Paolo

Thank you all. I think I am going to rewrite this python plugin in Vectorscript since all functions and procedures I need are in Vs. I know I should start to refactor my (Mouldings) plugins in python, but it’s a big work! Paolo

Hello, Is it possible to use a VectorScript function in a python script? I have many procedures and functions (in an include .vss file) written in VectorScript and I would avoid to rewrite them all… There should be the vs.CallDynVSFunction for this, but how to use it? Someone has tried it? Are there examples? Thank you in advance Paolo

Inspired by this post, I have added the full Paramount Wood Moulding catalog to my Mouldings Plugin. It taken just one day to convert all the downloaded dwg files to the proprietary cpf files (with the above mentioned tool Save Profile to File cpf). I did not found downloadable dwg archives for the Fox catalog, @AEChadwick could you give me a link?

Thanks very much to Mr. @MullinRJ and Mr. @PatStanford, the case was been brilliantly solved! Here's the check passage to be sure a folder gets its unique name (paths is the string var to be queried): k := 1; {loop to check if there is already an object named paths or paths is the name of a plugin in the current workspace (conflict!)} {add '-1', '-2', …-'n' to paths until there is no more conflict match.} while ((getObject(paths) <> nil) or HasPlugin(paths, paletteName)) do begin if k = 1 then paths := concat(paths, '-', num2Str(0,k)) else {ho già aggiunto un numero} paths := concat(Copy(paths, 1, len(paths)-len(num2Str(0,k))), num2Str(0,k)); k := k+1; end; nameObject(paths); BeginFolderN(16); … EndFolder;

Maybe this should work: FUNCTION HasPlugin( itemUniversalName :STRING; VAR PaletteName :STRING) : BOOLEAN;

Ok, now that we found the cause, is there a procedure to get a list of the plugins names currently used so to check if a name can be used? The nameList() doesn’t show plugins names, just the objects named in the drawing. And what happens if I create a ‘Xyz’ folder, then, later, I install a ‘Xyz’ plugin? Just curious...

Thank you @PatStanford and @MullinRJfor your help. Siding is actually the name of one plugin in my mouldings package. Is it not allowed to name an object with a name of a plugin? Tomorrow I’ll try with the word ‘Corner’ that is another plugin of the package. We will see... About restarting VW, I had the very same behavior on two different Vectorworks installations, home and office, both with the Mouldings Package installed, VW2020 SP4 Italian version.

To verify @Pat Stanford conjecture, I have made this test: procedure test; var i : integer; h : handle; begin for i := 1 to nameNum do writeln(NameList(i)); h := GetObject('Siding'); if h = nil then {try to create an object and assign it the name 'Siding')} begin rect(0,0,100,100); setName(LNewObj, 'Siding'); {this gives an error!} end; end; run(test); Applied to a new empty document, the result (in the output file), the following: Nessuna Quote Irregolare Tavolozza-1 Script-1 No sign of any "Siding", though the last part of the script… setName(LNewObj, 'Siding'); Issues a script error (name already used!). Also manually naming an object (in the OIP) as 'Siding' is not allowed. Until now there is no a 100% chance that creating a symbol folder with a particular name will not lead to an error, despite all checks and control you can do priorly. "Siding" is a word not allowed, discovered by accident. How many more words like this are there? There is a list of the reserved words? I think I have to live with it!

Hi Pat, the problem is that if you try GetObject('Siding'); it returns Nil, so you can think that 'Siding' is a name free to use, but… nameObject('Siding'); Returns a script error (name is already in use!). So I cannot be sure (AFAIK) if a name I pass to GetObject is really Nil because it either has nothing associated or is a "reserved" word like 'Siding'.

In my Mouldings plugins package I use a file of symbols and symbol folders as a database to be used in the plugin. The database is browsable using a tree control like this. The symbol folders are created starting from an actual folder on the disk and, recursively, for each folder inside it. I use the following commands (inside the recursion cycle): {paths is the name of the actual folder as read from the disk} nameObject(paths); BeginFolderN(16); Unfortunately folders on the disk and symbol folders in Vectorworks do not behave the same. Vectorworks doesn't allow two entities with the same name. For example, two folders can have the same name on the disk as soon as they are in different locations. This cannot happen in Vectorworks, so I have a check to assign a progressive number each time a name already exists. {paths is the name of the actual folder as read from the disk} k := 1; while getObject(paths) <> nil do begin if k = 1 then paths := concat(paths, '-', num2Str(0,k)) else {I have already started the numbering…} paths := concat(Copy(paths, 1, len(paths)-len(num2Str(0,k))), num2Str(0,k)); k := k+1; end; nameObject(paths); BeginFolderN(16); In this way I will have, for example Folder, Folder-1, Folder-2 and so on. The problem is that I found a name ("Siding") that is probably a reserved word! In this case getObject('Siding') returns nil and nameObject('Siding') returns an error message saying that there is already an object with that name. Also Name2Index('Siding') returns 0 (no object associated with that name). This is a contradiction! Is there a way to see if a name is used other than to check for the associated object (that may fail!)? This is the test script if you want to verify the contradiction: procedure test; var h : handle; begin h := getObject('Siding'); if h = nil then message('No object with this name! ', Name2Index('Siding')); nameObject('Siding'); BeginFolderN(16); end; run(test); It shows a script error, here's mine (in Italian) It says that 'Siding' name is already existing, but how can I check in advance if a name exists, avoiding showing the script error? Thank you for the help.

@tbexon, @K.Lalkovski, I know (from a beta tester) that the beta version 2021 bs still has the faulted version of pip3. Do you, @K.Lalkovski, know if this problem is going to be fixed or not?

Thank you @K.Lalkovski, as stated in my previous posts, I report problems from Windows users with 2020 SP4. From my side (2020 SP4 on MacOS) all is working. I will ask them to send me more details on this and post them as soon as i get them.

Hi @tbexon, thank you for your thorough investigation, I too ended beyond my knowledge, also I am on Mac and not able to test any solution directly. So I have ended up suggesting manual installation of modules to my (Windows) plugin users. Also the Marionette.VerifyOrGetLib bug has been reported, so I hope it will be fixed soon.

Is there someone that can test the marionette node contained in this file (it should install PIL python module in the user folder) on Vectorworks 2020 SP4 on Windows? Download PIL.vwx It worked some time ago, it does not anymore. Something has changed with the recent SP4 (maybe) and the VerifyOrGetLib() seems to refuse to install python modules. I have checked (on Mac) and VerifyOrGetLib() is identical to SP3 version (see the code in the first post). The bug should reside in pip3.exe, since the ret_code is 1 (what does it mean?), see code below. I have no way to test it by myself, cause I am on Mac (and Mac does not have this problem…) any help? @Marissa Farrell, @JBenghiat, @relume if sys.platform == 'win32': piploc = 'Python35\Scripts\pip3.exe' pathpip = 'Python35\Scripts' cdpath = os.path.join(appfolder, pathpip) cmdpip = os.path.join(appfolder, piploc) wd = os.getcwd() if os.path.exists(cmd) and os.path.exists(cmdpip): os.chdir(cdpath) ret_code = subprocess.call([cmdpip, 'install', missingLibURL, '-t', cmd ]) if ret_code > 0: vs.AlrtDialog('Module ', missingLib, ' cannot be downloaded.') exit_code = False else: exit_code = True sys.path.append(cmd + '\\') os.chdir(wd) vs.AlrtDialog('Module ', missingLib, ' has been successfully installed.')

I distribute a plugin written in Python that makes use of the PIL module. To import the module I use the Marionette function VerifyOrGetLib() as seen in some marionette examples from Marissa Farrell and others. if platform == 2: #windows PIL = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/bb/f7/d644a9a65a25ff0bf43b7f69ce3ef9803742a5d6e438ddfc7e925c007e6c/Pillow-7.1.2-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl#md5=6d62274af5c88c1cfe31c977f7531ed6' else: #Mac PIL = 'https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7d/b4/755848342213bcb5a5c570657ca21f20ebc104daf15d7847b08e18b4d2fd/Pillow-7.1.2-cp35-cp35m-macosx_10_10_intel.whl' if Marionette.VerifyOrGetLib('PIL', PIL): Now I am receiving messages from some Windows users saying the installation fails. Unfortunately I am on a Mac and cannot test it directly. While the directory Python Externals is correctly created inside the user folder a message is shown saying that the module cannot be downloaded. But the above link, if copied directly in a browser, indeed download a 2Mb file (Pillow-7.1.2-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl) Here's the code of the VerifyOrGetLib() (contained in the Marionette module) def VerifyOrGetLib(missingLib, missingLibURL): # try to install user's package exit_code = False appfolder = vs.GetFolderPath(1) appuserfldr = vs.GetFolderPath(12) cmd = 'Python Externals' cmd = appuserfldr + cmd if not os.path.exists(cmd): os.makedirs(cmd) try: try: importlib.import_module(missingLib) exit_code = True except ImportError: #show dialog here question = 'Python module ' + missingLib + ' is not installed. Would you like to download and install it now?' res = vs. AlertQuestion(question,'', 1,'','','','') if res == 1 : if sys.platform == 'win32': piploc = 'Python35\Scripts\pip3.exe' pathpip = 'Python35\Scripts' cdpath = os.path.join(appfolder, pathpip) cmdpip = os.path.join(appfolder, piploc) wd = os.getcwd() if os.path.exists(cmd) and os.path.exists(cmdpip): os.chdir(cdpath) ret_code = subprocess.call([cmdpip, 'install', missingLibURL, '-t', cmd ]) if ret_code > 0: vs.AlrtDialog('Module ', missingLib, ' cannot be downloaded.') exit_code = False else: exit_code = True sys.path.append(cmd + '\\') os.chdir(wd) vs.AlrtDialog('Module ', missingLib, ' has been successfully installed.') elif sys.platform == 'darwin': import pip import shlex pos1 = missingLibURL.rfind('/') pos2 = missingLibURL.rfind('whl') downloadedfile = missingLibURL[pos1+1:pos2] +'whl' destination = appuserfldr + downloadedfile command_line = "curl -o " + '\"' + destination + '\"' + " "+ missingLibURL args = shlex.split(command_line) ret_code = subprocess.call(args) if ret_code == 0: sys_executable_orig = sys.executable sys.executable = '/usr/bin/python' ret_code = pip.main(['install', destination,'-q','--target', cmd]) sys.executable = sys_executable_orig if ret_code > 0: vs.AlrtDialog('Module ', missingLib, ' cannot be installed.') exit_code = False else: vs.AlrtDialog('Module ', missingLib, ' has been successfully installed.') exit_code = True else: vs.AlrtDialog('Module ', missingLib, ' cannot be installed.') exit_code = False sys.path.append(cmd+'/') else: exit_code = False except: pass return exit_code Is someone experiencing the same problem? Any help is wellcome!