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ViewCollection

Introduced

4.0

Description

A collection of View objects.

Methods

Properties

Examples

1. VBScript Example

' Log all views currently loaded in Softimage
set views = Application.Desktop.ActiveLayout.Views

for each view in views
   Application.LogMessage view.Name 
next

2. JScript Example

/*
This example demonstrates how to use the ViewCollection to find out 
information about the current views (both floating and part of the 
current layout)
*/
NewScene( null, false );

var oAllViews = Application.Desktop.ActiveLayout.Views
LogMessage( "There are " + oAllViews.Count + " view windows" ) ;

// ViewCollection.Filter is useful for quickly finding all views
// of a particular type
var oTextViews = oAllViews.Filter( "Text Editor" )
LogMessage( "There are " + oTextViews.Count + " text editors" ) ;

for ( var i=0; i<oTextViews.Count; i++ ) {
   strFileName = oTextViews(i).GetAttributeValue( "FileName" ) ;

   if ( strFileName != "" ) {
       LogMessage( "File being edited: " + strFileName );
   }
}

var oNetviewViews = oAllViews.Filter( "Netview" ) ;
LogMessage( "There are " + oNetviewViews.Count + " Netview windows" ) ;


for ( var i=0; i<oNetviewViews.Count; i++ ) {
   strUrl = oNetviewViews(i).GetAttributeValue( "url" ) ;

   if ( strUrl != "" ) {
       LogMessage( "Viewed webpages: " + strUrl );
   }
}


// Expected result:
//INFO : There are 19 view windows
//INFO : There are 0 text editors
//INFO : There are 0 Netview windows

See Also

Autodesk Softimage v7.5     <     >