ViewCollection
 
 
 

ViewCollection

Introduced

v4.0

Description

A collection of View objects.

Methods

Filter Find GetAsText  
       

Properties

Count operator Item operator    
       

Examples

1. VBScript Example

' Log all views currently loaded in Softimage
set views = Application.Desktop.ActiveLayout.Views
for each view in views
        Application.LogMessage view.Name 
next

2. JScript Example

/*
This example demonstrates how to use the ViewCollection to find out 
information about the current views (both floating and part of the 
current layout)
*/
NewScene( null, false );
var oAllViews = Application.Desktop.ActiveLayout.Views
LogMessage( "There are " + oAllViews.Count + " view windows" ) ;
// ViewCollection.Filter is useful for quickly finding all views
// of a particular type
var oTextViews = oAllViews.Filter( "Text Editor" )
LogMessage( "There are " + oTextViews.Count + " text editors" ) ;
for ( var i=0; i<oTextViews.Count; i++ ) {
        strFileName = oTextViews(i).GetAttributeValue( "FileName" ) ;
        if ( strFileName != "" ) {
                LogMessage( "File being edited: " + strFileName );
        }
}
var oNetviewViews = oAllViews.Filter( "Netview" ) ;
LogMessage( "There are " + oNetviewViews.Count + " Netview windows" ) ;
for ( var i=0; i<oNetviewViews.Count; i++ ) {
        strUrl = oNetviewViews(i).GetAttributeValue( "url" ) ;
        if ( strUrl != "" ) {
                LogMessage( "Viewed webpages: " + strUrl );
        }
}
// Expected result:
//INFO : There are 19 view windows
//INFO : There are 0 text editors
//INFO : There are 0 Netview windows

See Also

Layout.Views View.Views