templates and restful apis

[Dino]

do you remember templates right?

I found myself using templates for server routines, mthroutines, or just small group of lines that I frequently use, for example:

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Define_Com Class(#XPRIM_OSUtil) Name(#OSUtil)
If (*OSAPI = "IBMI")
#OSUtil.SetEnvironmentVariable Name('LANSA_XLIB_CONFIG') Value('/tmp/lansaxlib.configas400.json')
#OSUtil.SetEnvironmentVariable Name('LANSA_XLIB_TRACEPATH') Value('/LANSA_G14PGMLIB/tmp/log.txt')
Else
#OSUtil.SetEnvironmentVariable Name('LANSA_XLIB_CONFIG') Value('c:\temp\lansaxlib.config.json')
#OSUtil.SetEnvironmentVariable Name('LANSA_XLIB_TRACEPATH') Value('c:\temp\log1.txt')
Endif

every time I want to review the output of a json routine, I need to add those lines. Instead of copy paste from other programs, I just created a new template (File, New, Template), and every time I need that set of lines, I just click the icon for template in the editor, select the respective template, and bring that code into my program.

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some templates make questions and create something more customized, but even the simpler ones with fixed code for example with the typical structure of a restful consumption, reduce my time to coding... just saying.

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[atostaine]

LOL I thought this post was from the future and then I realized it is. This server is on aussie time.

[René Houba]

Hi,

I'm almost finished the new LANSA Technical newsletter. In this, I have a tip created by my colleague Jurgen Rentinck where we show a Reusable Part to handle http loggings

[adale]

One more time saver is that if you have "Auto Complete" turned on, the IDE source editor will recognize your template names just like any other Lansa command. Type in the beginning, or full, template name and press enter, and your source code is populated.