Folder Conditions

[belias]

Hello,

 

I have a few programs with "IF" statements that should only be evaluated when called by another program. This works perfectly when I set the programs to disabled, however it's a bit of an inconvenience keeping track of which programs should / should not be disabled. (I frequently disable programs for testing, etc.).

 

So...as a more elegant solution, I figured I'd put all of these programs in a folder and set the folder condition to something that never evaluates as true. I assumed this would have the same effect as disabling the programs, however apparently not. The programs in this folder never run - even when explicitly called by another program.

 

So here's the question - is this the way it's supposed to work? If so, it seems a bit counter-intuitive that enable/disable would function differently from a folder condition that evaluates to true/false...but maybe that's just me. In any case, if this is indeed how things are supposed to function, an option to disable an entire folder (or allow programs in a "false" folder to run when explicitly called) would be great!

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

- Brian

[Algorithm]

Hello Brian,

 

That is a keen observation, but indeed that is the way it was intended to function. When a folder condition is false, programs within that folder will not run no matter how triggered.

 

As to a disable folder function, or changing the running of direct-called programs within disabled folders, I leave that to the programmers...

[belias]

Hi Darrell,

 

Thanks for the fast reply - great support as always!

 

 

- Brian

[jtara92101]

I have a few programs with "IF" statements that should only be evaluated when called by another program. This works perfectly when I set the programs to disabled

 

i guess I'm missing something here.

 

After reading this, I disabled a program that's called from another program. It no longer worked. So, I set it back to enabled.

 

Not sure if it always evaluates as "false", or returns the last condition from when it WAS enabled.

[Sub-Routine]

Hi jtara92101,

 

You can view the Last Run Time on the Program Summary panel.

 

Rand