VS:vsoStateGetNameChng

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Description

Used to determine if the object name have changed. See VS:Parametric State Notifications#vsoStateGetNameChng

This function should be called during the parametric reset event: 3: {kParametricRecalculate}

FUNCTION vsoStateGetNameChng(
               hObj             : HANDLE;
               VAR outOldName   : STRING;
               VAR outNewName   : STRING) : BOOLEAN;

def vs.vsoStateGetNameChng(hObj):
    return (BOOLEAN, outOldName, outNewName)

Parameters

hObj		HANDLE		Handle to the parametric object. Obtained by call to VS:GetCustomObjectInfo
outOldName		STRING		Output parameter. Old object name.
outNewName		STRING		Output parameter. New object name.

Example

VectorScript

BEGIN
  result := GetCustomObjectInfo(objectName, objectHand, recordHand, wallHand);
  vsoGetEventInfo(theEvent, message );

  CASE theEvent OF
    5: {kObjOnInitXProperties}
    BEGIN
      {enable eventing for this plug-in}
      SetPrefInt( 590, 1 ); {varParametricEnableStateEventing, kParametricStateEvent_ResetStatesEvent}
      result := SetObjPropVS(18, TRUE); {kObjXPropAcceptStates}
    END;	

    44: {kObjOnAddState}
    BEGIN
      message := vsoStateAddCurrent( objectHand, message );
    END;

    3: {kParametricRecalculate}
    BEGIN
      MoveTo( 5mm, 8mm );
      CreateText( 'State events received after the last kParametricRecalculate:' );

      IF vsoStateGetNameChng( objecthand, oldName, newName ) THEN BEGIN
        MoveTo( 0,-70mm );
        CreateText( Concat( 'Obj name changed! oldName=', oldName, ' newName=', newName  ) );
      END;

    END;

Version

Availability: from Vectorworks 2009

This is drop-in function.

See Also

VS:Parametric State Notifications | VS:vsoStateAddCurrent

VS:vsoStateGetPos | VS:vsoStateGetRot | VS:vsoStateGetParamChng | VS:vsoStateGetObjChng | VS:vsoStateGetLayrChng | VS:vsoStateGetExitGroup | VS:vsoStateGetNameChng

[[VS:Parametric State Notifications]] | [[VS:vsoStateAddCurrent]] [[VS:vsoStateGetPos]] | [[VS:vsoStateGetRot]] | [[VS:vsoStateGetParamChng]] | [[VS:vsoStateGetObjChng]] | [[VS:vsoStateGetLayrChng]] | [[VS:vsoStateGetExitGroup]] | [[VS:vsoStateGetNameChng]]