Using parameters by scripts

[Jaco]

I'm quite new in Homeseer and quite new in scripting.
I created a simple vb-script to set one of my devices to a certain value, this works fine:

 Sub Main()
    Dim DevRef
    Dim DevValue
    DevRef = hs.GetDeviceRefByName("VirtualDevice")
    DevValue = 10
    if hs.ison(DevRef) then
        hs.Speak "The device is set to " & DevValue
        hs.CAPIControlHandler(hs.CAPIGetSingleControl(hs.GetDeviceRefByName("DMXRood"),false,"100",false,true))
    end if
 End Sub

I want to use the 'Parameters' field to specify the value but I can't get this working.




Can anyone help me?

Thanx in advance.

[tenholde]

Following is code that uses the parameters from the event:

Public Sub Main(ByVal Parms As Object)
        ''
        '' Simple Sample Using Multiple Parms
        ''
        '''' Specify two parms, separated by a vertical bar character ("|")
        ''''
        ''''   The 1st parm is the text spoken
        ''''   The 2nd parm is the text written to the HS log
        ''
        Dim ParmArray() As String

        ParmArray = Parms.ToString.Split("|")                       ' split parameter string into parm array
        hs.Speak(ParmArray(0))                                      ' speak 1st parm
        hs.WriteLog("SpeakAndLogMultipleParms", ParmArray(1))       ' log 2nd parm
    End Sub

In the event definition, set the Sub/Function name to: Main

In the parameters field, separate the two parameters with a vertical bar

tenholde

[Jaco]

Thank you very much tenholde, it's working fine now...

It didn't work directly, but I think the file format was the problem. The file had a .vbs extention... after saving it as .vb everything worked fine.

In the documentation of HS3 I can read that both .vb and .vbs are supported, but what is exactly the difference between both formats?

[tenholde]

.vb are .net scripts,

.vbs are vb scripting files.



Stick with .net.




tenholde

[Jaco]

That's clear, thank you for helping me!

[chiko]

And thank you from me

Thanks so much.
The Parms object really should be in the online documents for Scripting but I could not find it.