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Unable to execute SKILL++ package functions from menu items...

ToMWUT

Hello,

I've got a problem with triggering events using SKILL GUI functions. There is no problem for me to execute a SKILL function using menu item created like this:

item_ekstrakcja = hiCreateMenuItem( ?name 'item_ekstrakcja ?itemText "Extract conductiong layers" ?callback "some_function()" )

But when I try to execute a function which is a part of a SKILL++ package, using code like this:

item_ekstrakcja = hiCreateMenuItem( ?name 'item_ekstrakcja ?itemText "Extract conductiong layers" ?callback "toplevel('ils) some_package->some_function()" )

I've got no results... Nothing happens...

If there is no toplevel('ils) in my callback statement I get an error informing me that “some_package” is unbound variable... What can I do to be able to execute SKILL++ package functions?

Thanks,

ToM

 
  • You can't use toplevel to do this; it's a bit like starting a new shell, and the statements that follow will only get executed when the toplevel returns, and are not executed within the new toplevel.

    Instead you need to use the inScheme macro.

    So do

    item_ekstrakcja =hiCreateMenuItem( ?name 'item_ekstrakcja ?itemText "Extractconductiong layers" ?callback "inScheme(some_package->some_function())" )

    Note that if the package variable was exported with importSkillVar you should also be able to directly call it from SKILL without needing the inScheme.

    Regards,

    Andrew

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