Can I tell what scope a script is running from?

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From a script, can I tell what scope it's running from? e.g. Gateway, Perspective, Vision, Designer, etc.

I want to display an error popup, but the call is different for different scopes

2

This is 2019 so whilst perspective was out then (April 2019 = 8.0.0) it doesn't mention that scope and may need tweaked for it

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That's very useful! Hmm. I'll have to see if I can get it to return if it's in Perspective

4

Testing in perspective returns a gateway scope.

from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.model import ApplicationScope
scope = ApplicationScope.getGlobalScope()

if scope == ApplicationScope.GATEWAY:
	...
if scope == ApplicationScope.CLIENT:
	...
if scope == ApplicationScope.DESIGNER:
	...
if scope == ApplicationScope.ALL:
	...
if scope == ApplicationScope.NONE:
	...
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What events/context would trigger .ALL or .NONE?

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None. You'll only ever get one of the three C/D/G values as the current scope for a script. The other values are used in other areas, but will never be returned as the current scope.

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I recommend using hasattr() to probe the available functions in system.* to determine what is possible, preferably done at the top level of a script module with results placed into top-level booleans.

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This is what we do to determine scope in a script

from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.model import ApplicationScope

def getScope():
	scope = ApplicationScope.getGlobalScope()
	if ApplicationScope.isClient(scope):
		return "c"

	if ApplicationScope.isDesigner(scope):
		return "d"

	if ApplicationScope.isGateway(scope):
		if "perspective" in dir(system):
			return "p"
		return "g"
	return "u"
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