Scripting

The purpose of this page is to discuss iDempiere's scripting ability. You have the ability automate tasks without creating a plugin. This is accomplished by creating System Admin role => Rule records and calling these records from iDempiere's standard developer extensions like processes and callouts.

Pros and Cons of Scripting

Pros

No development environment needed
Simple automation tasks can be completed quickly

Cons

You lose the benefit of source code control to review, track and deploy code
You lose the debugging tools of a development environment
You are limited to simple tasks. You can do more with plugins.

Chuck's Opinion: I do not use scripting. Once you go to the effort of setting up your development environment and learning the plugin architecture, there are few reasons to use scripting. I prefer to be consistent in how I deploy changes.

Examples

Simple Callout

import org.compiere.model.MOrgInfo;

MOrgInfo orginfo = MOrgInfo.get(A_Ctx, Integer.valueOf(G_AD_Org_ID), null);

if(A_Value == orginfo.getDropShip_Warehouse_ID())
{
 A_Tab.setValue("IsDropShip", "Y");
}
else
{
 A_Tab.setValue("IsDropShip", "N");
} 
result="";