Scripts - Using Example Scripts from this Website

Summary:

This website has example scripts which can demonstrate scripting techniques and can be customized as needed.  This page details how to use this scripts in ProSEM.

Step-by-Step:

1. Download an archive of script(s) from a page on this website
2. Determine the location to place the script.  An easy shortcut for this to to use the ProSEM Script menu command: Open Default Script Folder
The default location is:
   • Windows: This PC > Documents > .GenISys > ProSEM > Scripts
   • Linux: Home/.GenISys/ProSEM/Scripts
3. Un-compress the downloaded archive.
   • Windows: In Windows Explorer, right-click on the .zip file and choose Extract All. Or double-click on the .zip archive to open it, then drag the desired file(s) out of the opened archive to the destination
   • Linux:  In a terminal window, use the unzip command, typically: unzip <archive_name>.zip
4. Move or copy the desired script(s) to the script location.
5. In ProSEM's Scripts menu, choose: Refresh Menu so the new script(s) will appear in the menu, ready to use.

More Details:

• The Scripts directory can contain other directories, which are displayed as hierarchical menus in ProSEM Script menu
• Scripts can also be located in another user-defined location, with that location specified in ProSEM's  File > Properties menu settings, under Location for additional User Scripts.  This allows common scripts to be easily shared where ProSEM is used on multiple computers, by setting this to a common Scripts folder on a shared network drive