KML:

</td> 
  </tr> 
  <TR>
    <td colspan="2">
        <input id="btKML_SUBMIT" onclick="ks.writeKML();" type="button" value="Write KML"/>
    </td> 
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <td colspan="2">
        <input id="btKML_CLEARLIST" onclick="ks.clearKMLList();" type="button" value="Clear All KML"/>
    </td> 
  </TR>

</TBODY></table>
</div>

// KML Sandbox object is global
var ks = null,
    DEBUG = false;

function debugLog(msg){ if(DEBUG){UW.astro.debugLog(GADGET_NAME + ": " + msg);}}

// CONSTANTS
var GADGET_NAME = "KML_Sandbox" + "_" + Math.floor(Math.random()*100000).toString();

// create InputCoords object
function init(){
    ks = new KMLSandbox();
}

function KMLSandbox(){
    var my = new Object();
    // CONSTANTS
    
    
    // PRIVATE
    var _namespaceList = [ UW.astro.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE ];      // list of our current Namespaces. Just init with the default
    
    // Private Helper Variables
    var di = new UW.astro.DataInterface(GADGET_NAME); // make dataInterface object, init with default

// INIT
    gadgets.window.adjustHeight();
    di.registerMe( { namespaceList : _namespaceList,
                    variableList : [ "KML_List", "Viewport_Point_List" ],
                    triggerList : [],
                } );
   
    // METHODS
    // Coordinates are entered, tell the DataInterface
    my.writeKML = function(){
        debugLog("Writing KML...");
        var kml = (document.getElementById("taKML_TEXT").value).toString();
        var kmlList = di.readVariable(UW.astro.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "KML_List");
        if (kmlList === null){
            kmlList = [];
        }
        kmlList.push(kml);
    // JUST A TEST, WILL WANT TO CHANGE NS IN THE FUTURE
        if (di.writeVariable(UW.astro.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "KML_List", kmlList)){
            debugLog('Wrote variable "KML_List"');
        }

}
    my.clearKMLList = function(){
        debugLog("Clearing KML List...");
        // first clear the KML_List
        var kmlList = di.readVariable(UW.astro.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "KML_List");
        di.writeVariable(UW.astro.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "KML_List", []);
        // next clear the Viewport_Point_List
        var kmlList = di.readVariable(UW.astro.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "Viewport_Point_List");
        di.writeVariable(UW.astro.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "Viewport_Point_List", new UW.astro.UniqIdList());

}

my.writeRandomPoints = function(num){
            // Viewport_Point_List is a UniqIdList
            var pointList = di.readVariable(UW.astro.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "Viewport_Point_List");
            if (pointList === null){
                pointList = new UW.astro.UniqIdList();
            }
            for (var i=0; i<num; i++){
                var ra = Math.random()*24;
                var dec = Math.random()*180 - 90;
                var point = new UW.astro.CelestialCoordinate(ra, dec);
                pointList.append(point);
            }
            di.writeVariable(UW.astro.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, "Viewport_Point_List", pointList);
    }

return my;
}

gadgets.util.registerOnLoadHandler(init);

</script>

]]></Content>
</Module>