Templates for Blockly

Yukti Mehta

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Jul 21, 2016, 3:30:12 AM7/21/16

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How can I generate templates for the applications that I built through Blockly ? Is there anyway? Please help.

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Yukti Mehta

Daaron Dwyer

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Jul 21, 2016, 10:44:25 AM7/21/16

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I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for. There are shadow blocks and you can write the starting XML for your user, but I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for. Can you be a bit more specific about what a template is and how your user gets to it?

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Yukti Mehta

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Jul 22, 2016, 1:33:55 AM7/22/16

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Thanks for the response. I am currently developing an application in which there is a button which can have templates of the series of blocks which are frequently used. PFA pic of the template that I want. Please help.

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Yukti Mehta

template.png

Wolfgang Koehler

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Jul 22, 2016, 3:42:02 AM7/22/16

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Here is how I do this:

if (event.type == Blockly.Events.CREATE && manualAction) {
    var parentBlock = workspace.getBlockById(event.blockId);
    //add switches to the inputs of the BK
    if (parentBlock.type == "bk") {
      for (var i = 0; i <= 15; i++) {
        var childBlock = workspace.newBlock('px');
        if (i <= 9) {
          var parentConnection = parentBlock.getInput("I.D0" + i).connection;
          childBlock.setFieldValue('BK01.I.D0' + i, 'SwitchAddress');
        } else {
          var parentConnection = parentBlock.getInput("I.D" + i).connection;
          childBlock.setFieldValue('BK01.I.D' + i, 'SwitchAddress');
        }
        childBlock.initSvg();
        childBlock.render();
        var childConnection = childBlock.outputConnection;
        parentConnection.connect(childConnection);
      }
    }
    ...

Yukti Mehta

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Jul 22, 2016, 6:04:59 AM7/22/16

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Thank You for responding. But it would be great if you can send the link or can explain a bit where to put this code. Thanks in advance.

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Yukti Mehta

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Wolfgang Koehler

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Jul 23, 2016, 1:01:39 AM7/23/16

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There is no link. The logic is simple.

Whenever there is a CREATE event

if (event.type == Blockly.Events.CREATE && manualAction)

I check if the block created is of a certain type.

var parentBlock = workspace.getBlockById(event.blockId);

//add switches to the inputs of the BK
if (parentBlock.type == "bk") {

If it is I automatically attach 16 other blocks to it

var childBlock = workspace.newBlock('px');

var parentConnection = parentBlock.getInput("I.D0" + i).connection;

        childBlock.initSvg();
        childBlock.render();
        var childConnection = childBlock.outputConnection;
        parentConnection.connect(childConnection);

and adjust the values of these blocks.

childBlock.setFieldValue('BK01.I.D0' + i, 'SwitchAddress');

That's it. Instead of using the CREATE event you could use your button, create and connect all the blocks you want and adjust there values.

Happy coding

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