Shape script "addin" property

[Uffe]

Hi!

Does anyone have an example of how to use the "addin" property in a shape script?

All I can find in the help file is "addin (value returned from an Add-In)," but it doesn't say anything more on the syntax, nor can I find any hint in the Add-In API reference.

How is it called from the shape script, how is it received in the Add-In and what is the Add-In supposed to return?

Cheers,


/Uffe

[qwerty]

I was curious looking into the shape script documentation. But there's not a single sentence about the exec_addin. However, I remember the discussions about that method. Did you find anything documented?

q.

[edit] I once posted this link http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1326759082/1#1

[Aaron B]

The help included with EA 10.0.1005 gives the following description:

returns a value from an invoked add-in function - syntax: addin:<addin_name>, <function_name>, <parameter> [, <parameter> ...]

and the following example shape script which also describes the expected method signature in the add-in:

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// GET A VALUE RETURNED BY AN ADD-IN
shape main
{
       //Draw a simple rectangle
       Rectangle(0,0,100,100);
 
       //Print string value returned from Add-In "MyAddin",
       //Function "MyExample" with two string parameters
       Print("#ADDIN:MyAddin, MyExample, param1, param2#");
}
 
// METHOD SIGNATURE FOR ADD-IN FUNCTION:
// Public Function MyExample(Repository As EA.Repository,
// eaGuid As String, args As Variant) As Variant

[Uffe]

Great, thanks!

I can confirm that this works in 9.3 (933) as well.
Working in C#, my method signature looks like this:

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public string MyExample(EA.Repository repository,
                        string elementGuid, Object args)However, I could only get it to work in Print() statements - if I stick the exact same call in either of the two HasProperty() queries, the Add-In is never triggered.

By design?

/Uffe

[qwerty]

I'm currently playing around with that. Unfortunately I can only work with Perl and  I know there are some limitations. So I only see repository and guid. I do not see any of the parameters passed. So here my questions:

- are the parameters seen in any way from some Cxx language?
- what kind of parameter (object type) is used?

Thanks.

q.