Library of Blockly functions

[djaus2]

Can we have a mechanism of saving a set of Blockly functions separate from the app so that they can reloaded into another app as a single entity.?
eg

• As a separate page
• As a single block( or one for reach function) on the app page .

[ignatandrei]

I will make an example with custom categories ASAP

[ignatandrei]

Update latest nuget.org/packages/NetCore2Blockly version 8.2024.503.745

Put a file named customCategories.txt

<category name='CategoriesLoaded'>
</category>

and inside put your blocks

[djaus2]

Using version 8.2024.503.745

OK so have created app with simple function:

Downloaded that and extracted the function part of it:

  <block type="procedures_defnoreturn" x="107" y="488">
  ...
  ...
  </block>

I created a file in Downloads directory where DownloadBlocks saves to, called customCategories.txt. With the block code in it:

<category name='CategoriesLoaded'>
  <block type="procedures_defnoreturn" x="107" y="488">
    <field name="NAME">GetData</field>
    <comment pinned="false" h="80" w="160">Print current Date-Time</comment>
    <statement name="STACK">
      <block type="text_print">
        <value name="TEXT">
          <block type="displayCurrentDate">
            <field name="dateFormat">human</field>
          </block>
        </value>
      </block>
    </statement>
  </block>
</category>

The "Category" isn't being loaded. ???

Also added <xml ..> and tags before and after the category tags with same result.
Guessing issue might be where to place the file??

[ignatandrei]

Sorry for not being clear
The folder for the file is assets\loadAtStartup

For your case , make a folder named loadAtStartup in SoftataWebAPI\wwwroot\BlocklyAutomation\assets
and put there the file

[djaus2]

Thanks that all worked. :)

• Using version 8.2024.503.745
• Created folder

SoftataWebAPI\wwwroot\BlocklyAutomation\assets\loadAtStartup

• Created text file in that folder called:

customCategories.txt

• Made sure it was being copied to the built output
• Inserted code as previous (WITHOUT the XML monikers)!
• Ran Blockly and could access any functions in that file via CategoriesLoaded.
• Functions then available under Basic-->Functions
• Functions renamed if already existing
• Can then reuse functions.

[djaus2]

All good now, thanks again. :)