{ "id": "panel_execute_dat", "name": "Panel Execute DAT", "displayName": "Panel Execute DAT", "category": "DAT", "subcategory": "Scripts", "version": "", "lastUpdated": "2025-08-07T07:50:06.873Z", "sourceFile": "C:\\Program Files\\Derivative\\TouchDesigner\\Samples\\Learn\\OfflineHelp\\https.docs.derivative.ca\\Panel_Execute_DAT.htm", "url": "", "description": "The Panel Execute DAT will run its script when the Panel Values of a specified panel component changes. You can specify which panel values to monitor, and trigger scripts based on their values changing in various ways.", "summary": "The Panel Execute DAT will run its script when the Panel Values of a specified panel component changes. You can specify which panel values to monitor, and trigger scripts based on their values changin", "details": "", "usage": "", "tips": [], "warnings": [], "parameters": [ { "id": null, "name": "Active", "label": "Active", "group": "General", "page": "", "type": "float", "dataType": "number", "style": "", "defaultValue": null, "minValue": null, "maxValue": null, "step": null, "menuItems": [], "menuLabels": [], "allowCustom": false, "maxLength": null, "pattern": null, "isArray": false, "arraySize": 1, "dimensions": 1, "description": "From Derivative\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tJump to navigation\n\t\tJump to search\n\t\t\nThe Panel Execute will run its script when the Panel Values of a specified panel component changes. You can specify which panel values to monitor, and trigger scripts based on their values changing in various ways.\t\t\nPanel Execute DATs are created with default python method placeholders. For each monitored condition in the parameters, there is a matching python method in the . When a condition is turned on in the parameters, each time that condition is satisfied the corresponding python method will be executed.\t\t\t\nIn the template Python script, panelValue is passed to each method, and you can query each call by printing panelValue.name and panelValue.val. See PanelValue Class.\npanelexecuteDAT_Class\n\nContents\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n active - While on, the will respond to the Panel that is referenced.\n\n\n\t\t\n executeloc - - (Tscript only) Determines the location the script is run from.\n\n current - (Tscript only) The script is executed from the current node location. here - The script is executed from the parent of the . The executes from the parent to make siblings of the easy to access: scripts used to execute from inside the . op - The script is executed from the operator specified in the parameter below.\n\t\t\n fromop - The path that the script will be executed from if the parameter is set to Specified .\n\n\n\t\t\n panels - Select which Panel COMPs to monitor for changes.\n\n\n\t\t\n panelvalue - The Panel Value(s) that is monitored to trigger the execution of the script.\t\nScripts will execute based on a combination of the five trigger events listed below. The script is executed once per trigger (except for / cases). Each event will only cause one trigger to go off (i.e. if both and are checked, one event will be fired with as the trigger). Logic for the 'on' state is greater than zero.\n\n\n\t\t\n offtoon - The onOffToOn() method executes when the panel value specified switches from off to on, called at the first \"on\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileon - The whileOn() method executes when the panel value specified is on. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n ontooff - The onOnToOff() method executes when the panel value specified switches from on to off, called at the first \"off\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileoff - The whileOff() method executes when the panel value specified is off. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n valuechange - The onValueChange() method executes when the panel value specified changes value in any way. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n edit - Clicking this opens a text editor to edit text in the .\n\n\n\n\n\n file - The filesystem path and name of the file to load. Accepts .txt and .dat files.\n\n\n\t\n syncfile - When On, loads the file from disk into the 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 is updated. The file is monitored so that any changes made to the file will update the , and any changes made to the will be written to the file right away. If the file is removed, the will retain its current contents.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstart - When On, reloads the file from disk into the when the projects starts.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstartpulse - Instantly reloads the file.\n\n\n\t\n write - When On, writes the contents of the out to the file on disk when the project is saved.\n\n\n\t\n writepulse - Instantly write the file to disk.\n\n\n\n\n\n language - - Select how the decides which script language to operate on.\n\n input - The uses the inputs script language. node - The uses it's own script language.\n\n extension - - Select the file extension this should expose to external editors.\n\n dat - various common file extensions. language - pick extension from DATs script language. custom - Specify a custom extension.\n\n customext - Specifiy the custom extension.\n\n\n\n wordwrap - - Enable Word Wrap for Node Display.\n\n input - The uses the inputs setting. on - Turn on Word Wrap. off - Turn off Word Wrap.\n\n\n\n -\n\nExtra Information for the Panel Execute can be accessed via an Info CHOP.\n\n\n\n - Number of rows in this . - Number of columns in this .\n - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started. - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked. - 1 if operator was cooked this frame. - Number of warnings in this operator if any. - Number of errors in this operator if any.\nTouchDesigner Build: Latest\\n2022.241402021.100002018.28070before 2018.28070\nDATs\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \n\nAn Operator Family that manipulates text strings: multi-line text or tables. 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You can specify which panel values to monitor, and trigger scripts based on their values changing in various ways.\t\t\nPanel Execute DATs are created with default python method placeholders. For each monitored condition in the parameters, there is a matching python method in the . When a condition is turned on in the parameters, each time that condition is satisfied the corresponding python method will be executed.\t\t\t\nIn the template Python script, panelValue is passed to each method, and you can query each call by printing panelValue.name and panelValue.val. See PanelValue Class.\npanelexecuteDAT_Class\n\nContents\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n active - While on, the will respond to the Panel that is referenced.\n\n\n\t\t\n executeloc - - (Tscript only) Determines the location the script is run from.\n\n current - (Tscript only) The script is executed from the current node location. here - The script is executed from the parent of the . The executes from the parent to make siblings of the easy to access: scripts used to execute from inside the . op - The script is executed from the operator specified in the parameter below.\n\t\t\n fromop - The path that the script will be executed from if the parameter is set to Specified .\n\n\n\t\t\n panels - Select which Panel COMPs to monitor for changes.\n\n\n\t\t\n panelvalue - The Panel Value(s) that is monitored to trigger the execution of the script.\t\nScripts will execute based on a combination of the five trigger events listed below. The script is executed once per trigger (except for / cases). Each event will only cause one trigger to go off (i.e. if both and are checked, one event will be fired with as the trigger). Logic for the 'on' state is greater than zero.\n\n\n\t\t\n offtoon - The onOffToOn() method executes when the panel value specified switches from off to on, called at the first \"on\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileon - The whileOn() method executes when the panel value specified is on. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n ontooff - The onOnToOff() method executes when the panel value specified switches from on to off, called at the first \"off\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileoff - The whileOff() method executes when the panel value specified is off. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n valuechange - The onValueChange() method executes when the panel value specified changes value in any way. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n edit - Clicking this opens a text editor to edit text in the .\n\n\n\n\n\n file - The filesystem path and name of the file to load. Accepts .txt and .dat files.\n\n\n\t\n syncfile - When On, loads the file from disk into the 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 is updated. The file is monitored so that any changes made to the file will update the , and any changes made to the will be written to the file right away. If the file is removed, the will retain its current contents.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstart - When On, reloads the file from disk into the when the projects starts.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstartpulse - Instantly reloads the file.\n\n\n\t\n write - When On, writes the contents of the out to the file on disk when the project is saved.\n\n\n\t\n writepulse - Instantly write the file to disk.\n\n\n\n\n\n language - - Select how the decides which script language to operate on.\n\n input - The uses the inputs script language. node - The uses it's own script language.\n\n extension - - Select the file extension this should expose to external editors.\n\n dat - various common file extensions. language - pick extension from DATs script language. custom - Specify a custom extension.\n\n customext - Specifiy the custom extension.\n\n\n\n wordwrap - - Enable Word Wrap for Node Display.\n\n input - The uses the inputs setting. on - Turn on Word Wrap. off - Turn off Word Wrap.\n\n\n\n -\n\nExtra Information for the Panel Execute can be accessed via an Info CHOP.\n\n\n\n - Number of rows in this . - Number of columns in this .\n - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started. - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked. - 1 if operator was cooked this frame. - Number of warnings in this operator if any. - Number of errors in this operator if any.\nTouchDesigner Build: Latest\\n2022.241402021.100002018.28070before 2018.28070\nDATs\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \n\nAn Operator Family that manipulates text strings: multi-line text or tables. 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You can specify which panel values to monitor, and trigger scripts based on their values changing in various ways.\t\t\nPanel Execute DATs are created with default python method placeholders. For each monitored condition in the parameters, there is a matching python method in the . When a condition is turned on in the parameters, each time that condition is satisfied the corresponding python method will be executed.\t\t\t\nIn the template Python script, panelValue is passed to each method, and you can query each call by printing panelValue.name and panelValue.val. See PanelValue Class.\npanelexecuteDAT_Class\n\nContents\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n active - While on, the will respond to the Panel that is referenced.\n\n\n\t\t\n executeloc - - (Tscript only) Determines the location the script is run from.\n\n current - (Tscript only) The script is executed from the current node location. here - The script is executed from the parent of the . The executes from the parent to make siblings of the easy to access: scripts used to execute from inside the . op - The script is executed from the operator specified in the parameter below.\n\t\t\n fromop - The path that the script will be executed from if the parameter is set to Specified .\n\n\n\t\t\n panels - Select which Panel COMPs to monitor for changes.\n\n\n\t\t\n panelvalue - The Panel Value(s) that is monitored to trigger the execution of the script.\t\nScripts will execute based on a combination of the five trigger events listed below. The script is executed once per trigger (except for / cases). Each event will only cause one trigger to go off (i.e. if both and are checked, one event will be fired with as the trigger). Logic for the 'on' state is greater than zero.\n\n\n\t\t\n offtoon - The onOffToOn() method executes when the panel value specified switches from off to on, called at the first \"on\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileon - The whileOn() method executes when the panel value specified is on. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n ontooff - The onOnToOff() method executes when the panel value specified switches from on to off, called at the first \"off\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileoff - The whileOff() method executes when the panel value specified is off. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n valuechange - The onValueChange() method executes when the panel value specified changes value in any way. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n edit - Clicking this opens a text editor to edit text in the .\n\n\n\n\n\n file - The filesystem path and name of the file to load. Accepts .txt and .dat files.\n\n\n\t\n syncfile - When On, loads the file from disk into the 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 is updated. The file is monitored so that any changes made to the file will update the , and any changes made to the will be written to the file right away. If the file is removed, the will retain its current contents.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstart - When On, reloads the file from disk into the when the projects starts.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstartpulse - Instantly reloads the file.\n\n\n\t\n write - When On, writes the contents of the out to the file on disk when the project is saved.\n\n\n\t\n writepulse - Instantly write the file to disk.\n\n\n\n\n\n language - - Select how the decides which script language to operate on.\n\n input - The uses the inputs script language. node - The uses it's own script language.\n\n extension - - Select the file extension this should expose to external editors.\n\n dat - various common file extensions. language - pick extension from DATs script language. custom - Specify a custom extension.\n\n customext - Specifiy the custom extension.\n\n\n\n wordwrap - - Enable Word Wrap for Node Display.\n\n input - The uses the inputs setting. on - Turn on Word Wrap. off - Turn off Word Wrap.\n\n\n\n -\n\nExtra Information for the Panel Execute can be accessed via an Info CHOP.\n\n\n\n - Number of rows in this . - Number of columns in this .\n - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started. - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked. - 1 if operator was cooked this frame. - Number of warnings in this operator if any. - Number of errors in this operator if any.\nTouchDesigner Build: Latest\\n2022.241402021.100002018.28070before 2018.28070\nDATs\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \n\nAn Operator Family that manipulates text strings: multi-line text or tables. 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