Multiline or JSON ScriptConfig type

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Dopus V11.7 has multiline config. Thanks for the update.

I was playing with this today when updating the Tab-Labelizer. I wanted to share my solution.

The Tab-Labelizer has some advanced config that is stored in script as a JSON object. Its to complex to put in to other config types. I wanted to allow the user to edit that confict without opening the script. I also wanted it to look nice, and not to have to store the default config in a string literal as that would require escaping values and make it hard to read.

This is the pattern I used (A cut down version of the code):

function OnInit(data) {
  data.name = "test multiline script";
  data.desc = "Display advanced JSON config in a multi line config.";
  data.default_enable = true;
  data.min_version = "11.7"

  data.config_desc = DOpus.NewMap();
  
  //Set ExtendedConfig default to be defaultExtendedConfig pretty printed.
  data.config.ExtendedConfig = JSON.stringify(defaultExtendedConfig, undefined, 2).replace(/(\n)+/g,"\r\n");
  data.config_desc("ExtendedConfig") = "Extended configuration, Be careful editing";  
}
 
//Default values for extendedConfig
var defaultExtendedConfig = {
  value1: true,
  value2: "test",
  AGroupOfSettings: {
    enabled: true,
    alist: [
        "value1",
        "value2",
        "value3"
    ]
  },
}

function OnMyCustomFunction(data) {
  var extendedConfig = JSON.parse(Script.config.ExtendedConfig);
  // Do stuff
}

Keen to hear any feedback, specifically regarding performance issues. I have a couple of other scripts that could use a similar set-up.