Is it possible to call a VS routine (or menu command) from a marionette object?

[VvierA]

Hello,

some time ago I made a Vectorscript Menu command that computes the current date and writes to a database record.

Now I'd like to implement this in a Marionette Object. Whenever I click a button in the OIP of the Marionette Object it should call the Vectorscript.

 

Is this or something similar possible and how do I do it?

Thanks for help

VvierA

[Pat Stanford]

I think you will be better off reimplementing the command in Marionette rather than trying to call a menu command from the Marionette object.

 

Since there are no date functions in Marionette you could either implement a node that does all the calculations by converting the script to Python, or you could possibly write a node that implements the Vectorscript DoMenuTextByName command to run the existing script you have.

 

I would recommend the first if you are going to the trouble to learn how to make/edit nodes it will make things more stable.

[VvierA]

Thank you very much. I think I'll try to convert my script to Python and create a node.

Can you recommend some information on how to create nodes?

[Pat Stanford]

Take a look at these pages on the developer site for information on making nodes.

 

I know there was a post here on the forum that suggested editing an existing node and changing something in the node header but I can't find it.

 

Perhaps @Marissa Farrell can point us to it.

[Marissa Farrell]

To edit existing nodes, it's important to remove the first line of code that starts with

#COMMAND;READONLYREFFILE;

as that looks for a text source file to sync changes.

 

After removing that line, you can edit as you wish.