return Handle

[Christian Eckel 0]

Hello everyone,

I'm quite new to Vectorskript and I'm a bit confused by the HANDLE variables.

 

What I'm serching is a funktion like for example GetViewporthandle("name of viewport as String) that returns the HANDLE of this viewport.

Same for other objects, Databases oder Tables.

 

Thank you!

[JBenghiat 356]

You should be able to find a number of discussions on handles in the archive. 
 

Think of a handle as a unique identifier for an object that is valid for the run of the script. It is technically the memory address for the object, so not something that is persistent between sessions or that you would ever want to store.  

[Pat Stanford 1,547]

Pay attention to Josh's comments above.

 

The function you are looking for is GetObject('String Name') and returns a handle to the object.

 

For Viewports note that everything is stored in Groups (Annotation Group, Crop Group) inside the VP object.

[Christian Eckel 0]

Thanks for this great and quick answers!

 

I think I got it now