"Show Contents of g_scratchpad" Tool

[Jim Coyne]

Included in the Developer Toolbox Update Set available on Share (link to Share in the post).

We are adding quite a bit of information to the g_scratchpad object on a project I'm involved with at the moment so I decided to create a quick tool to help us see what all ends up there.   It's a simple client-side Related Link UI Action that pops up a window with the current contents:

Here's the configuration for the UI Action:

Name:         Show Contents of g_scratchpad

Table:        Global

Order:        200,000

Action name:  u_fpc_show_contents_of_g_scratchpad

Active:       checked

Show insert:  checked

Show update:  checked

Client:       checked

Form link:    checked

Messages:     u_fpc_show_contents_of_g_scratchpad.modal.title

Hint:         Displays the contents of the g_scratchpad object in a popup window (FPC)

Onclick:      uFpcShowContentsOfGScratchpad()

Condition:    gs.hasRole("admin")

Script:

function uFpcShowContentsOfGScratchpad(){
	var newLine = "\n";
	var scratchPad = [];
	var items = Object.keys(g_scratchpad);
	items.sort();  //sort the item names alphabetically in case they are not already

	var numberOfItems = items.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < numberOfItems; i++) {
		scratchPad.push(items[i] + " = " + JSON.stringify(g_scratchpad[items[i]]));
	}

	//encode the string so it can be passed to the UI Page properly and then decoded there
	scratchPad = encodeURIComponent(scratchPad.join(newLine));

	//open the dialog window
	var gdw = new GlideDialogWindow("u_fpc_simple_copy_paste");
	gdw.setTitle(getMessage("u_fpc_show_contents_of_g_scratchpad.modal.title"));
	gdw.setSize(650, 500);
	gdw.setPreference("sysparm_text", scratchPad);
	gdw.render();
}

The UI Action requires the "Simple Copy/Paste" UI Page to actually display the information.

I've attached the XML files for both the UI Action and the UI Message if you want to just import them into your instance.