VS:CallToolByIndex

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Description

Similar to CallTool. Takes the internal ID of a tool ( Appendix )

FUNCTION CallToolByIndex(
             toolIndex   :INTEGER) : BOOLEAN;

def vs.CallToolByIndex(toolIndex):
    return BOOLEAN

Parameters

toolIndex

INTEGER

Example

Vectorscript

Message( CallToolByIndex( -221 ) ) { activate locus tool, returns true if successful }

Python

vs.Message( vs.CallToolByIndex( -221 ) ) # activate locus tool, returns true if successful

Version

Availability: from Vectorworks 2014

See Also

VS Functions:

• VS:CallTool
• VS:CallToolByName

VS Functions:

• [[VS:CallTool]]
• [[VS:CallToolByName]]