Cant use the dynamic datapicker in custom modules

[DefyDefi]

[George]

Well when using dynamic value in a custom module you have to “parse” its value first before using it in the module.

It is described in the docs like for NodeJS there is a this.parse function for this:

Writing Custom Modules and Formatters (NodeJS)

Writing your own Formatters Location All formatters are being placed in the extensions/server_connect/formatters folder. A single file can contain multiple formatters and you can have multiple files. Best practice is to group formatters that belong together in a single file. For example you to keep all array specific formatters in a file called array.js . File Structure Here a sample of how such a formatter file looks like. exports.uppercase = function(str) { return str.toUpperCase(); }…

[DefyDefi]

i add this.parse but the same error occured,

[DefyDefi]

this.parse is only working if i return it. If i use it in external plugins parse is not working.

[George]

Yes you might want to use the other parse functions first like parseOptional, see:

Writing Custom Modules and Formatters (NodeJS)

The function runs in the context of Server Connect and has access to several of its internal methods. this.parse is like dmx.parse in App Connect, it parses an expression and returns the result. The input can also be a complete object, it will then check all the properties if it contains a string with an expression to parse and parses them all. Other maybe handy methods/properties: // parse an option or throw an error if not a valid string this.parseRequired(options.value, 'string', 'paramete…