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DeviceCollection

Object Hierarchy | Supported Parameter List: DeviceManager

Inheritance

SIObject
   ProjectItem
       DeviceCollection

Description

The collection of Device Drivers gives access to the different device drivers in Softimage. This is the scripting equivalent of the Device Manager, in which you can activate or deactivate a device, add or remove devices, etc.

Methods

Properties

Examples

VBScript Example

'
' This example demonstrates how to work with devices through scripting.
'

NewScene , false
' First make sure the device manager is active (we can't add devices if it isn't)
if Not(Application.Devices.Enable) then
   Application.Devices.Enable = true
end if

' Get the DeviceManager (DeviceCollection)
set oDevices = Application.Devices

' Get a pointer to the PC1600 Device, if it exists
set oDevice = oDevices.Item("PC1600")

' If it doesn't exist, then create it
if TypeName(oDevice) = "Nothing" then
   set oDevice = oDevices.AddDevice( "PC1600" )
end if

LogMessage "The device name is " & oDevice
'INFO : The device name is DeviceManager.PC1600

See Also

Autodesk Softimage v7.5     <     >