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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Apologies if this one seems obvious, I’m not a python
programmer </span></font><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve embedded the PythonEngine into a Visual Basic
application that I’ve been writing on and off for the past few months,
and one of the nice things that Visual Basic has over C# is of course multiple
indexed properties and all the gubbins that come with it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So, I’ve got these two properties:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <font color=green><span
style='color:green'>''' </span></font><font color=gray><span style='color:gray'><summary><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <font color=green><span
style='color:green'>''' Costumes that the Engine has access to<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <font color=green><span
style='color:green'>''' </span></font><font color=gray><span style='color:gray'></summary><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'> <font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>Public</span></font>
<font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>ReadOnly</span></font> <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>Property</span></font> Costumes() <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>As</span></font> Costume()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'>And<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <font color=green><span
style='color:green'>''' </span></font><font color=gray><span style='color:gray'><summary><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <font color=green><span
style='color:green'>''' Gets a Costume By Resource Name<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <font color=green><span
style='color:green'>''' </span></font><font color=gray><span style='color:gray'></summary><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'> <font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>Public</span></font>
<font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>ReadOnly</span></font> <font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>Property</span></font> Costumes(<font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>ByVal</span></font> name <font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'>As</span></font> <font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>String</span></font>)
<font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>As</span></font> Costume<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'>When writing Python in my Scripting window, I can access
the indexed property easily enough with the following Python. ( Engine is the
global variable which exposes the entire object model within this application )<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Engine.Resources.Costumes["f_stunt_burn"]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Now. How do I access the plain good ol’ Array of
costumes so I can run some batch testing scripts which was the whole purpose of
throwing IronPython into this application?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I want to do something like:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>for costume in Engine.Resources.Costumes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> print costume.GameName<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>for example, but of course it think’s I’m trying
to access the indexed property and gets very confused!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I looked at some earlier list postings which talked about
using [type] as a way of specifying when calling methods, but other than that I’ve
been Googling for over an hour and have found nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Am I going to have to move that property into a function
called GetCostumes() to make this work? </span></font><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Rob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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