How to Call for a menu command?

[tahitimat]

Hi everybody,

I'd like to call for "Dimension Exterior Walls" from a script.

How can I do it?

Thanks

[Pat Stanford]

You would normally call menu items with a DoMenuTextByName() call.

I don't think you can use Dimension Exterior Walls, unless you are willing to accept the dialog box opening up in the middle of your script. You can try

DoMenuTextByName('Dimension Exterior Walls',0);

The menu items and group names are found in Appendix H of the VectorScript Appendix (found in the Help files).

Pat

[tahitimat]

Thank you Pat... the matter is "Dimension Exterior Walls" is not in the appendix.

I got the following error when I try yo call the command with the same script as the one you give me: "Error: DOMENUTEXTBYNAMEEXAM DOMENUTEXTBYNAME - Menu cannot be found. Dimension Exterior Walls"

Is there an other way to reach this command?

Can't we call a script from an other script?

[Pat Stanford]

You need to use the actual file name of the plugin. In this case it appears to be:

DoMenuTextByName('Exterior Wall Dimensioner',0);

But I don't have time to test this right now.

Pat

[tahitimat]

Thanks a lot Pat,

It works well

Have a nice day

Mat

[ashot]

The script works fine for

DoMenuTextByName('Exterior Wall Dimensioner',0);

However when I try to search in Library or Plugins, or just preferences, I can not find in any place the file with that name or any other name similar to Exterior Wall.

VW Script Appendix H shows a list of commands, none of them even close to that name.

(Nothing for Dimension or Exterior or Wall (just wall framer, that is all)

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

 

So, my question is

How, Patrick, you were able to find out the right name of the file ?

 

For my work I need to find a way to call the menu command under Modify>Convert>

Stake Object from 3D Locus...

Is there a way to do it?

 

 

 

 

Edited April 5, 2023 by ashot

[Pat Stanford]

Sorry for the delay.  They had the "Univeral Name" of this command which is what is required for the DoMenuTextByName command very well hidden. I had to do some deep digging into the Landmark.vww which is the workspace file. I used a text editor to search in there for all instances of "Stake" when the "Stake Object From 3d Locus…" text wasn't found, I started looking at other commands that had the work Stake. I eventually hit upon:

 

DoMenuTextByName('ConvertToStake',0);