[Getting started]

On 8/19/2023 at 11:54 PM, spettitt said:

At the moment, I've just defined a simple alert dialogue to pop up. If I use the 'Run Script' command in VW and point it at the main.py file, it will execute in VW fine. But obviously now I'll be trying to make more useful things. If I had a script that executed various things in VW, how can I run the script such that I can debug it in PyCharm and see it running in VW as well? Put another way, if the script fails at a certain point when executed in VW, how would I be able to see that problem in PyCharm and sort it?

 

That could be done by the remote debugger but according to this topic it is not working reliable.

 

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/Python_Debugging

 

 

When the script fails you should see the error message poping up in VW that tells you in which function and which line the problem occured.

Make sure the VW option run scripts in debug mode is enabled.

[Radius Dimension - Arrows Inside]

You could try it with one of these:

 

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:ReDraw

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:RedrawSelection

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:ReDrawAll

[DistributorObject Data]

Connections are not stored in the Record, they are stored in a Userdata node which can not be accesed by Python/Marionette as I know.

 

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/SDK:User_Data

[Simple script to enable/disable Spotlight Auto-Position]

1 hour ago, spettitt said:

I've exported two blank VWX files as VS (with/without) and can't see anything different between them. I'm guessing it's held at app/user pref level rather than file level.

This file settings are very likely stored hidden in the file data. If it would be stored in a seperate file the prefs would be lost when sharing the vwx with someone.

 

[Building vwr for Windows]

Yes the VWR is a ZIP file.

 

You could create a batch file that creates the zip with "7Zip" in the Post build event.

 

This was quickly put together and is untested:

 

cd C:\Program Files\7-Zip 
 
7z a "C:\Users\pwink\Desktop\res.zip" "C:\Users\pwink\Documents\DEV\CableTools\CableTools.vwr\DialogLayout" "C:\Users\pwink\Documents\DEV\CableTools\CableTools.vwr\Images" "C:\Users\pwink\Documents\DEV\CableTools\CableTools.vwr\Strings"

 

 

 

 

[Create text with an different color]

Try this function:

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:GetPenFore

[ShowWebDlg()]

In the SDK you would use the class IExtensionWebPalette to define  your webpalette and  IWebJavaScriptProvider to register the JavaScript functions which can hand data back to the C++ part.

 

    class YourCustom_JSProvider: public VCOMImmediateImpl<IWebJavaScriptProvider>
    {
    public:
        CableToolWebPaletteJSProvider();
        virtual ~CableToolWebPaletteJSProvider();

        virtual void        OnInit(IInitContext* context);
        virtual void        VCOM_CALLTYPE OnFunction(const TXString& name, const std::vector<VWVariant>& args, VectorWorks::UI::IJSFunctionCallbackContext* context);
       
    private:
        IWebPaletteFrame*    fWebFrame;
        
    };

 

 

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    class YourCustom_JSProviderCableToolWebPalette : public VCOMImmediateImpl<IExtensionWebPalette>
    {
        DEFINE_VWPaletteExtension;
        DEFINE_VWProtection;
    public:
        CableToolWebPalette(CallBackPtr);
        virtual ~CableToolWebPalette();

        virtual IEventSink* VCOM_CALLTYPE    QueryEventSink(const TSinkIID& iid);

        virtual TXString    VCOM_CALLTYPE GetTitle();
        virtual bool        VCOM_CALLTYPE GetInitialSize(ViewCoord& outCX, ViewCoord& outCY);
        virtual TXString    VCOM_CALLTYPE GetInitialURL();
        

    private:
        CableToolWebPaletteJSProvider            fJSProvider;
    };

 

 

Register the function:
 

void YourCustom_JSProvider::OnInit(IInitContext* context)

    context->AddFunction( "VW_UpdateData" );

 

When it is triggered in the webpalette this callback is executed:

 

void YourCustom_JSProvider::OnFunction(const TXString& name, const std::vector<VWVariant>& args, VectorWorks::UI::IJSFunctionCallbackContext* context)

 

Unfortunately there is no doc about this on the vw wiki.

[Sort List (A1, A2, A3,...,B1, B2, B3, ...) > (A1, B1, A2, B2, A3, B3, ...)]

Here is a solution that works with a list that has na even amount of members. For uneven lists you could addd another placeholder value and remove it from the final list again.

 

 

zipList_v2020.vwx

[Hoist symbol automatically converted into a bridle leg symbol]

There is a auto compensation if you exceed the maximum chainlength of the hoist.

 

A possible workaround is to change the chainlength( = maxchainlength) recordfield in the hoists symboldefinition then you need to replace the symbol of the hoist by the same in order trigger a refresh of the chainlength.

 

 

[errormessages in script editor sometimes misleading]

You are right from a user view it makes more sense when the error appears for the first line. But in Python a statement can go to the next line when it is within brackets.

So the python engine realizes that something is wrong when it suddenly sees a declaration in the next line.

 

This is valid for example:

 

print ( "a"
        + "b")

 

[Hoist Manufacturer in Data Tag]

def callback(h):	
	sym = vs.GetRField(h, "BrxHoist", "SymbolUsed")
	
	symH = vs.GetObject(sym)	
	
	if symH:
		val = vs.GetRField(symH, "HoistObjectData", "Manufacturer")
		vs.SetRecord(h,"HoistObjectData")
		vs.SetRField( h, "HoistObjectData", "Manufacturer", val)

	
vs.ForEachObject(callback, "(R IN ['BrxHoist'])")

 

Here is a little scrip which I quickly put together. It attaches the record to each hoist and only fills in the manufactur.

Could be done better but I hope this works for you.

 

[How you write your code]

Within VectorWorks\VW28.0.2b(671358)_64\Plug-Ins\Marionette.vwr\Scripts\ (vwr is a zip archive) you can find the Marionette.py

Put this one in the pycharm project and then use import Marionette in the script, then all the errors should dissappear.

 

The same applies for the vs.py that you can find at the end of this page.

Search for "IDE and Debugging Python Scripts"

 

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/Python

 

Another trick to make development easier is to add the path of your custom node py to the script option (Tools->PlugIns->Scipt options..) and then import the py module into the actial marionette node instead of copying it everytime from the IDE.

[What is the SDK equivalent of VS:TrackObject?]

I also see no other way than RunTemp tool.

 

You pass in the IID like this:

 

    gSDK->RunTempTool( Your_VWExtensionToolClass::_GetIID());

 

You could write the data of the tool into a static class member that you acces then from the menu command or which is saver you finsih the job in the ::PointAdded method of the VWExtensionTool.

 

 

 

[Github Vwstring diff problem]

Hi,

 

when editing vwstring files Git shows the message "no changes found" in the diff view, I know this has to do with the utf-16 encoding but all the solutions of stack overflow didnt help so far.

 

Did anyone here figure out how to fix this?

 

regards,

Patrick

[Replace Hoist Workflow]

With the new hoist you can use the "Select Symbol" Button in the OIP.

If these hoists are legacy vectorscript Hoists they can be upgraded with the command: Tools->Utility->Convert Old hoists.

 

regards,

Patrick

[RGB values ​​are different]

I think the conversion is not correct, try it with:

 

rgb16bit = rgb8Value * 257; 

 

255 * 257 = 65.535

[Specifying a resource folder in a library file as a target for ISDK::ExportResourceN?]

What you could try is to put it temporaly in a folder before exporting and see if ExportResourceN maintaince the structure.

 

Another solution I can think of is opening the lib file and create the folder.

Unfortunately this can not be done silently so the user will see the file poping up for a second.

 

       if ( gSDK->OpenDocumentPath( fileID, true))
        {

            // DoStuff
            
            gSDK->DoMenuName("Save", 0);
            gSDK->CloseDocument();            
            gSDK->HandlePendingUpdatesAndActivates(); //workaround for bug in OnFileContent: to trigger closedocument
        }

 

[Script/tool request: Cut/Copy-Paste from outside symbol to same place]

Do you usualy copy the whole content out of the symbol, then maybe "Modify->Convert to Group" is what you need.

[calling Purge with Python]

In the list of the linked post I could find "Purge Items", maybe that works for you.

[Vectorscript to Python conversion]

Just stumbled over the vs-py rosetta stone, in case you dont already know it:

 

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/User:CBM-c-/VS-Py_Rosetta_Stone

 

 

[Wrapper without input and output port?]

The trouble is caused by the special character in  node "Info/Bemerkung" remove the "/".

The error message was hard to understand.

[VisualStudio 17 browse the SDK CPP Files automatically]

When I want to see the implementation of a SDK function I always need to open the cpp file by the explorer like "..VW2023_WIN64\SDKLib\Source\VWSDK\VWFC\Tools\ProgressDlg.cpp".

 

Does any one know the trick to jump directly with visual studio to the source like you can do on the local cpp files?

I tried it with adding the directory to "VC++ Source Directories" and "Additional Include Directories" but that didn't help.

 

regards,

Patrick

 

[Determining paste-in-place during states]

I think it would be more easy to save the most recent created handle + timestamp as static parameters.

If the move event is within a specific time after the create ignore it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[find out if a object is mirrored]

This should do it:

 

https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:IsObjectFlipped

 

regards,

Patrick

[Python can't find import module]

have you tried importing it withgout the .py ending:

 

Quote

import _CableLayoutToolv2021A