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To create an element either select Actions ‣ Create Script Object in the main menu, select Create element with script in the context menu or click on the following button on the toolbar:
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The Create Element with Script dialog will appear:
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Here you should set the name of the element, its description and input / output ports of the element. It is possible to create a port with several input / output slots.
There are 3 4 types of data for a slot available:
- Multiple alignment
- Sequence
- Set of annotations
- StringFiles
You can also add an attribute. The following types are supported for attributes:
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To edit the script select the element on the Scene and either select Actions ‣ Edit script of the element in the main menu, use the Edit script of the element item in the context menu or click on the following button on the toolbar:
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The Script editor dialog will appear:
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As you can see there are predefined variables for the ports and the attributes in the script. The variables for the input slots begin with the “in_” prefix, variables for the output slots begin with the “out_” prefix. It is possible to load a script from a file (use the Used script field to do it).
For each supported data type UGENE provides a number of functions that can be used in the scripts.
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