Script window fails to open after adding dynamic property

Ignition
1

I am trying to add a dynamic property to an object. My code looks like this on a button referencing a paintable canvas:

[code]canvas = event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Paintable Canvas’)

props = canvas.getDynamicProps()
props.put(‘Test property’, ‘Test value’)
canvas.setDynamicProps(props)
print (canvas.getDynamicProps().get(‘imgHeight’).value)[/code]

When I go to preview mode and click the button, it seems to execute (I get output in the console), but my designer loses the ability to open script functions. When I try and re-open the script to change something, I get the following error:

[quote]Exception in thread “AWT-EventQueue-2” java.lang.ArrayStoreException: java.lang.String
at java.util.AbstractCollection.toArray(Unknown Source)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.util.DynamicPropertyUtil.getProperties(DynamicPropertyUtil.java:51)
at com.inductiveautomation.vision.api.client.components.model.AbstractVisionComponent.getProperties(AbstractVisionComponent.java:145)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.util.BindUtilities.getProperties(BindUtilities.java:489)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.util.BindUtilities.getAllProperties(BindUtilities.java:504)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.property.configurators.comptree.ComponentPropertyTreeModel.createPropertyChildren(ComponentPropertyTreeModel.java:94)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.property.configurators.comptree.ComponentPropertyTreeModel.access$000(ComponentPropertyTreeModel.java:35)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.property.configurators.comptree.ComponentPropertyTreeModel$ComponentNode.loadChildren(ComponentPropertyTreeModel.java:151)
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.tree.AbstractLazyLoadingTreeNode.checkChildren(AbstractLazyLoadingTreeNode.java:28)
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.tree.AbstractLazyLoadingTreeNode.getChildCount(AbstractLazyLoadingTreeNode.java:49)
at javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel.getChildCount(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.TreeSearchable.populateTreePaths0(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.TreeSearchable.populateTreePaths0(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.TreeSearchable.populateTreePaths0(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.TreeSearchable.populateTreePaths(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.TreeSearchable.getTreePathes(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.TreeSearchable.getElementCount(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.Searchable.findFromCursor(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.SearchableBar.initComponents(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.SearchableBar.(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.swing.SearchableBar.(Unknown Source)
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.SearchUtility$CustomBar.(SearchUtility.java:87)
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.SearchUtility.install(SearchUtility.java:56)
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.SearchUtility.install(SearchUtility.java:52)
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.SearchUtility.install(SearchUtility.java:46)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.property.configurators.comptree.ComponentPropertyTreePanel.(ComponentPropertyTreePanel.java:72)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.eventhandling.PropertyDialog.(PropertyDialog.java:48)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.property.configurators.DBBrowserPanel$KeyPanel.(DBBrowserPanel.java:406)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.property.configurators.DBBrowserPanel.initComponents(DBBrowserPanel.java:95)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.property.configurators.DBBrowserPanel.(DBBrowserPanel.java:82)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.eventhandling.DBBrowserBuilder.initComponents(DBBrowserBuilder.java:93)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.eventhandling.DBBrowserBuilder.(DBBrowserBuilder.java:77)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.eventhandling.ActionConfigPanel.(ActionConfigPanel.java:66)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.eventhandling.ComponentScriptEditor.initComponents(ComponentScriptEditor.java:251)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.eventhandling.ComponentScriptEditor.(ComponentScriptEditor.java:132)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.eventhandling.ComponentScriptEditor.(ComponentScriptEditor.java:116)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace$Handler.configureEventHandlers(WindowWorkspace.java:2714)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace$Handler.configureEventHandlers(WindowWorkspace.java:2705)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace$Handler.handleConfigActions(WindowWorkspace.java:2700)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace$Handler.access$2000(WindowWorkspace.java:1984)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace$Handler$11.actionPerformed(WindowWorkspace.java:2156)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.plaf.basic.BasicJideButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
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I can’t open any scripting until I restart my designer. If I don’t try and put a new property in, commenting out the line that does so, like this:

[code]canvas = event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Paintable Canvas’)

props = canvas.getDynamicProps()
#props.put(‘Test property’, ‘Test value’)
canvas.setDynamicProps(props)
print (canvas.getDynamicProps().get(‘imgHeight’).value)[/code]

it will execute just fine and the designer keeps working as expected.

While I’m sure there is an error in my code, it seems like it shouldn’t break the designer…

2

Seems the issue was because I was not providing the property as a com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.DynamicPropertyDescriptor. I figured out how to do so, but would still have liked to have seen an error message rather than not being able to open scripting windows.

3

getDynamicProps() is not documented in the manual. It is visible only in the javadocs (or reflection), along with the signatures that shows its data types. It’s kinda’ like leaving the well-marked highway for some off-roading in your favorite 4x4. There aren’t signs for every rock and rut.