Counting Instances a rule generates a certain output

[sbellia]

Hi everybody,

I'm looking to count the amount of times the Insert picture rule returns a certain value and return it to a log file or on the screen after I compose the template. Whatever is easier. I want to count the amount of times the rule spits out the default value which is the final else return.

What do you recommend?

 

 

var Var1 = "@PHOTO";

var Var2 = ".jpg";

var Var3 = "S:\\Customer Files COPY CENTER\\Prosdigital\\HOLIDAY MAILER 12-11-17\\ARTWORK";

var Var4 = "000000_SA0.jpg";

 

temp = '';

var_extension = '';

has_extension = '';

 

if (Var3 == "")

Var3 = Var3;

else

{

if (FusionPro.isMac)

Var3 = Var3 + ":";

else

Var3 = Var3 + "\\";

}

 

for (i=0; i<Field(Var1).length; i++)

{

temp = Mid(Field(Var1), Field(Var1).length-i,1);

var_extension = temp + var_extension;

var_extension = ToLower(var_extension);

if(var_extension == ".png" || var_extension == ".pdf" || var_extension == ".gif" || var_extension == ".eps" || var_extension == ".tif" || var_extension == ".tiff" || var_extension == ".jpg" || var_extension == ".jpeg")

{

has_extension = "true";

i=Field(Var1).length;

}

else

has_extension = "false";

}

 

if(has_extension == "true")

Pic = CreateResource(Var3 + Field(Var1), "graphic", true);

 

else

{

if(Var2 == ".jpg")

{

Pic = CreateResource(Var3 + Field(Var1) + ".jpeg", "graphic", true);

if (Pic.exists)

Pic = Pic;

else

Pic = CreateResource(Var3 + Field(Var1) + ".jpg", "graphic", true);

}

 

 

if(Var2 == ".tif")

{

Pic = CreateResource(Var3 + Field(Var1) + ".tif", "graphic", true);

if (Pic.exists)

Pic = Pic;

else

Pic = CreateResource(Var3 + Field(Var1) + ".tiff", "graphic", true);

}

 

 

if(Var2 == ".png" || Var2 == ".pdf" || Var2 == ".eps" || Var2 == ".gif")

{

Pic = CreateResource(Var3 + Field(Var1) + Var2, "graphic", true);

}

 

}

 

if (Pic.exists)

{

return Pic;

}

 

else

{

return CreateResource(Var3 + Var4, "graphic", true);

 

}

[merski007]

add a counter variable to the globals area and throw an incrementer on it every time the scenario occurs.

 

then create a callback rule of OnRecordEnd or OnJobEnd and add the FP function Print().

 

So maybe something like this:

 

var counter; //global var

 

counter++; //every time scenario occurs

 

Print(counter); //this will add the text to the .msg file that is created during compose.

[sbellia]

Thanks merski007,

But im pretty noob to this. Can you more specific in the language of the code?

Thanks

[Dan Korn]

First, from the main Rules dialog, click the JavaScript Globals button, then enter this syntax and click OK;

defaultGraphicTimesUsed = 0;

Then, in your main rule, directly above the line that has "return CreateResource" in it, add this line:

defaultGraphicTimesUsed++; // <- declared in JavaScript Globals

So the last few lines of the rule are like so:

if (Pic.exists)
{
   return Pic;
}
else
{
   defaultGraphicTimesUsed++; // <- declared in JavaScript Globals
   return CreateResource(Var3 + Var4, "graphic", true);
}

Save that rule. Then from the Rules dialog, click the New button, then click Callback, and select the OnJobEnd callback, and enter this syntax:

Print("Default graphic was used " + defaultGraphicTimesUsed + " time(s).");

Save that rule. Then compose and view the log file, and the message should be near the end.

[sbellia]

THANK YOU! Worked great!