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Author Topic: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]  (Read 12956 times)

nitrix-ud

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how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« on: March 27, 2009, 03:31 AM »
Hi,

i can't make this work...

setuservar USERVARNAME=VALUE - sets the value of a user variable (e.g. setuservar twitter.username=donationcoder)

this works perfectly : %uservar.SectionName.variablename%

but i can't set a user variable

now i think i have a feature request for you mouser !
Could you add the possibility to set a user variable from outside ?

by command-line for example :
C:\Program Files\FindAndRunRobot\FindAndRunRobot.exe -setuservar twitter.username=donationcoder

that would be great :) to be able to interact with FARR like so

Cheers, keep up the good work and keep giving us frequent releases ! (i'm waiting for the internal browser toolbar !)

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2009, 08:27 AM »
Here's what happened for me using a plugin to try to leverage this functionality:

Code: Javascript [Select]
  1. FARR.setStrValue("launch", "setuservar Akete.test=hi");

I then observed the following text in the User Variables pane of the Options dialog box:

[setuservar Akete]
test = hi

May be I'm doing something wrong...

FWIW, I tested with FARR 2.53.02.

mouser

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2009, 12:06 PM »
ewe, you found a bug. will be fixed in next version.

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2009, 01:23 PM »
and what about MY problem ;) ???

i'm trying to use setuservar from an alias (not a plugin) by the way...

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2009, 01:27 PM »
the bug that ewe found would affect setting user var from an alias.  in fact you'll notice that he basically simulated in his plugin call the effect of specifying something in an alias launch command.  after the next update you will be able to specify in your alias result: setuservar section.varname=value

your other idea about commandline invocation is reasonable.  i'll add ability to invoke var with a command to launch (which would also let you use above functionality to set user vars), and ask farr to display some results.

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2009, 01:50 PM »
thanks for your answers mouser ;)

and i'm happy to hear a new version is on its way.

my feature request about command-line invocation is to silently change a FARR user variable.

like many, i work on a project basis, and when switching from one project to an other, i'd like to silently modify FARR user variable so that i can reflect that change in FARR

for instance, say i have an alias to add a note to the project i'm currently working on, i could use an up-to-date FARR user variable holding the name of that project to improve result readability
Add note to Project "Project XYZ"

that would be very handy indeed !

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2009, 04:05 PM »
should be fixed in new version 2.55.01, uploaded.

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2016, 02:10 PM »
Hi Mouser  :D

I have some questions regarding setuservar...

1) Is it possible to set multiple values in one go using the command-line ?

this does not work
C:\Program Files\FindAndRunRobot\FindAndRunRobot.exe -launch "setuservar MyVars.var1=value1,MyVars.var2=value2"

I have a autohotkey script that sets about 10 values (folder paths used in search folders options) in FARR and I have to say it takes some times to complete since it seems I MUST use RunWait autohotkey command when setting the values to get the recachedirpaths command (that I run at the end) to work well... (otherwise it recaches a mix of good and wrong directories...)


2) Is it possible to remove a value ?? using command-line or using an other way

Thanks for your answer

I hope FARR is very much alive, since I believe it's one of the most useful piece of software in the universe  :-*


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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2016, 03:05 PM »
dear lord you are doing some advanced farr stuff..

as for #1, have you tried separating multiple commands with ;;; so for example:
setuservar MyVars.var1=value1;;;setuservar  MyVars.var2=value2

as for #2, i can add an eraseuservar command.



i'd love to hear what crazy stuff you are using these things for :)

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2016, 03:31 PM »
fuck yeah i'm doing advanced stuff  8)

for #1, that's great mouser, your suggestion works !!!

for #2, that would be great...

i have a #3, it seems that a user variable cannot be bigger than 272 characters ? does that make sense to you ?


PS: I'm sending a quick video on your email (for your eye's only, there are some personal stuff)

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2016, 04:14 PM »
Correction :

for #1, that's great mouser, your suggestion works !!!

It works but above a certain size (300 characters) the command line parameter is stripped, so it does not really work....

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2016, 04:03 PM »
Yeah im afraid that might be a commandline limit.. ill check.

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2016, 04:04 PM »
PS: I'm sending a quick video on your email (for your eye's only, there are some personal stuff)
video received.. those are definitely some serious farr aliases and configurations :)

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2016, 04:16 PM »
Yeah im afraid that might be a commandline limit.. ill check.

i thought commandline limit was around 8000 characters :-\
(when i pass the parameter to a simple autohotkey script, it works)

Maybe FARR is stripping the parameter string ?

Hope you can make it work, I would really like to get the speed boost !!

those are definitely some serious farr aliases and configurations
i will send you some more when i have some time

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2016, 03:40 PM »
nitrix-ud, have you tried modifying the UserVars line in FindAndRunRobot.ini directly? Just an idea, haven't tried it.

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2016, 04:50 PM »
Hi Nod5,

No I haven't tried.

I tried manually and it does not work, the FindAndRunRobot.ini isn't reloaded when changed (which makes sense  :))

Maybe there is a command for that i don't know ?
« Last Edit: June 07, 2016, 04:57 PM by nitrix-ud »

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2017, 12:43 PM »
Nitrix and I finally tracked down this problem and I fixed it.. It will be corrected in the next release (v2.228).

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Re: how does setuservar work ? [feature request ?]
« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2017, 12:46 PM »
That's great news !

Good job mouser  :Thmbsup: