richw Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Can anyone tell me if a Vectorscript Editor is available for use on scripts in Vectorworks 8.5.2. Files ending .vso .vss .vst .vsm. I want to edit class names within Parametric objects etc but can't open scripts exceeding 32k in Vectorworks. Quote Link to comment
Fuge Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 The vectorscript Editor is part of Vectorworks 8.5, however as your seeing it can only handlea script up to 32k in size on Mac. You would also need to edit plug-ins throught the "Create Plug-in..." menu. Find a friend with Vectorworks 8.5 on windows. VectorWorks 8.5 on windows can edit vectorscripts up to 64k. Vectorworks 9.x no longer has this vectorscript size limitation on either platform.An upgrade may be your best bet. HTHDave Quote Link to comment
Sir_Dan_Fortesque Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Hi, I agree with Dave except on one thing. There is still a Vectorscript limit of 32 K when creating scripts in the VectorScript editor (scripts who run inside the document itself, ie in a script pallet). I have to warn you that there is a bug in VectorScript editor 9.0.1 which let you work on above those 32K, so it seems there is no limit. However once you close the VectorScript editor you will find out that you loosed the code which exceeds those 32 K limit. So be warned about this because I experienced the nasty results itself. But there is another way. Use Plug In Objects (PIO) which do not have that limit. You can use the PIO in the Organise menu and choose Create Plug In. You will see that you use the same VectorScript editor but this time without the 32 K limit. You can access your PIO by adding it to your work environment. Once you are accustomed with this, it is very easy. And one big advantage, your PIO's can be accessed in every VectorWorks document. Have a nice day. Chrissy Quote Link to comment
Alexandre Villares Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Note you can use the VW9 Demo version for script development. The Demo version won't save, print or export VectorWorks drawing documents, but as far as I remember it can edit and save changes to any unlocked (unencripted) Plug-in objects. Organise Menu->Create Plug-in... will edit files (.vss; .vsm; .vst; ...) found inside the Plug-ins folder. Quote Link to comment
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