How do I call the Script editor and explorer as a cmd?

[bergj]

As the title says, Im looking to call these two and probably others from a button on a py window.

How do I do this? I can see that only some commands show up in results window and in the sdk guide.

For example, I can call the preferences window with
Application.InspectPreferences("")

but I cant find bindings for a lot of other things like the script ed/Hotkey Ed

[EricTRocks]

You need to create views of them. Not sure there are commands for that but you can create views through the object model. This will allows you to also change the size and placement of the Windows. Look at these docs for examples of how to open and create views.

Do note that you can only have one script editor open. Im not sure the key map editor is able to be opened through scripting.

[xsisupport]

Check out Layout.CreateView in the docs.

[bergj]

Thanks guys. I was able to map it to a key with

Application.Desktop.ActiveLayout.CreateView( "Script Editor", "My script editor" )
and
Application.Desktop.ActiveLayout.CreateView( "Explorer", "Explore" );




Having said that, is it possible to map scripts to mouse button combos such as Shift+RMB or alt+RMB etc ? I dont see this option in the hotkey ed.

Thanks.

[myara]

For Explorer, Script Editor, etc, I use only OpenView.

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OpenView("Explorer")

And loop ActiveLayout.Views types to see if it has been already opened.

Ex: Close All Texture Editor windows

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//JScript
var views = Application.Desktop.ActiveLayout.Views
for (var i=0, a=views.count; i< a; i++){
   if (views(i).type == "Texture Editor")   views(i).state = siClosed;
}