IconX - read tool types from script?

[Sim085]

Is it possible to read use tool types to pass arguments to a script run through IconX?

[AMIGASYSTEM]

You could make an example, excuse me but the translation did not make me understand what you asked for

[Sim085]

Yes sure. Imagine two files; Hello.info and Hello where Hello.info is the icon of type Project with Default Tool set to IconX and has a Tool Types entry MSG=Hello,World. From the Hello script I would like to print the value of MSG as set up in Tool Types. Is this possible? (similar to command line arguments to a program).

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

You could make an example, excuse me but the translation did not make me understand what you asked for

[AMIGASYSTEM]

IconX runs "Hello" through the "Execute" command and I don't know if this command supports this kind of message.

If you want to run the icon from a Shell instead you could use "WBRun" this command also supports the parameters included in the Tooltype

[meynaf]

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

IconX runs "Hello" through the "Execute" command and I don't know if this command supports this kind of message.

Sadly I don't think it does.

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

If you want to run the icon from a Shell instead you could use "WBRun" this command also supports the parameters included in the Tooltype

This is for running a WB program from CLI, but what the OP wants is the opposite : running a CLI program from WB.

[ppill]

Originally Posted by Sim085

Is it possible to read use tool types to pass arguments to a script run through IconX?

You can pass filenames of selected icons. Select the icons and double click on the script holding down SHIFT.

That's pretty much it. Iconx has some tool types but nothing for arguments.

You can check out CliCon for more features.

[daxb]

I think what you need is a tool (should exists if I remember right) that can read tooltypes from icon files. If the script is in ARexx you can use rexxtricks.library for example that can handle tooltypes.

Haven't tried but there could be a problem left. The icon file might be locked during execution and therefore no access to it. But try it.

[paul1981]

http://m68k.aminet.net/package/util/cli/ViewT

I found that, haven't tried it myself however. I wonder if those old IconX type programs have it in, like IconJ and XIcon, and I think there's another but you never know, they may have what you want? Worth checking out.

Edit:
I've just tried the ViewT and it does work, it lists the tooltypes but it numbers the lines too starting from 1. , it puts the number followed by a fullstop followed by a space and then the tooltype. You could use a script to modify and get clean output if required or try and alter the program itself as the C source is included. It has a DEL option, don't use that as it erases the line number of the tooltype you enter so be careful!

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by meynaf

Sadly I don't think it does.
but what the OP wants is the opposite : running a CLI program from WB.

But this can be done safely if you have an updated OS (3.5/3.9)

[meynaf]

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

But this can be done safely if you have an updated OS (3.5/3.9)

You don't need an updated OS to just run a cli program from wb, even with arguments, but this is not the point. The point is to pass icon tooltypes to the cli program (in a way it can understand).

[PeterK]

Icon.library offers the functions FindToolType() and MatchToolValue(), and with Arexx it should be possible to open any library of the system and use its functions, if I remember that correctly, but I'm not an Arexx user or expert.

   NAME
	FindToolType - find the value of a ToolType variable.

   SYNOPSIS
	value = FindToolType(toolTypeArray, typeName)
	  D0                      A0           A1

	STRPTR FindToolType(STRPTR *, STRPTR);

   FUNCTION
	This function searches a tool type array for a given entry,
	and returns a pointer to that entry.  This is useful for
	finding standard tool type variables.  The returned
	value is not a new copy of the string but is only
	a pointer to the part of the string after typeName.

   INPUTS
	toolTypeArray -- an array of strings (STRPTR *).
	typeName -- the name of the tooltype entry (STRPTR).

   RESULTS
	value -- a pointer to a string that is the value bound to typeName,
	        or NULL if typeName is not in the toolTypeArray.

   EXAMPLE
	Assume the tool type array has two strings in it:
	    "FILETYPE=text"
	    "TEMPDIR=:t"

	FindToolType( toolTypeArray, "FILETYPE" ) returns "text"
	FindToolType( toolTypeArray, "filetype" ) returns "text"
	FindToolType( toolTypeArray, "TEMPDIR" )  returns ":t"
	FindToolType( toolTypeArray, "MAXSIZE" )  returns NULL
	FindToolType( toolTypeArray, "text" )     returns NULL
	FindToolType( toolTypeArray, ":t" )       returns NULL

   NOTES
	icon.library V44 tolerates tool type strings with additional
	blanks around the '=' character, such as in "FILETYPE = text".
	Older icon.library versions did not support this.

   SEE ALSO
	icon.library/MatchToolValue



   NAME
	MatchToolValue - check a tool type variable for a particular value.

   SYNOPSIS
	result = MatchToolValue(typeString, value)
	  D0                        A0        A1

	BOOL MatchToolValue(STRPTR, STRPTR);

   FUNCTION
	MatchToolValue is useful for parsing a tool type value for
	a known value.  It knows how to parse the syntax for a tool
	type value (in particular, it knows that '|' separates
	alternate values).  Note that the parsing is case insensitive.

   INPUTS
	typeString -- a ToolType value (as returned by FindToolType)
	value -- you are interested if value appears in typeString

   RESULTS
	result -- TRUE if the value was in typeString else FALSE.

   EXAMPLE
	Assume there are two type strings:
	    type1 = "text"
	    type2 = "a|b|c"

	MatchToolValue( type1, "text" ) returns TRUE
	MatchToolValue( type1, "TEXT" ) returns TRUE
	MatchToolValue( type1, "data" ) returns FALSE
	MatchToolValue( type2, "a" )    returns TRUE
	MatchToolValue( type2, "b" )    returns TRUE
	MatchToolValue( type2, "d" )    returns FALSE
	MatchToolValue( type2, "a|b" )  returns FALSE

   NOTES
	icon.library V44 skips blank spaces surrounding the typeString
	options and the value string. Older icon.library versions did
	not support this.

   SEE ALSO
	icon.library/FindToolType
	utility.library/Stricmp

[thomas]

Originally Posted by PeterK

with Arexx it should be possible to open any library of the system and use its functions

No, it does not work this way. To use a library with ARexx the library has to have a special function which acts as an interrface between ARexx and the other library fuinctions.

That's why the openlib function of ARexx requires an offset argument. It's the offset of the special funtion.

[PeterK]

Sorry, it was more than 20 years ago when I wrote my last Arexx scripts and at that time I still had a big Arexx manual from OS 2.x, but I don't have that anymore and my memories are lossy, so maybe I'm wrong ...

Update: I can't remember anymore what I once used to get access to library functions with Arexx, but there are several solutions available on Aminet, even for reading icon tooltypes. Try some of the following examples ...

http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/rxwb
http://aminet.net/package/util/rexx/rmh
http://aminet.net/package/util/rexx/royalbridge11
http://aminet.net/package/util/rexx/Rxgen

[rare_j]

Have a look at TTtool on Aminet
http://aminet.net/package/util/batch/TTTool

This will read the default tool and the tooltypes from an icon.

[paul1981]

Originally Posted by rare_j

Have a look at TTTtool on Aminet
http://aminet.net/package/util/batch/TTTool

This will read the default tool and the tooltypes from an icon.

Nice find. The OP will be extremely pleased

[Sim085]

Indeed


Many thanks to everyone for all the help.

Originally Posted by paul1981

Nice find. The OP will be extremely pleased