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SetPref

Description

Procedure SetPref sets the on-off status of a VectorWorks preference dialog item. Parameter index specifies the preference item, and parameter status sets the on-off status of the item.

A table of preference dialog items and their corresponding IDs may be found in the Scirpt Appendix.

PROCEDURE SetPref(
				index  : INTEGER;
				status : BOOLEAN);
def vs.SetPref(index, status):
    return None

Parameters

Name Type Description
index INTEGER Preference item constant.
status BOOLEAN On- off status of preference.

Remarks

Running the following script:

SetPref(21, False); {Stop VectorScript on Warnings}

results in a total system freeze requiring a forced restart. This problem has been in VW9 (w/ Mac OS 9.2) and is still in VW 9.5b1.

'Hidden' preference 12348 allows us to turn on and off dialog list box refresh. This is a significant performance enhancement for any dialog that loads list boxes. Just do SetPref(12348, False) load your list box(es) and then SetPref(12348, True) to re-enable list refreshing. I believe this must be called after the dialog is on screen, so after the GetDialog Call for classic dialogs and in the handler procedure for modern dialogs.

Examples

VectorScript

SetPref(17,FALSE);

Python



angle := GetPrefReal(93);
planrotation := GetPref(92);
SetPref(92, FALSE);
PushAttrs;
GetOrigin(PX, PY);
TextJust (1);
TextVerticalAlign (1);

Options[2] := 'SeatingLayoutPick'; {Saved xml Item}
Options[3] := ''; {Check Box String}
AlertInformDontShowAgain(GetPlugInString(3010),'', FALSE, Options);
PenFore(45000, 45000, 45000);
SetPref(9871, TRUE);
GetOrigin(OriginX,OriginY);
Is3dView := GetProjection(ActLayer)<>6;
RunTempTool(TempToolCallback, TRUE);

BEGIN
	UseDefaultContent := GetPref(130);
	IF NOT(UseDefaultContent) THEN SetPref(130,TRUE);
	{Search the default folder}
	gMarker1Name := gStartMarkerName;
	ResourceListID := BuildResourceList(16,-kDefConDetailMarkers,kFolderName,NumMarkerSymbols);
	FoundMarker := FALSE;


if not UseDefaultContent:
	vs.SetPref( 130, True )


See also in tutorials: Plug-in with widgets, basic example (Python)


See Also


GetPref


Version


Availability: from MiniCAD6.0


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