how to make a Javascript to run in background

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lvs

Hi everyone,

I am using a script that may be applied to a folder and recursively to all its sub-folders. As this could take a long time I would like to know if tehre is a way to run the javascript in background and then let the user to go on working.

Is this possible?
Thanks in advance for your help
Laura

gavinc

Yes, technically there is but the UI doesn't expose it via the Run Action wizard.

You could customise the RunActionWizard to do this, have a look at the line:

this.getActionService().executeAction(action, nodeRef);‍

in the finishImpl method. executeAction can take more parameters, one of them being a flag to indicate whether the action should execute synchronously or asynchronously.