Worksheet databases: VectorScript functions needed

[Petri]

It would be nice to be able to use VectorScript functions in worksheet databases and be able to generate reports on definitions, not only drawing objects.

Today I would have liked to get a list of gradient definitions and their names; I'm sure CAD-managers and even some designers would like to list available gradients, hatches and symbols and resident PIOs. Yes, it can be done with VectorScripts, but this involves programming and is by and large inelegant and clumsy.

So, I'd like to create a database like

=DATABASE(T=Gradient)

with formula

=DEFNAME.

For object listings, with a formula like

=INDEX2NAME(-FP)

we could list the hatches or gradients used. I'd have many uses for this!

[islandmon]

Export>Vectorscript> v11.5:

{Gradient Definition Entries}

gradientName := 'Gradient-1';

gradientHandle:= CreateGradient (gradientName);

gradientName1 := GetName(gradientHandle);

segmentIndex := 1;

SetGradientData (gradientHandle,segmentIndex,0,0.5,255,255,255);

segmentIndex := 2;

SetGradientData (gradientHandle,segmentIndex,1,1,0,0,0);

{End of GradientDefinition Entries}

{Hatch Definition Entries}

hatchName1:= 'Default Hatch';

BeginVectorFillN(hatchName1,TRUE,FALSE,0);

AddVectorFillLayer(0,0,1,1,0.176776695,-0.176776695,1,1,255);

EndVectorFill;

[Petri]

Yes, having now created 4296 gradients of paint colours in an hour, I know the routine. The gradients actually applied are easy to tabulate eg. for the contractor, but those that exist in the document are not.