Technical Reference - Scriptable Objects

The scriptable objects in MyAlbum:

• The App object. This is the root object that represents the MyAlbum application.
  
  
• The Album object. An album object represents an open MyAlbum album.
  
  
• The Picture object. A picture object represents a picture in an album.
  
  
• The Keyword object. A keyword object represents a keyword or a custom field in an album.
  
  
• The FullScreenView object. The view used to display the pictures in full-screen mode.
  
  
• The MyAlbumXtension object. A MyAlbumXtension object represents a loaded MAX extension.
  
  
• The rect object. A rect object represents a simple rectangle.

VBScript example:

' The app object is predefined
app.Trace "MyAlbum version: " & app.Version

' Use the app object to get a album object
Dim alb, pic
set alb = app.GetCurrentAlbum

' Use the album object to get a keyword object
dim kw
set kw = alb.GetKeyword(0)    ' Get first keyword
app.Trace "First keyword is = " & kw.sName

dim nbPic, i
nbPic = alb.nbPicture
app.Trace "Pictures in this album: " & nbPic

alb.nbSelectedPicture = 0    ' Clear the selection

for i=0 to nbPic-1
  ' Use the album object to get a picture object
  Set pic = alb.GetPicture(i)
  app.trace i & " : " & pic.sShortFileName
  ' Select all the pictures that have the keyword
  if pic.HasKeyword( kw.sName ) then 
    pic.bSelected = True
  end if
next

'Force the redraw of the album
alb.ReDraw