Issue with recurring todo item macro

#1

I’m trying to add functionality for recurring items to GSD5. I’m almost there, but I’m having trouble with running the final macro to generate all of the recurrence dates. Basically I am taking the gsd_complete_date variable and incrementing it with some help from @EricShulman’s ParseDate function.

Right now, this macro in particular should just print out the gsd_complete_date + the number of days returned by the getDueDate macro.

\define createRecurItems()
<$list filter="[field:gsd_type[action]field:gsd_complete[true]has:field[gsd_frequency]]">

<<getDueDate {{!!gsd_frequency}}>>

</$list>
\end

<<createRecurItems>>

The getDueDate macro works, but here it is for context:

\define getDueDate(frequency)
<$let today=<<now "YYYY0MM0DD">> format="[UTC]YYYY0MM0DD"
     oneday={{{ [[24]multiply[60]multiply[60]multiply[1000]] }}}
oneweek={{{ [[7]multiply[24]multiply[60]multiply[60]multiply[1000]] }}}
onemonth={{{ [[30]multiply[24]multiply[60]multiply[60]multiply[1000]] }}}
  yesterday={{{ [<today>parsedate[unixtime]subtract<oneday>parsedate:unixtime<format>] }}}
   daily={{{ [{!!gsd_comp_date}parsedate[unixtime]add<oneday>parsedate:unixtime<format>] }}}
weekly={{{ [{!!gsd_comp_date}parsedate[unixtime]add<oneweek>parsedate:unixtime<format>] }}}
monthly={{{ [{!!gsd_comp_date}parsedate[unixtime]add<onemonth>parsedate:unixtime<format>] }}}>
<<$frequency$>>
</$let>
\end

This is the part that is not working as I expected:

<<getDueDate {{!!gsd_frequency}}>>

I’ve tested each piece separately - getDueDate works and the gsd_frequency variable is returning the right value, but when I put them together it just shows up blank. Is there something wrong with my syntax?

Thank you!
Bobby

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#2

Update - I got it working. I had to use the macrocall widget:

\define createRecurItems()
<$list filter="[field:gsd_type[action]field:gsd_complete[true]has:field[gsd_frequency]]">

<$set name="freq" value={{!!gsd_frequency}}>

<$macrocall $name="getDueDate" frequency=<<freq>> />

</$set>
</$list>
\end
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#3

Just a few minor notes on syntax:

  • Instead of using the $set widget, you can use the newer (and more compact) $let widget:
<$let freq={{!!gsd_frequency}}>
<$macrocall ... />
</$let>
  • You can actually skip the $set (or $let) widget entirely, and specify the field transclusion directly as a parameter value in the $macrocall for getDueDate, like this:
<$macrocall $name="getDueDate" frequency={{!!gsd_frequency}} />

enjoy,
-e

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#4

Awesome - thanks for the tips and the ParseDate function, @EricShulman !