From 8e87d0f28d0ab637707b424a74896ca2971cb8a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: trav <travisserio@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 16:52:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Python SampleParseTextFields example

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 rhinopython/SampleParseTextFields.py | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+################################################################################
+# SampleParseTextFields.py
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Robert McNeel & Associates.
+# See License.md in the root of this repository for details.
+################################################################################
+import Rhino
+import scriptcontext
+
+
+def SampleParseTextFields():
+    
+    go = Rhino.Input.Custom.GetObject()
+    go.SetCommandPrompt("Select object")
+    go.Get()
+    if(go.CommandResult() != Rhino.Commands.Result.Success):
+        return go.CommandResult()
+
+    rhino_object = go.Object(0).Object()
+    rhino_object_id = str(rhino_object.Id)
+
+#Add some user text to the objects attributes with the Area() TextField
+    rhino_object.Attributes.SetUserString("Area","%<Area(\"" + rhino_object_id+ "\")>%")
+    rhino_object.Attributes.SetUserString("ObjectName","%<ObjectName(\"" + rhino_object_id + "\")>%")
+    rhino_object.Attributes.SetUserString("ObjectLayer","%<ObjectLayer(\"" + rhino_object_id + "\")>%")
+
+    attributes = rhino_object.Attributes;
+    kvps = attributes.GetUserStrings();
+
+#Grab all of the user text key values from the object that we just assigned and parse them through 
+#Rhino.RhinoApp.ParseTextField()
+    for i in range(len(kvps)):
+       value = kvps[i]
+       parsed = Rhino.RhinoApp.ParseTextField(value,rhino_object,None)
+       Rhino.RhinoApp.WriteLine(kvps[i] + " " + parsed)
+
+#Call the textfield Area() directly and use the unit system overload method to return the results in Millimeter
+#Rhino.Runtime.TextFields contains all of the textfield functions
+    area_value = Rhino.Runtime.TextFields.Area(rhino_object_id,str(Rhino.UnitSystem.Millimeters))
+    Rhino.RhinoApp.WriteLine("Area direct call: " + str(area_value))
+    
+    object_name = Rhino.Runtime.TextFields.ObjectName(rhino_object_id)
+    Rhino.RhinoApp.WriteLine("ObjectName direct call: " + str(area_value))
+    
+    object_layer = Rhino.Runtime.TextFields.ObjectLayer(rhino_object_id)
+    Rhino.RhinoApp.WriteLine("ObjectLayer direct call: " + str(area_value))
+    
+    
+    return Rhino.Commands.Result.Success
+
+# Check to see if this file is being executed as the "main" python
+# script instead of being used as a module by some other python script
+# This allows us to use the module which ever way we want.
+if( __name__ == '__main__' ):
+    SampleParseTextFields()
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