 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Set private data based on Pitstop Server log
Replies: 9
Views: 33171

Re: Set private data based on Pitstop Server log

No worries, updating it to look at multiple nodes ends up getting a little bit janky due to the Node.js scripting engine. The scripting engine only supports Xpath expressions evaluating to boolean | number | string | undefined, so I don't think its possibly currently to get all the node values in on...
by mkayyyy
Mon Jan 27, 2025 1:08 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Set private data based on Pitstop Server log
Replies: 9
Views: 33171

Re: Set private data based on Pitstop Server log

Ended up taking me awhile to figure this one out, but reading the XML data set from a script expression looks like this: async function calculateScriptExpression(s: Switch, flowElement: FlowElement, job: Job): Promise<string> { const datasetPath = await job.getDataset("TestDataset", Access...
by mkayyyy
Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: Node.js scripting
Topic: undefined is not a function TypeError
Replies: 11
Views: 93955

Re: undefined is not a function TypeError

After debugging your script I think I was able to find your issue. The jdf variable you'd defined that queried the parsed xmlData was returning undefined As you can see from the screenshot below when debugging the value of the xmlData variable the properties within it don't contain any "dn:&quo...
by mkayyyy
Wed Nov 13, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: Node.js scripting
Topic: undefined is not a function TypeError
Replies: 11
Views: 93955

Re: undefined is not a function TypeError

Have you got an example JDF/XML you could provide? That would make it easier to debug what's happening in your script
by mkayyyy
Wed Nov 13, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: Node.js scripting
Topic: undefined is not a function TypeError
Replies: 11
Views: 93955

Re: undefined is not a function TypeError

The first thing that jumps out to me is the export declaration you've added to the jobArrived method, edit: also I noticed that you removed the s: Switch argument from the method too: export async function jobArrived(flowElement: FlowElement, job: Job) { ... } Remove the export declaration and add ...
by mkayyyy
Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Node.js scripting
Topic: undefined is not a function TypeError
Replies: 11
Views: 93955

Re: undefined is not a function TypeError

The first thing that jumps out to me is the export declaration you've added to the jobArrived method, edit: also I noticed that you removed the s: Switch argument from the method too: export async function jobArrived(flowElement: FlowElement, job: Job) { ... } Remove the export declaration and add t...
by mkayyyy
Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: Switch
Topic: Switch alternatives
Replies: 4
Views: 16126

Re: Switch alternatives

n8n is one that I've used in my spare time which if you self host it the functionality can be similar to Switch.
by mkayyyy
Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Getting error message but no details on flow
Replies: 2
Views: 4427

Re: Getting error message but no details on flow

It'll be tricky to find what's logging these errors, but from the error do you have any scripts or script expressions that might be trying to load datasets with a placeholder value of "path to json file here"?
by mkayyyy
Thu Aug 29, 2024 6:55 pm
Forum: Switch
Topic: Imposition in Switch
Replies: 12
Views: 21542

Re: Imposition in Switch

magnussandstrom wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2024 2:51 pm Maybe we should use ChatGPT and build our own Impositioning app that fullfills all the needs of a modern printer... ;)
I like that idea, an open source imposition application :idea:
by mkayyyy
Fri Jun 28, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Change flow parameters directly in flow XML?
Replies: 14
Views: 21001

Re: Change flow parameters directly in flow XML?

Hi there, Global data could work great, one flow creating global, and other flow restoring it before use! But as we talked about it together recently, having a property directly in switch to have something like this could be a real game changer for some flow conception: [Switch.GlobalData.text:name...