Limits on Script size??

[ASA]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to update an old command script of mine (that

applies a central repository of notes on a sheet by sheet

basis thoughout working drawings).

I need to add some new code for more filtering, etc. and it

appears I am hitting some hard-coded limit on script size.

It might be 32k chars.

This is in VW9.

Can anyone verify this? Is there a way around this?

I'd appreciate any assistance or insight.

Thanks,

PJS @ ASA

[Pat Stanford]

The script editor does have a limit of 32K characters.

The compiler does not.

Check the Vectorscript Language Guide for information on using {$INCLUDE} files.

You will need to edit these using an external editor.

[maarten.]

Is a plug in limited too? I thought that only document scripts were...

[ASA]

Thanks for the {INCLUDE} clue, it looks like that takes

care of the size limitation.

Thanks again,

PJS@ASA

[Pat Stanford]

The limit is not on the size of the scripts, but on the script editor.

As far as I know, both the Vectorscript Editor and the Vectorscript Plugin Editor are the same and have the same limitations.

Learn about includes and external editors and you can make your scripts/plugins as large as you like.

[Miguel Barrera]

32k seems kind of small for that to be a problem. Even in VW 9, scripts that I wrote were over 100k.

I have reach a limit at over 250k where I would write some code, save it, open it again, and the new code would be lost.

[maarten.]

On the Belgium board we had some problems with this too. A user made a document script and after he reopened it, everything after line 1039 was gone. When he made it a plug in, there was no problem.

[MullinRJ]

The safest way I've found is to create a plugin with one line:

{$INCLUDE \Your\script\file\pathname\here }

Also, set VW Preference 407 to TRUE, which you can toggle with a script or with menu Tools > Scripts > VS Compiler Mode. This tells the compiler to recompile your code each time it is run.

Use any text editor to make changes. You don't even have to close your editor window, just save after your changes and run again.

Reshaper is over 1MB in source code and has 55 $INCLUDES. No signs of hitting any limits yet.

This works equally well for menu commands, tools and plug-in objects.

When you are done developing, you can have the compiler copy all your code into your plugin for distribution, or you can leave it as a multi-file $INCLUDE'd collection. The choice is yours.

Raymond

[Musisback]

I get some time very weird compiling errors when I use

{$ include "files"}. Those errors don't have anythink to do with the included file.

So i usually look for some mistake or mistyping for a while and I never find it.

The only way to make them got away is to copy the exact same content of included file to the main file and the script compiles correctly.

I don't know if this has to do with some script length limitation, but it is driving my crazy...

Does anyone no what going on?

Is this problem only in the Belgian version??

Help, Please.....

[maarten.]

When you get weird or wrong Compile Errors, remove the Error Output.txt file in your user folder and Compile again. Sometimes an old Error is displayed.

[Musisback]

No empty line ! That was the problem that made me loose so much time....

I don't know how missed this info before.

This it is such an important one...

Thanks,