How long does it take for a UI script change to take effect?

cdgaefke · ‎05-19-2014

I have a non global UI script that is referenced in a UI Macro by a formatter (maybe it's the other way around) so that I can reference all the routines on my modules without the UI script being global.

I'm experiencing very odd timing problems.

I'll make a change in my UI script, reload the module, but the changes don't seem to be taking immediate effect. And I'm not sure exactly how/when to get them to take effect.

I typically run with three browsers open:

Firefox is my main coding browser.

IE11 is used for my reference, IE, to see something else in SVN while coding in Firefox

Chrome I use for testing functionality

Up until now this setup was working fine for me. I'd make a change in Firefox, save it, reload the module in Chrome and see the changes.

Now, however, I'm using the setup above, where a UI script is in a UI Macro that is in a formatter. And I never know when my code is going to take affect. I've tried reloading the module, logging out, closing browsers and relogging, pressing Ctrl-F5 to force a refresh, and I'm getting inconsistent results. Sometimes my code is active, sometimes it isn't. If I check the code, the changes are there in all the browsers, but it seems as if SVN is using an older version somewhere. Right now I have a simple alert() in the beginning of my routine, and IE won't show it, but Firefox will. And my most recent change isn't showing anywhere!

Last time this happened I thought I was running into browser compatibility issues, and I went home for the day slightly distressed that I have code that works in one browser and not another. The next day, without making any changes, it suddenly worked in both browsers! Now I understand it's the same timing issue I'm seeing now.

Any thoughts on this oddness? It's making coding very difficult, as I never know if I have a typo somewhere or if my code just hasn't taken effect yet.

Thanks.

cdgaefke · ‎07-01-2014

I ended up opening a ticket on HI about this. The devs gave me this code to put in the UI Macro which works beautifully:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>


<j:jelly trim="false" xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:g="glide" xmlns:j2="null" xmlns:g2="null">


           <g2:evaluate var="jvar_stamp">


                   var gr = new GlideRecord('sys_ui_script');


                   gr.orderByDesc('sys_updated_on');


                   gr.query();


                   gr.next();


                   gr.getValue('sys_updated_on');


           </g2:evaluate>


           <g:requires name="YOUR SCRIPT NAME HERE.jsdbx" params="cache=$[jvar_stamp]" />


</j:jelly>

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MG Casey · ‎03-06-2017

This script worked better for me. One question - what do you mean by saying, "g2 is null"?

lcbell · ‎03-06-2017

The end of line 2 xmlns:g2="null"

lcbell · ‎03-07-2017

Here's another good script for multiple files to include:

	<g:evaluate var="jvar_ui_script" object="true" >
		var gr_ui_script = new GlideRecord('sys_ui_script');
		gr_ui_script.addQuery('nameINmyUIScript1,myUIScript2');
		gr_ui_script.query();
		gr_ui_script;
	</g:evaluate>
	<j:while test="${jvar_ui_script.next()}">
		<g:requires name="$[jvar_ui_script.getValue('name') ].jsdbx" params="cache=$[jvar_ui_script.getValue('sys_updated_on') ]" />
	</j:while>

milapshah15 · ‎03-20-2017

Hi Bell,

I am running on Helsinki and somehow this is not working even after applying this script to handle cache.What could have been the issue?

Warm regards,

MIlap

lcbell · ‎03-20-2017

What script are you using? If you are using the script from Mar 7 above, did you change myUIScript1 and myUIScript2 in 'nameINmyUIScript1,myUIScript2' to the name(s) of your script(s)?