SourceDescription object

 

 

Prototype for SourceDescription objects. Is a kind of ConfigurationObject.

Syntax

var source = new SourceDescription ();
source.url = "c:\\temp\\file.txt";

Parameters

 none.

Property Of

none.

Implemented In

ECMerge 2.1

Description

 The SourceDescription stores enough information to known how to access, present, load and save information about a given data source.

Properties

Property	Description
loading_encoding	EncodingProperties object. Determines how to load text files
output	boolean. True if this source participate to result output process
saving_encoding	EncodingProperties object. Determines how to save text files
title	String. Title of this source if the reports and user interface
url	URL object. URL pointing to the data source

 

Methods

 no specific method. see ConfigurationObject object.

Examples

Example 1.

This sample initializes a comparison with the same file in left and right sides. Then sets left side only as output.

var source = new SourceDescription( );
source.url = "c:\\temp\\file.txt";
var parameters = new Document.Parameters ( );
parameters.left = source;
parameters.right = source;
parameters.left.output = true;
var doc = new Document (parameters);
add_view (doc);

See Also 

 EncodingProperties object, URL object, ConfigurationObject object