Add in / Script Menu

[Monsieur]

Hello all,

Dumb question from a dumb man [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif] [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]:

[size=16]How do I add my script to a menu? [/size]
(for example right click on a diagram>script>myscript)

and last but not least... How do I add my script to a menu depending on a local context? (right click on a digram different than right click on Project Browser tree)

I am talking about js or vb script that you can see in the Scripting window

M.

[Uffe]

Not a dumb question at all. It's not part of the script as such, it's in the script group.

What you do is you create a script group (in the Scripting window, leftmost icon), and select a Project Browser or a Diagram group. Scripts placed in groups of either of these types are automatically placed in the corresponding browser / diagram context menus. Ta-daa!

You should also create the scripts inside the groups, not move them in from a regular group. That probably won't work. (But you can write small wrapper scripts in the browser / diagram groups, and call larger scripts in normal groups.)

HTH,


/Uffe

[Geert Bellekens]

You should also create the scripts inside the groups, not move them in from a regular group. That probably won't work.
/Uffe

It does word, but the default template for a new script is different for each group.
Other then that it just executes the whole script when the menu option is chosen.

If you want more control on how and when a menu option should appear you can use EA-Matic. See Using the add-in menu with EA-Matic for an example.

Geert

[Monsieur]

Not a dumb question at all. It's not part of the script as such, it's in the script group.

What you do is you create a script group (in the Scripting window, leftmost icon), and select a Project Browser or a Diagram group. Scripts placed in groups of either of these types are automatically placed in the corresponding browser / diagram context menus. Ta-daa!

You should also create the scripts inside the groups, not move them in from a regular group. That probably won't work. (But you can write small wrapper scripts in the browser / diagram groups, and call larger scripts in normal groups.)

HTH,


/Uffe

Okay, i am dumb, i saw those groups and use them as such without noticing that they where doing the job (i thought those groups where only there to load some library or else)

You should also create the scripts inside the groups, not move them in from a regular group. That probably won't work.
/Uffe

It does word, but the default template for a new script is different for each group.
Other then that it just executes the whole script when the menu option is chosen.

If you want more control on how and when a menu option should appear you can use EA-Matic. See Using the add-in menu with EA-Matic for an example.

Geert

Yeah! i saw this add-in and it seem working just fine, i'll give it a try when i will developp on action scripts (for now they are just on content, manually exectutable scripts)

Thank you both for your fast reply!

[Monsieur]

One verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry last question...  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]  [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]

[size=16]Is there a may to add a sub menu to my menu?[/size]

something like :
right click >scripting >submenu 1 > script 1
                                                 > script 2
                              >submenu 2 > script 3
                              ...

M

[Geert Bellekens]

I don't think you can add sub-menu's in the scripting context menu.

To be able to do that you need the Add-in menu, which you can access using a "real" add-in, or using EA-Matic, but not from the scripts themselves.

Geert

[Uffe]

No, I don't think you can do sub-menus in scripts either (but you can with Add-Ins).

If you deploy your scrips with an MDG Technology, they appear in their own group with the technology's name -- but that only works for "Normal" type scripts. You can't deploy browser / diagram scripts in an MDG Technology (as of EA 11, anyway).

/U