Open a Property Inspector by script

[Dixie]

Hi...

Is it possible to open the property inspector of an object by script... and have it display the geometry settings on opening ?

be well

Dixie

[WaltBrown]

Dixie,
I was only able to get to the main Properties screen for button "TestButton" using:

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on mouseUp
   choose pointer tool
   send "mouseDoubleUp" to btn "TestButton"
end mouseUp

which I am sure you got to as well. Beyond that I looked into the rev stacks to see if there was anything obvious (my own curiosity), but there wasn't an obvious way to tell it to open a Geometry card of the revPropertyPalette stack. There probably is a way, but it's going to take some digging. Plus, it reacted oddly to my digging even with "Suppress Messages" selected, so there are probably land mines as well.
Walt

[FourthWorld]

Even simpler:

edit script of this cd

In the script use:

on resizeStack x,y
-- put your resize stuff here:

end resizeStack

[Dixie]

Walt, Richard...

Thanks for your replies... Shao Sean gave me a script that works really well...

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on mouseUp
   # get the target of this control
   local tTargetID
   put the long id of the target into tTargetID
 
   # create the inspector linked to this control
   send "revBuildPropertyPalette tTargetID" to stack "revTemplatePalette"
 
   # get the name of the inspector linked to this control
   local tPaletteName
   put revPropertyPalettes(tTargetID) into tPaletteName
 
   # bring the inspector stack into use so we can use the scripts from it (we could do this with the value() function)
   start using stack tPaletteName
 
   # get the text for the drop down menu (the first line is the object type)
   local tTabs
   put revObjectTabs2(tTargetID) into tTabs
 
   # lock the screen so we do not see the selection handles
   lock screen
   select tTargetID
 
   # get the proper geometry card to display
   local tDefaultCard
   put revGeometryCard() into tDefaultCard
 
   # deselect the control and unlock the screen
   select EMPTY
   unlock screen
 
   # go to the correct inspector pane
   revBuildPropertyPaletteGoCard tDefaultCard, tPaletteName, tTargetID, tTabs
 
   # get the inspector to remember the pane it is displaying
   revRememberPane
 
   # no longer need the palette's scripts
   stop using stack tPaletteName
end mouseUp

I don't know enough about all this stuff that begins with 'rev'

be well

Dixie

[WaltBrown]

I was impressed with Shao's script, in the depth of investigation done in the LC tool stacks.
Walt