Style validation

CadFather

this is all i could find, on retrieving a style name that seems to work from the console.

styles = Sketchup.active_model.styles
style = styles.selected_style
UI.messagebox ('The selected style is; ' + style.name)

but i can't get it to work with a validation proc - something along these 'lines'...

 cmd.set_validation_proc {
 styles = Sketchup.active_model.styles
 style = styles.selected_style
 
 if style.name = mystyle.style
     MF_CHECKED
   else
     MF_UNCHECKED
   end
 }

TIG

Do you mean:

if style.name = mystyle.style .name

What is 'mystyle' ?

driven

@cadfather said:

this is all i could find, on retrieving a style name that seems to work from the console.]

Sketchup.active_model.styles.methods

will show you there are a lot more that work...

but, what are you trying to achieve?
john

CadFather

yes TIG i think that is it - i'm going to try it. (fail)

mystyle.style is just the name of the file i'm calling (from a toolbar).

John, then i wanted to have an icon which activated if that particular style was active (selected).

TIG

Still as clear as mud

What is 'mystyle' ?
What is its 'style' ?

If you are not clear, try to type mystyle.class and it'll tell you...

CadFather

i've got a toolbar, clicking an icon it loads and applies a style from a folder (mystyle.style, for want of a better name). this part is working fine.

what i was trying to do is for the icon to highlight anytime that style is active.

(from the api the 'active' procedure didn't work but the 'selected' did)

hope this makes some sense..

TIG

So " mystyle.style" is actually a string representing a .style file physically on the PC.
Lets say you have reference to the file as @style_file = ".../somefolder/mystyle.style"
If you have named it logically then its Style is named ' mystyle'.
So @style_name = File.basename(@style_file, ".*")
gives you the string 'mystyle' [or the basename of whatever the file that is queried that way].

NOW you can compare the name of the current style and the name of the style_file thus:

     cmd.set_validation_proc {
     ### let's assume @style_file is set elsewhere, as perhaps; 
     @style_file = ".../somefolder/mystyle.style"
     ### get its name...
     @style_name = File.basename(@style_file, ".*")
     ### compare current style name and basename
     if Sketchup.active_model.styles.selected_style.name == @style_name
         MF_CHECKED
       else
         MF_UNCHECKED
       end
     }

To pass @ variables you need the validation to take place inside the module...end where that @ variable is set...

CadFather

ok TIG, thanks for that, i shall have a go with this.

i thought i wasn't too far with my first example!

Thanks!