New web worker sample (#96)

* initial draft from Shaofeng

* add copyright headers

* rewrites to readme with images

* renaming job variables for clarity

* added UI animation for reference

* small code and comment cleanups

* added correct button icons

* added correct button icons

* update image

* Fixes and cleanup work to readme

* update manifests

* created cleaner localhost references (#97)

Co-authored-by: David Chesnut <[email protected]>

Co-authored-by: Maarten van Stam <[email protected]>

Excel-custom-functions/web-worker/functions-worker.js

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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+self.addEventListener('message',
+    function(event) {
+        var job = event.data;
+        if (typeof(job) == "string") {
+            job = JSON.parse(job);
+        }
+
+        var jobId = job.jobId;
+        try {
+            var result = invokeFunction(job.name, job.parameters);
+            // check whether the result is a promise.
+            if (typeof(result) == "function" || typeof(result) == "object" && typeof(result.then) == "function") {
+                result.then(function(realResult) {
+                    postMessage(
+                        {
+                            jobId: jobId,
+                            result: realResult
+                        }
+                    );
+                })
+                .catch(function(ex) {
+                    postMessage(
+                        {
+                            jobId: jobId,
+                            error: true
+                        }
+                    )
+                });
+            }
+            else {
+                postMessage({
+                    jobId: jobId,
+                    result: result
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        catch(ex) {
+            postMessage({
+                jobId: jobId,
+                error: true
+            });
+        }
+    }
+);
+
+function invokeFunction(name, parameters) {
+    if (name == "TEST") {
+        return test.apply(null, parameters);
+    }
+    else if (name == "TEST_PROMISE") {
+        return test_promise.apply(null, parameters);
+    }
+    else if (name == "TEST_ERROR") {
+        return test_error.apply(null, parameters);
+    }
+    else if (name == "TEST_ERROR_PROMISE") {
+        return test_error_promise.apply(null, parameters);
+    }
+    else {
+        throw new Error("not supported");
+    }
+}
+
+function test(n) {
+    var ret = 0;
+    for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        ret += Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(50))))))))));
+        for (var l = 0; l < n; l++) {
+            ret -= Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(50))))))))));     
+        }
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+function test_promise(n) {
+    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+        setTimeout(function() {
+            resolve(test(n));
+        }, 1000);
+    });
+}
+
+function test_error(n) {
+    throw new Error();
+}
+
+function test_error_promise(n) {
+    return Promise.reject(new Error());
+}

Excel-custom-functions/web-worker/functions.js

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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+var SampleNamespace = {};
+
+(function(SampleNamespace) {
+    // The max number of web workers to be created
+    var g_maxWebWorkers = 4;
+
+    // The array of web workers
+    var g_webworkers = [];
+
+    // Next job id
+    var g_nextJobId = 0;
+
+    // The promise info for the job. It stores the {resolve: resolve, reject: reject} information for the job.
+    var g_jobIdToPromiseInfoMap = {};
+
+    function getOrCreateWebWorker(jobId) {
+        var index = jobId % g_maxWebWorkers;
+        if (g_webworkers[index]) {
+            return g_webworkers[index];
+        }
+
+        // create a new web worker
+        var webWorker = new Worker("functions-worker.js");
+        webWorker.addEventListener('message', function(event) {
+            var jobResult = event.data;
+            if (typeof(jobResult) == "string") {
+                jobResult = JSON.parse(jobResult);
+            }
+
+            if (typeof(jobResult.jobId) == "number") {
+                var jobId = jobResult.jobId;
+                // get the promise info associated with the job id
+                var promiseInfo = g_jobIdToPromiseInfoMap[jobId];
+                if (promiseInfo) {
+                    if (jobResult.error) {
+                        // The web worker returned an error
+                        promiseInfo.reject(new Error());
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        // The web worker returned a result
+                        promiseInfo.resolve(jobResult.result);
+                    }
+                    delete g_jobIdToPromiseInfoMap[jobId];
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        g_webworkers[index] = webWorker;
+        return webWorker;
+    }
+
+    // Post a job to the web worker to do the calculation
+    function dispatchCalculationJob(functionName, parameters) {
+        var jobId = g_nextJobId++;
+        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+            // store the promise information.
+            g_jobIdToPromiseInfoMap[jobId] = {resolve: resolve, reject: reject};
+            var worker = getOrCreateWebWorker(jobId);
+            worker.postMessage({
+                jobId: jobId,
+                name: functionName,
+                parameters: parameters
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+    SampleNamespace.dispatchCalculationJob = dispatchCalculationJob;
+})(SampleNamespace);
+
+
+CustomFunctions.associate("TEST", function(n) {
+    return SampleNamespace.dispatchCalculationJob("TEST", [n]);
+});
+
+CustomFunctions.associate("TEST_PROMISE", function(n) {
+    return SampleNamespace.dispatchCalculationJob("TEST_PROMISE", [n]);
+});
+
+CustomFunctions.associate("TEST_ERROR", function(n) {
+    return SampleNamespace.dispatchCalculationJob("TEST_ERROR", [n]);
+});
+
+CustomFunctions.associate("TEST_ERROR_PROMISE", function(n) {
+    return SampleNamespace.dispatchCalculationJob("TEST_ERROR_PROMISE", [n]);
+});
+
+
+// This function will show what happens when calculations are run on the main UI thread.
+// The task pane will be blocked until this method completes.
+CustomFunctions.associate("TEST_UI_THREAD", function(n) {
+    var ret = 0;
+    for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        ret += Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(50))))))))));
+        for (var l = 0; l < n; l++) {
+            ret -= Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(Math.tan(Math.atan(50))))))))));     
+        }
+    }
+    return ret;
+});
+

Excel-custom-functions/web-worker/functions.json

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+{
+    "functions": [
+        {
+            "id": "TEST_UI_THREAD",
+            "parameters": [
+                {
+                    "name": "n"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "TEST",
+            "parameters": [
+                {
+                    "name": "n"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "TEST_PROMISE",
+            "parameters": [
+                {
+                    "name": "n"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "TEST_ERROR",
+            "parameters": [
+                {
+                    "name": "n"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "TEST_ERROR_PROMISE",
+            "parameters": [
+                {
+                    "name": "n"
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}

Excel-custom-functions/web-worker/home.html

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+<!-- Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+     Licensed under the MIT License. -->
+
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <title>Custom functions using WebWorker</title>
+        <script src="https://appsforoffice.microsoft.com/lib/1/hosted/office.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+        <script src="functions.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+        <script type="text/javascript">
+
+        var ballX = 100;
+        var ballY = 10;
+        var ballDirection = 'downRight';
+
+        Office.onReady(function() {
+            animate();
+            console.log("Office.onReady");
+        });
+
+        function animate() {
+
+            setInterval(drawBall, 10);
+         }
+
+         var drawBall = () => {
+            var canvas = document.getElementById('mycanvas');
+
+            if (canvas.getContext) {
+                var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+                ctx.clearRect(0,0,ctx.canvas.width,ctx.canvas.height);
+                moveBall(ctx.canvas.width,ctx.canvas.height);
+                var radius=20;
+
+                ctx.beginPath();
+                ctx.arc(ballX,ballY,radius,0,2*Math.PI,false);
+                ctx.fillStyle = 'green';
+                ctx.fill();
+                ctx.lineWidth = 4;
+                ctx.strokeStyle = '#003300';
+                ctx.stroke();
+            }
+         }
+
+         var moveBall = (width,height) => {
+             //check for ball collision with context boundaries
+
+             if (ballX <= 0) {
+                 if (ballDirection === 'upLeft') {
+                     ballDirection = 'upRight';
+                 } else {
+                     ballDirection = "downRight";
+                 }
+             }
+            if (ballY <=0) {
+                if (ballDirection === 'upLeft') {
+                    ballDirection = 'downLeft';
+
+                } else {
+                    ballDirection = "downRight";
+                }
+            }
+            if (ballX >= width) {
+                if (ballDirection ==='upRight'){
+                    ballDirection = 'upLeft';
+
+                } else {
+                    ballDirection = 'downLeft';
+                }
+            }
+            if (ballY >= height) {
+                if (ballDirection ==='downRight'){
+                    ballDirection = 'upRight';
+                } else {
+                    ballDirection = 'upLeft';
+                }
+            }
+            switch (ballDirection) {
+                case 'upRight': {
+                    ballX++;
+                    ballY--;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case 'upLeft': {
+                    ballX--;
+                    ballY--;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case 'downRight': {
+                    ballX++;
+                    ballY++;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case 'downLeft': {
+                    ballX--;
+                    ballY++;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+         }
+
+        </script>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <canvas id = "mycanvas" width = "200" height = "200"></canvas>
+    </body>
+</html>