Scripting function to read the Project Description property

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Is there a scripting function that allows reading the Project Description property, as defined under Configure–>System–>Projects–>Edit–>Project Settings–>Description?

Thanks!

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Try this:

from com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application import FPMIApp
desc = FPMIApp.getInstance().clientContext.project.description
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Hi pturmel,

Thanks for your reply.
I tried executing it from the Script Console, but get the following message:

> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<buffer>", line 2, in <module>
> AttributeError: 'com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.FPM' object has no attribute 'clientContext'

After searching, I found the following API 7.8.1 documentation, which states that the getInstance() method has been deprecated.

http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition784rc1/com/inductiveautomation/factorypmi/application/FPMIApp.html#getInstance--

Any idea where to find the latest API documentation?

Thanks.

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Here is the latest SDK JavaDocs:
http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition79/790-beta1/index.html

And here is the answer to your question, but this only works from the client atm.

from com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application import FPMIApp
print FPMIApp.getInstance().getClientPanel().getClientContext().getProject().getDescription()

FPMIApp has been deprecated forever.

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Actually, there’s a 7.9.4 Javadoc; pretty sure this is the latest release:
http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition79/794-beta1/index.html

Also, you can skip FPMIApp.getInstance() with BasicContainer’s getAppContext(), eg, from a button:
event.source.parent.getAppContext().getProject().getDescription()

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Thanks PGriffith, this works for the project's description:

event.source.parent.getAppContext().getProject().getDescription()

What about the project's title?

event.source.parent.getAppContext().getProject()

Doesn't work...

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event.source.parent.getAppContext().getProject().getDisplayTitle() should work in 7.9 - it will either be the project’s title field, or just the name if the title is unspecified.

event.source.parent.getAppContext().getProject().getTitle() or getName() as appropriate should work in 8.0.

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Thanks, this works from a button on the window but I cannot get it to work when a window is opened... Im using the following code on a window's internalFramActivated event handler.

system.gui.getParentWindow(event).getComponentForPath('Root Container.projectName').text = event.source.parent.getAppContext().getProject().getDisplayTitle()
system.gui.getParentWindow(event).getComponentForPath('Root Container.projectDescription').text = event.source.parent.getAppContext().getProject().getDescription()

And am getting this error:

AttributeError: 'com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.FPM' object has no attribute 'getAppContext'

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event.source.parent is how you go from a component to its parent, meaning the root container of the window it’s on (assuming you’re not using groups or containers, anyways) - but if you’re running the code and you’re already on a window/root container, then going up to .parent is giving you an object that doesn’t contain the method getAppContext(). Try swapping in event.source.rootContainer.getAppContext().

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Thanks, learning so much from you today, I really appreciate it!

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How can I get this in Perspective for ignition 8.1?

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Can you get it here?
https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.perspective.getProjectInfo

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