RE: Scripting: How to query available Objects?

Date : Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:04:08 -0500
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : "Stephen Blair" <Stephen_Blair(at)Softimage.COM>
Subject : RE: Scripting: How to query available Objects?
Hi Joey

Just so you know, this is what you would get from that Python code for
your oColl(0).


# INFO : ['AddRef',
#  'BranchFlag',
#  'Capabilities',
#  'Families',
#  'FindAttrib',
#  'GetIDsOfNames',
#  'GetTypeInfo',
#  'GetTypeInfoCount',
#  'Invoke',
#  'IsA',
#  'Name',
#  'Obj',
#  'PathItems',
#  'QueryInterface',
#  'Release',
#  'Selected',
#  'Singleton',
#  'SubComponent',
#  'SubElements',
#  'SubElements2',
#  'Type',
#  'Value']

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
Of Stephen Blair
Sent: Wed 02 January 2008 3:27 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Scripting: How to query available Objects?

Hi Joey

Yes, that (introspection) is a Python-specific feature.

As far as I know there is no way to do what you want in JScript.

With C# or C++ you can get completion lists in Visual Studio. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
Of Ponthieux, Joey
Sent: Wed 02 January 2008 3:18 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Scripting: How to query available Objects?

Stephen,
    Is that specific to only Python?  I don't have Python installed at
the moment and I don't know the language yet. Is there any reason why it
could not be written in JScript or does Python expose stuff not
available to the other languages? I assume you're gonna tell me it's
time to learn Python? :)

Joey Ponthieux
NCI Information Systems Inc.
NASA Langley Research Center
____________________________________________________________
Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not
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Stephen Blair wrote:
> http://softimage.wiki.avid.com/index.php/Python_%28XSISDK%29#Python_In
> tr
> ospection
>
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On 
> Behalf Of Ponthieux, Joey
> Sent: Wed 02 January 2008 2:31 PM
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Scripting: How to query available Objects?
>
> Hello,
>     I am wondering if it is possible to query the available Objects 
> relative to another object? I'm looking for something similar to
> classname() but what I want is something that will return all 
> available Methods or Properties available to the current Object. Say 
> for example I have an XSICollection oColl1, it possesses a reference 
> to a CollectionItem which in turn possesses a SubComponent, etc, etc.
> I am looking for a command which will list available 
> Objects(Method,Properties etc) to the current object, so in this case 
> I want to know what is available to oColl1, or at least oColl1(0).
> Assuming of course that this is say a collection of points, it would 
> possess other Objects such as SubComponent, SubElements, etc.  I want 
> to list  these available objects directly from the script editor 
> rather than having to look them up  in the manual. In other words I 
> want to list  everything that will plug into
>
> oColl(0).?
>
> Since this is a CollectionItem which would ultimately posses a 
> PointCollection then SubComponent and SubElements, among others are 
> available to it, once I know that SubComponent is available I want to 
> list everything under
>
> oColl(0).SubComponent.?
>
> and so on. I've tried NestedObjects that does not seem to do what I 
> want. PropertyCollection only seems to refer to properties available 
> to the X3DObject and the like. Stuff like parameters etc such as 
> kine.local.posx etc and not the Object Model properties or Methods. Or

> maybe I don't quite understand how to use Property or 
> PropertyCollection here. Anyway, if anyone has some insight to this it

> would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Joey Ponthieux
> NCI Information Systems Inc.
> NASA Langley Research Center
> ____________________________________________________________
> Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not 
> represent the opinions of NASA or any other party.
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