.js to .json

[RickeyFight]

I know this is stupid but I cannot figure out how to get my js to pull some of my config.json into it.

Does it have to be a function?

After viewing sample code, I see that it can be done with a function.

LocalLayer widget:

this.config.layers.layer.forEach(function (layer) {

Is there any documentation/ videos/ examples on how this can be done.

I am looking for a way to amend the config json and have the script reflect that.

Such as

js

var Exp = "fromjson";

json

"fromjson": "crime = 'Larceny/Theft' ",

Thanks!

[RickeyFight]

Robert,

I am calling   this.config.crimes;  in the startup function.

I have changed the scope of the variable (using Stan suggestions above) trying to make it work.

I am sure you are tired of seeing this code:

                    //setup click event for buttons
                    query("select").forEach(function (node) {

                        on(node, "click", function (e) {
                            var target = e.target || e.srcElement;
               
                            //----Number of Features---------------    
                            lLayer.on("update-end", function (evt) {


                                dom.byId("featcount").innerHTML = " " + evt.target.graphics.length;
                            });
                            //-------------------
                                var crimeDate = this.config.crimes;

                            switch (target.value) {

                              case "106":
                                defExp2 = crimeDate;
                                break;

    }

[StanMcShinsky]

Another thing that was throwing me off some was I was trying to edit the wrong config file.

I was editing an app in the arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.1.1\server\apps folder (not the stemapp) and tried to make changes to the config file in the widget folder but I forgot that the config file that the widget was reading was in the <root>\configs\<widgetname>config_<widgetname>.json. Maybe this might help?

-Stan

[RickeyFight]

Stan,

That was it. I tired it yesterday but without the var you suggested. I needed to change the widget configs file and not the config file inside the widget folder.

The scope confuses me though I have to define the variable outside the function I though would need it.

var crimeDate = this.config.crimes; 
this.config.layers.layer.forEach(function (layer) {
//lots of functions
};

Thank you Robert Scheitlin, GISP​ and Stan McShinsky​