Editor menu

Procedure

Opens the Procedures dialog box, which lists all the available script functions/procedures by category and provides a prototype as well as a brief description of what operation is performed by the function/procedure. The list serves as both a reference and a means of building the code by pasting the relevant function/procedure into the editor.

Select the procedure or function and click OK to add it to the current line of the script editor.

Criteria

Opens the Criteria dialog box, for automatically defining selection criteria in a script (see Creating Custom Selection Scripts)

Tool/Attribute

Opens the Custom Tools dialog box, for saving the current tool and attribute state information into a script (see Creating Custom Tool/Attribute Scripts)

Parameter

The Parameter command provides access to a plug-in objects’ parameter list for editing, when working on the script of a plug-in (see Plug-in Definition)

Text File

The Text File command allows script source code to be imported from external text files

Font Settings

Opens the Format Text dialog box, where the font settings of the text in the Script Editor window can be changed. Changes to the text formatting apply to all of the text in the Editor (formatting a selection of text is not possible). See Formatting Text for more information on text formats.

Compile Script

The Compile Script button allows a script to be compiled directly from the Script Editor without the need to execute the script. If errors exist within the script that prevent successful compilation, they will be displayed and can be resolved without the need to exit the script editor.

While compiling VectorScripts reports all errors in the script code, compiling Python scripts reports only the syntax errors. For example, an undefined variable is not reported as an error for Python scripts, because this type of error is determined only during script execution. As a result, Python scripts report most errors when executed.

Language

Select Python or VectorScript for the script language

Script Options (Python scripts only)

Opens the Script Options dialog box, which lists folders (environment paths) where imported modules are located, for Python scripts that require external libraries.

This dialog box can also be accessed from Tools > Plug-in > Script Options.

●     Add: Select a folder location to add it to the list

●     Remove: Deletes the currently selected folder location

●     Open Folder in OS: Displays the contents of the selected folder in either Windows Explorer or Mac Finder