VvierA Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 vectorlab.info was once a very good for all info and resources about Vectorscript. Now the site doesn't work anymore. Does anybody know if they're moved or closed down? Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Yes it contained very valuable information that isn't listed anywhere else. Sadly it has been down for a while.. No idea who the owner is. Quote Link to comment
_c_ Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) There is no "owner" of vectorlab, or at least it was never meant to be so. Vectorlab hatched out of a fenix egg through some magic skills of Frank Brault, was lovingly dismembered by Orso (inspired by Petri), glorified by Charles Chandler, secretely enlightened by Raytangle, enrichened by Joel Sciamma, made a classic by Gerard Jonker ... who's now also Vectorlab's final active incubator. We had a hell of a fun! But now we all moved to the developer wiki. We kept Vectorlab though, because on dev -comprehensibly- there is no room for articles or freaky experimental sub-routines devastating your efforts to establish your person as a serious scripter. And yes, the site seems to be down, we'll ask Gerard why, as soon as in Europe a more decent time is reached. Ciao! Edited November 13, 2015 by _c_ Quote Link to comment
Gerard Jonker Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Hi Orso, Probably a php thing. Could you have a look for me, when you're back? You should still have access. I have a few new examples I'd like to upload and I need to change the origin dictation, many improvements in that area. So, as far as I'm concerned, it is not dead yet. Thanks, Gerard Quote Link to comment
_c_ Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Yes. Gerard, nice Avatar. Sometimes I also wonder if I shouldn't grow up... Edited November 13, 2015 by _c_ Quote Link to comment
twk Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Any updates guys, this was such an invaluable resource.. no where else can you find info on the Color changes from VW2008 and the ever cryptic List Browser! It was so well documented. Hope it comes back soon! Below are a couple of webclippings for anyone needing these, I clipped to my evernote for future reference, I'm now wishing I clipped the whole of vectorlab! If anyone has any please share, I'm looking for notes on the ListBrowser section. Index pitfalls - Vectorlab Absolute Origin - Vectorlab Thanks in advance Tui Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I also would like it back, as I was just looking for info about the color stuff to implement in DLibrary.... Quote Link to comment
_c_ Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) Any updates guys, this was such an invaluable resource.. no where else can you find info on the Color changes from VW2008 and the ever cryptic List Browser! It was so well documented. Hope it comes back soon! Ciao Tui, I am surprised and glad you liked the List Browser article! You can't imagine what a joy you give me. I never had any feedback but from a handful of dear friends with whom I discussed some parts of the article and I thought of being not only the author, but also the only 'reader'. Yes, deciphering List Browsers in total absence of documentation was for me like archeology and cryptology in one. No worry, I am now updating the wiki, which should be running back soon. Edited December 3, 2015 by _c_ Quote Link to comment
twk Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ha! Archeology and Cryptology, now thats what you call a skill-set! What's interesting orso, is that the VW Dev Wiki [http://developer.vectorworks.net/] is littered with references to the Vectorlabs website, which I thought would be managed by Nemetschek, but now sounds like it isn't the case and is run by users? Anyhow, that is great news that it will be back soon. Very grateful, Tui Quote Link to comment
_c_ Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) No Tui, we are 'tolerated' by Nemetschek. Never acknowledged, not once. But never forget: initially all was done by Frank Brault, who moved on to other Nemetschek tasks. Also we are tolerated because there is obviously no intention to compete with the Developer Wiki. I am myself a passionate (read obsessed) editor on dev, which I beg you to consult, when it's about the singular routines. Edited December 3, 2015 by _c_ Quote Link to comment
Hippocode Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I can't start listing the times I went to Vectorlab for answers, and yes the listbrowser article is the most awesome between them! Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Any updates guys, this was such an invaluable resource.. no where else can you find info on the Color changes from VW2008 and the ever cryptic List Browser! It was so well documented. Hope it comes back soon! Ciao Tui, I am surprised and glad you liked the List Browser article! You can't imagine what a joy you give me. I never had any feedback but from a handful of dear friends with whom I discussed some parts of the article and I thought of being not only the author, but also the only 'reader'. Yes, deciphering List Browsers in total absence of documentation was for me like archeology and cryptology in one. No worry, I am now updating the wiki, which should be running back soon. I also had a great help from that article! List browsers are difficult at first, so it was really helpfull to have your article to figure them out! Really thanks for it! Quote Link to comment
_c_ Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Thank you! This is going to take a little while yet, I must do more urgent things (finger pointed at Matt :whistle: ). I had to re-install the wiki completely because it was too obsolete. Now we will be running MediaWiki 1.26 (we were under 1.10). This means that the whole CSS and custom extensions deceased. I am over with the new CSS and now I am tackling the extensions (page snippet listings, instant VSS to Applescript conversion and code coloring). I wrote them about 7 years ago as patches of better stuff done by better people and in the meantime I forgot all about PHP and MySQL. Also... I have a nice task for a while there too. I also took the chance to delete the odd 18000 spammers who happily harvested on our wiki in the absence of their mamma, me. At first I thought of running a certain script which was supposed to delete all spammers and their post, if any. I thought it, I did it. Bang. This positively deleted all my posts and banned me forever from Vectorlab. Dubious about the effectiveness of this action, I spent an afternoon reconstructing database and wiki (who claimed that redoing a database from backup is fast?). After that I decided to delete all users who didn't have any legit edits. E basta. This was fine to me, but eventually not so to you. Now if any had an account on Vectorlab and lost it, please accept my apologizes. You must do it again. Since we (pluralis majestatis, I am afraid) can't afford to babysit Vectorlab with all its lovely spammers day and night, I decided to close off account creation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHO WANTS TO HAVE EDIT RIGHTS AT VECTORLAB PLEASE WRITE ME Mail at: noreply at vectorlab dot info wished user name: ... wished password: ... I'll make you an account as soon as possible. These are the survivors at Vectorlab after the mass deletion of users: Aarondotcom AndrewC Catpalmer Cbaarch Charles Connectcad DieterAtDWorks Dssprat FGB Frank Frank Brault Gerard Jonker Islandmonusvi JackCopeland Jbenghiat Joel.s Joshtreverton Mullinrj NIL (it's another manifestation of myself, actually) Neatworkz Orso Panzercad Petri Phiggins Rgm Stan Rostas Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted December 6, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 6, 2015 Yikes! I don't like fingers pointing at me. ;-p Quote Link to comment
_c_ Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Hello, Vectorlab is running again under its usual path: http://www.vectorlab.info/index.php?title=Main_Page I removed the custom extensions for the moment until I have the time to write them again. It looks thus a bit duller without highlight and page listings. Ciao! Orso Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Thank you Orso! Really appreciated! Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Thank you Orso! Really appreciated! Quote Link to comment
twk Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Oh I was just diving into the world Listbrowser(s). It's down again.. any reason @Matt Panzer this can't be hosted on the Dev Wiki? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted July 16, 2019 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, twk said: Oh I was just diving into the world Listbrowser(s). It's down again.. any reason @Matt Panzer this can't be hosted on the Dev Wiki? @twk, I really cannot say. That decision would have to be made by @orso b. schmid and those in charge of the Dev Wiki at Vectorworks. Quote Link to comment
_c_ Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Hello all, Vectorlab is now forever down. TWK, I can send you the List Browser article privately. Quote Link to comment
twk Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 17 hours ago, _c_ said: Hello all, Vectorlab is now forever down. TWK, I can send you the List Browser article privately. Sorry, I totally forgot about this thread. What a shame, that resource was a treasure trove. Yes please @_c_, that would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment
_c_ Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Hello, I am very sorry that Vectorlab went down, Gerard maintained it really a number of years. The List Browser article is saved here as web archive, for those interested: The List Browser Article is now hosted on Dev under my personal page as _c_. https://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/User:CBM-c- It would be so good if @Vladislav Stanev could give us -finally!- a true documentation. In the mean time, just use that. Edited January 2, 2021 by _c_ Remove spammed zip file 1 Quote Link to comment
_c_ Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 My routines library which was available as open code haven't been saved, so don't ask, please... 1 Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) A static archive of Vectorlab is still available at the Wayback Machine, if that’s of use to anyone. It may not have all the pages archived, so it may be of limited use. http://web.archive.org/web/20181014154524/http://www.vectorlab.info:80/index.php?title=Main_Page Edited September 8, 2019 by rDesign 1 Quote Link to comment
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