During my last blog I discussed using background scripts. This week I will elaborate more on synchronizing background scripts and their data. If you haven’t read the previous blog don’t worry, you will be able to follow along. However, this blog does require at least a basic understanding of threading. The first part used a single background thread to track user activity within the application. A background thread is used to allow the user to continue to work in parallel to our script. Another way to use background scripts is to take a task and process it in parallel. Our script this week is an example of this.
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LDC #73: Running in the Background Part 2 - Synchronizing Tasks
Friday, February 16. 2018
LDC #72: Get Crack'n - Working with URIs
The technical term for a web address is a Uniform Resource Identifier or URI. The contents of a URI can be very simple, such as ‘www.gofiler.online’, or very complex. A URL, the common name for a web page is actually a Uniform Resource Locator, which is a component of a larger URI. From within a Legato script one may find the need to either build a query or perhaps take one apart. In this post we will explore how URIs work and how to work with them within Legato.
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LDC #71: Validating With The XBRL Object
XBRL can be a challenging topic to tackle. There are a lot of rules to learn for it, and with 14,000+ elements in the US:GAAP taxonomy, it doesn’t look like it’s going to get simpler any time soon. Fortunately, using GoFiler and Legato, we can add some functionality to make things a little easier.
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Friday, February 02. 2018
LDC #70: Removing All Selected Hyperlinks
This week we are going to take a look at another client request to be able to remove multiple hyperlinks at the same time. In GoFiler there is a Remove Hyperlink function that will find where the caret currently is and if it is within a hyperlink it will remove the link. If the caret is located before or within an anchor/bookmark tag, the function will remove the anchor instead. However, if you have any text selected the tool gives the user a popup box and does not remove anything. So today we’re going to look at a simple script to hook into the Remove Hyperlink function, check if the user has text highlighted, and if so, remove all hyperlinks and bookmarks that we find in the highlighted section.
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