what are best practices for using ScriptEnable/GirderEnable?

[mhwlng]

As most people, I need 'stuff' to happen at girder startup and when F11 is pressed.

The logger shows the situation right after starting G4. It shows that both the ScriptEnable event and the GirderEnable event happen.

BUT, I found that my actions linked to the ScriptEnable event are NOT called at startup (works fine when pressing F11)

so I added 2 events to each action. At startup the GirderEnable triggers the action and at F11 press, the ScriptEnable triggers the same action.


Is this how it's supposed to work or is there a better/recommended way to do this ?

Marcel

[Mastiff]

I have found that Girder Enable and Script Enable works pretty well. There is also Girder Open, but the problem with that is that if you have both Script Enable and Girder Open all startup scripts will be run twice on startup. At least that happened a few versions ago, when I last changed that stuff.

[mhwlng]

Ron ?

any comment on my missing ScriptEnable at startup ? Is that by design ?


Marcel

[danward79]

In my experience using both causes event handles to be set twice, so you may find that you end up with events and commands being triggered several times.

[mhwlng]

that's the whole point of this thread...

this doesn't happen for me, In above example my actions are triggered ONCE at startup (as you can see in the logger picture) and ONCE when pressing F11, which is not what I would expect. (as you say)

That is why I would like Ron to say something on the subject...

Marcel

[Ron]

Hook GirderOpen and ScriptEnable to trigger when the luastate is new. Don't use GirderEnable since that gets triggered by F9.

[mhwlng]

ok,

but why doesn't my action linked to scriptenable get called at startup (only at F11) ?


Marcel

[Ron]

as I said when that event happens no files are loaded yet.

[mhwlng]

I just found that

an action linked to girderopen also doesn't get executed at startup

Marcel

[Ron]

Works for me.

In the event editor did you deselect any event modifiers?

[mhwlng]

my mistake...

it did work ok

thanks

Marcel

[Ron]

Great!