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SetAsText (XSICollection)

Description

Sets the collection using the string path names for objects as is shown in the scripting history window. The string list is comma-separated. You may use wildcards in the string to match many object for example "light*". Compare this method to XSICollection.Add, which only adds a single item at a time or XSICollection.AddItems, which adds one or more items at a time.

Scripting Syntax

XSICollection.SetAsText( [Text] )

C# Syntax

XSICollection.SetAsText( String );

Parameters

Examples

VBScript Example

Dim oColl ' object pointer for collection
Dim oMember ' object pointer for members

' Create a bunch of grids 
NewScene , false
CreatePrim "Grid", "MeshSurface"
CreatePrim "Grid", "MeshSurface"
CreatePrim "Grid", "MeshSurface"

' Use wildcards to add everything starting with 'grid' to the new collection
Set oColl = CreateObject("XSI.Collection")
oColl.SetAsText "grid*"

For Each oMember In oColl
   Application.LogMessage oMember & " is in the collection list: " & oColl.GetAsText
Next


'--------------------------------------------------
' Output of above script:
' INFO : grid is in the collection list: grid,grid1,grid2
' INFO : grid1 is in the collection list: grid,grid1,grid2
' INFO : grid2 is in the collection list: grid,grid1,grid2

See Also

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