Table DAT

Summary

The Table DAT lets you hand-edit or create a table of rows and columns of cells, each cell containing a text string. A "table" is one of the two forms of DATs (the other being simply lines of "free-form" text via the Text DAT).

Manually editing cells - When a Table DAT has its Viewer Active on, you can add rows and columns by right-clicking on row 0 or column 0 to add rows/columns, and typing text into any cell of its node viewer. Use the Tab key to jump to the next cell, and the up/down arrow keys to navigate to adjacent cells.

Procedurally filling cells - You can conveniently create and fill rows and columns of a table. On the Fill page, the Fill Type menu gives 5 options: Manual, Set Size, Set Size and Contents, Fill by Column, and Fill by Row. When a Fill option is chosen, you can generate multiple rows/columns with specific headings using space-separated names or an expression, plus expressions to fill the cells.

You can use me.subRow and me.subCol (for sub-section being filled) in your expressions. See the popup menu on the Cell Expression parameter for suggestions.

Click the + below the parameters to you generate multiple sets of new cols or rows.

Filling cells externally with python - If you are not auto-filling, you can put strings into table cells using something like op('table1')[2,'select'] = 'yes' in a python script elsewhere, or append rows using .appendRow() in python. See also the Script DAT and its Snippets.

Loading from external files - The Table DAT can also can load a table from a .csv, .txt or .dat file on disk or on the web. Either drag-drop the file into a network, or use the File parameter.

Use http:// when specifying a table on the internet.

If you drag the Table DAT to a desktop or folder, The DAT text will be converted into tab-delimited tables in a .txt file.

Parameters - Table Page

Edit.. edit - Clicking this opens a text editor to add/edit/delete text from the DAT.

File file - The filesystem path and name of the file to load. Accepts .txt and .dat files.

Sync to File syncfile - When On, loads the file from disk into the DAT when the projects starts. A filename must be specified. Turning on the option will load the file from disk immediately. If the file does not exist, it will be created the first time the DAT is updated. The file is monitored so that any changes made to the file will update the DAT, and any changes made to the DAT will be written to the file right away. If the file is removed, the DAT will retain its current contents.

Default Read Encoding defaultreadencoding - ⊞ - Sets the expected file encoding format, or auto-detects the format. UTF8, UTF16-LE, UTF16-BE, CP1252

Auto Detect manual -

UTF8 utf8 -

UTF16-LE utf16le -

UTF16-BE utf16be -

CP1252 cp1252 -

Load on Start loadonstart - When On, reloads the file from disk into the DAT when the projects starts.

Write on Toe Save write - When On, writes the contents of the DAT out to the file on disk when the project is saved.

Remove Blank Lines removeblank - When enabled, do not convert blank lines into empty rows when loading files.

Parameters - Fill Page

Fill Type fill - ⊞ - You can create and fill rows and columns of a table. Fill Type menu gives 5 options: Manual, Set Size, Set Size and Contents, Fill by Column, and Fill by Row. When a Fill option is chosen, you can generate multiple rows/columns with specific headings using space-separated names or an expression, plus expressions to fill the cells.

Manual manual - Rows and Columns will be added manually by user.

Set Size setsize - The size will be set by the Rows and Columns parameters, but the cells will not be filled in.

Set Size and Contents setsizeandcontents - The size will be set by the Rows and Columns parameters, and the cells will be filled based on the Cell Expression.

Fill by Column fillbycol - The number of rows will be set by the Rows parameter, and the content of the columns will be defined by the Names 0 and Cell Expression 0 parameters.

Fill by Row fillbyrow - The number of columns will be set by the Columns parameter, and the content of the rows will be defined by the Names 0 and Cell Expression 0 parameters.

Rows rows - Defines the number of rows in the table, where applicable.

Columns cols - Defines the number of columns in the table, where applicable.

Cell Expression cellexpr - Expression used to fill each cell if the Fill Type is Set Size and Contents. Can include expressions me.subRow and me.subCol

Include Names includenames - Creates an extra row at the top, or a column at the left for the names of the columns or rows, filled with the Include Names parameter.

Fills fills - Sequence of fill information for Fill by Column and Fill by Row Fill Types

Names fills0names - Space-separated names of one or more columns or rows. If it is an expression, each name can be the member of a python list, like ['heading1', 'heading2']. This parameter is the start of a sequential block.

Cell Expression fills0expr - Expression used to fill each cell if the Fill Type is Fill by Row or Fill by Column. Can include expressions me.subRow and me.subCol.

Parameters - Common Page

Language language - ⊞ - Select how the DAT decides which script language to operate on.

Input input - The DAT uses the inputs script language.

Node node - The DAT uses it's own script language.

Edit/View Extension extension - ⊞ - Select the file extension this DAT should expose to external editors.

dat dat - various common file extensions.

From Language language - pick extension from DATs script language.

Custom Extension custom - Specify a custom extension.

Custom Extension customext - Specifiy the custom extension.

Word Wrap wordwrap - ⊞ - Enable Word Wrap for Node Display.

Input input - The DAT uses the inputs setting.

On on - Turn on Word Wrap.

Off off - Turn off Word Wrap.

Info CHOP Channels

Extra Information for the Table DAT can be accessed via an Info CHOP.

Common DAT Info Channels

num_rows - Number of rows in this DAT.

num_cols - Number of columns in this DAT.

Common Operator Info Channels

total_cooks - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started.

cook_time - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds.

cook_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline.

cook_abs_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time.

cook_start_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked.

cook_end_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked.

cooked_this_frame - 1 if operator was cooked this frame.

warnings - Number of warnings in this operator if any.

errors - Number of errors in this operator if any.

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