new Sync methods

[Vasile]

To simplify programming and avoid "asynchronous callback hell" it would be nice if Sync methods could be added for ExecuteScript and NavigateWithWebResourceRequest.
Thanks you,
Vasile

[wila]

Hi Vasile,

Sorry I seem to have missed your question, so my reply is a bit slower than usual.

The version of AntView that was released today has a sync version for NavigateWithWebResourceRequest added, see NavigateWithWebResourceRequestSync.

I'll put the request for a synced version of ExecuteScript on the list.
Note that in the mean time there is a RunAnonymousFunctionSync that you can use instead.

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Wil

[Bernard Mouille]

Hello Wil,
Thanks for the new version.
Is it possible to have a thread in this forum where you post when a new version is online ?
Thanks,
Bernard.

[wila]

Hi Bernard,

Thanks for the question.
I came to the same conclusion earlier today... as we already had a section for the other products.
So added it to the general updates section as a sticky post.

Updates

Still contemplating a bit if it would be better for each section at the forum to have their own updates area.
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Wil

[Bernard Mouille]

Thanks Will, it is perfect.
Regards,
Bernard.

[Vasile]

Hi Willa

> Sorry I seem to have missed your question, so my reply is a bit slower than usual.
Comparing the support offered for other products, the support you provide for AntView is lightning fast. Bravo Wila !

>NavigateWithWebResourceRequestSync
NavigateWithWebResourceRequestSync gives me the opportunity to clean-up my code by removing a lot of timers and the functions they call, asynchronously.
I use AntView activex control, in dBase 2019, to send electronic invoices (xml string) and now this can be done with only 3 lines of code (the server response is a json string).

form.AntView1.nativeObject.NavigateWithWebResourceRequestSync( uri, "POST", xmlString, "Content-Type: application/xml" )
rJsonString = new string()
form.AntViewDocument1.RequestCurrentTextSync( rJsonString )

Very, very simple. Thanks you.

>RunAnonymousFunctionSync
In another project, I use RunAnonymousFunctionSync as often as possible, but I failed when the function had to call another custom function that is defined in the same string.
Example:
// jsString
(p1, p2) => {
a = customFunction1( p1 ) ;
b = customFunction2( p2 ) ;
return a + b ;
}

function customFunction1(x) {
return x ;
}

function customFunction2(y) {
return y ;
}

AntView activex control integrates very well with dBase 2019, parameters can be passed easily
//dbase code, {myVar1, myVar2} is a literal array (1 dimension , 2 elements )
vRet = new string()
form.AntViewDocument1.RunAnonymousFunctionSync(anyIntValue, {myVar1, myVar2}, jsString, vRet)

If there is no additional function declaration in the jsString, the execution succeeds, otherwise it fails.
For these situations I use:
form.AntView1.nativeObject.ExecuteScript(jsString)
// jsString
p1 = "value of myVar1";
p2 = "value of myVar2";
a = customFunction1( p1 ) ;
b = customFunction2( p2 ) ;

function customFunction1(x) {
return x ;
}

function customFunction2(y) {
return y ;
}

That's why I would like there to be a SYNC variant of the ExecuteScript method.

Thanks you
Vasile

[wila]

Hi Vasile,

I didn't need a reason for adding the feature .
In this case the request was sufficient, but yes that makes perfect sense.
It's on the list, hopefully have some time to look into this soon.

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Wil