Dynamic components using Python

Ignition
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Hi

I have created a template (which has one or two properties in its root that enables the template to report on a specific part of my system). What I need to do is:

a) Dynamically create a variable amount of instances of this template in a container
b) These instances must be able to dynamically position themselves depending on the size of the container (similar to the FlowLayout Manager in Java)

I imagine I will need “the invert” of the function system.gui.getParentWindow(event).getComponent() (thus, something like system.gui.getParentWindow(event).createComponent() perhaps?). I will of course also need to pass some parameters into it in order to initialise the properties in its root.

Thanks

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Ignition does not allow for dynamic creation of components for security and complexity reasons. Your best bet is to pre-determine template locations in a window by placing the templates in the window like you usually would, and then dynamically change the “visible” property of templates via scripting.