SetToByName or SetToByIndex

[The Hamma]

Looking at the Vectorscript reference it appears that SetToByName does not support internal tools and some of the "internal tools" do not have and index.  

 

Is there any way to set the current tool using a script to those "internal tools" that do not have an index?

 

Tools that are internal without indexes are but not limited to:

"Door Tool"

"Window Tool"

"Slab Tool"

"Wall End Cap Tool"

 

@Pat Stanford@Jesse Cogswell@MullinRJ

 

 

Edited January 15 by The Hamma

[Pat Stanford]

I think that comment is from when the command was originally added to the program in 2014.  Not sure if it still applies.

 

[Pat Stanford]

I just tested and 

 

B1:=CallToolByName('Door Tool');

B1:=CallToolByName('Door Tool');

 

works.

 

I have not tested the others.

[SamIWas]

5 hours ago, Pat Stanford said:

I just tested and 

 

B1:=CallToolByName('Door Tool');

B1:=CallToolByName('Door Tool');

 

works.

 

I have not tested the others.

 

Any idea what would cause this to work on some of my custom tools, but with others, it flashes the tool in the pallete real quick then returns to the selection tool?

 

I was getting excited to write my own shortcut selector for my StreamDeck since the native shortcut system is almost full.  But I can't do it if it won't actually select the tools.

Edited January 13 by SamIWas

[Pat Stanford]

Try the SetTool commands instead of CallTool.

 

CallTool is really only supposed to set the tool temporarily inside the script and then revert when the script ends. SetTool is the one to use when you want to change the tool "permanently."

[Pat Stanford]

Or if you were already using SetTool then try the CallTool version.  Maybe I have the descriptions backwards.

[The Hamma]

On 1/12/2024 at 7:58 PM, SamIWas said:

I was getting excited to write my own shortcut selector for my StreamDeck since the native shortcut system is almost full.  But I can't do it if it won't actually select the tools.

This is actually what I’m working on.  I have written two, scripts that I use to call the functions from stream deck with a shortcut. It calls the script and then has user input for the tool name. This is where I have stream deck, enter the name of the tool. Or the index.  Which then is executed by the script.

 

my scripts are attached.  
I am using control+shift+alt+X for the tool shortcut

And control+shift+alt+Z for the menu shortcut

If I ever finish my stream deck profile, I will upload it

PROCEDURE StreamDeckCommand;
{Input the command name with the index at the end of the name.  Use two digits for the index name. ie. for 1 use 01 for 0 use 00.  
Print command would be "Print00", Font Size 4 command would be "Font Size01" and Font size 144 would be "Font Size17"}

VAR
SDstring,SDStrInt:STRING;
SDLen,SDInt:INTEGER;

BEGIN
SDstring:=StrDialog('Command to run','');
SDLen:=Len(SDstring);
SDStrInt:=Copy(SDstring,SDLen-1,2);
SDInt:=Str2Num(SDStrInt);
SDstring:=Copy(SDString,1,SDLen-2);
if SDstring <> '' THEN DoMenuTextByName(SDstring,SDInt);
END;

RUN(StreamDeckCommand);

 

 

PROCEDURE StreamDeckTool;
{Either input the tool name or the tool index}

VAR
Istool,SDstring:STRING;
Result:BOOLEAN;

BEGIN
SDstring:=StrDialog('Command to run','');
Istool:=Copy(SDstring,1,1);
if SDstring <> '' THEN
	BEGIN
		IF Istool = '-' THEN Result:=SetToolbyIndex(Str2Num(SDstring)) ELSE Result:=SetToolByName(SDstring);
		
	END;
END;


RUN(StreamDeckTool);

 

 

StreamDeckTool.vsm

StreamDeckCommand.vsm

Edited January 15 by The Hamma

[The Hamma]

On 1/12/2024 at 2:49 PM, Pat Stanford said:

B1:=CallToolByName('Door Tool');

B1:=CallToolByName('Door Tool');

 

works.

Ok I was wrong about "Window Tool" and "Door Tool" being internal commands, but the other two "Slab Tool" and "Wall End Cap Tool" do not have pugins and can't be called. 

 

[SamIWas]

On 1/14/2024 at 8:21 PM, The Hamma said:

This is actually what I’m working on.  I have written two, scripts that I use to call the functions from stream deck with a shortcut. It calls the script and then has user input for the tool name. This is where I have stream deck, enter the name of the tool. Or the index.  Which then is executed by the script.

 

my scripts are attached.  
I am using control+shift+alt+X for the tool shortcut

And control+shift+alt+Z for the menu shortcut

If I ever finish my stream deck profile, I will upload it

PROCEDURE StreamDeckCommand;
{Input the command name with the index at the end of the name.  Use two digits for the index name. ie. for 1 use 01 for 0 use 00.  
Print command would be "Print00", Font Size 4 command would be "Font Size01" and Font size 144 would be "Font Size17"}

VAR
SDstring,SDStrInt:STRING;
SDLen,SDInt:INTEGER;

BEGIN
SDstring:=StrDialog('Command to run','');
SDLen:=Len(SDstring);
SDStrInt:=Copy(SDstring,SDLen-1,2);
SDInt:=Str2Num(SDStrInt);
SDstring:=Copy(SDString,1,SDLen-2);
if SDstring <> '' THEN DoMenuTextByName(SDstring,SDInt);
END;

RUN(StreamDeckCommand);

 

 

PROCEDURE StreamDeckTool;
{Either input the tool name or the tool index}

VAR
Istool,SDstring:STRING;
Result:BOOLEAN;

BEGIN
SDstring:=StrDialog('Command to run','');
Istool:=Copy(SDstring,1,1);
if SDstring <> '' THEN
	BEGIN
		IF Istool = '-' THEN Result:=SetToolbyIndex(Str2Num(SDstring)) ELSE Result:=SetToolByName(SDstring);
		
	END;
END;


RUN(StreamDeckTool);

 

 

StreamDeckTool.vsm 5.7 kB · 0 downloads

StreamDeckCommand.vsm 5.91 kB · 0 downloads

Just after I posted, I found SetToolByName or whatever and got it started.  But I'll look at yours, too.  

[MullinRJ]

On 1/14/2024 at 7:43 PM, The Hamma said:

Ok I was wrong about "Window Tool" and "Door Tool" being internal commands, but the other two "Slab Tool" and "Wall End Cap Tool" do not have pugins and can't be called.

 

Hello David,

   I found constants for the Slab Tool (-248) and the Wall End Cap Tool (-355). I did not find constants for the Door or Window tools, but those two can be called with CallToolByName() or SetToolByName(), as Pat mentioned.

 

Raymond

[The Hamma]

Thank you. 

1 hour ago, MullinRJ said:

Hello David,

   I found constants for the Slab Tool (-248) and the Wall End Cap Tool (-355). I did not find constants for the Door or Window tools, but those two can be called with CallToolByName() or SetToolByName(), as Pat mentioned.

 

[The Hamma]

Link to the my stream deck profile that I posted.