Script that can change it's own default parameters

[Hippocode]

Hey,

I'm using a script to number certain symbols (A1,A2,A3).

This is done by adding the right name in a popup which will be assigned to the selected symbol(s).

It would be nice to show the previous name + 1 as default in the popup for the next symbols....

I havn't found a way to alter the default value in the same script.

The best way around that I know would be to make a custom special symbol just to hold the name in a Rfield and retrieve/change it each time ?

XML also looks like an option, but I'd need to reset it for each new drawing..

Edited May 14, 2012 by hippothamus

[klinzey]

If it's just a document script you can use GetSavedSetting/SetSavedSetting to store the values. This will save the values per machine. You could also manually create a record and save the values to the record.

If you make it a menu command, then the menu command can have parameters and you can store the values in the default record for the command. This will let you save the values on a document by document basis.

[Hippocode]

If you make it a menu command, then the menu command can have parameters and you can store the values in the default record for the command. This will let you save the values on a document by document basis.

That works perfect.

Though I did have problems retrieving the values at first, the script didn't recognize the field values as integers(parameter setup) but as text instead.

str2Num etc saved me