Is there a way to dynamically link a c# script into the c# component?

So for the ghPython component, there is a "code" input that I can write python code in external editors and sync the code file with a "file" component into ghPython.

It has much better experience with auto-completion and debugging (need some setup).

Is it possible to do similar things for C# component?

It seems the only way is to copy/past code from VS.

Is there a way to sync a piece of code into the component or just to use external editor?

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on March 14, 2016 at 8:15am

No.

Permalink Reply by X.Arthur.Ma on March 14, 2016 at 11:50am

Is there a plan to add this kind of function?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on March 14, 2016 at 1:11pm

Sort of, currently the functionality of the scripts is sprinkled both throughout Grasshopper.dll and ScriptComponents.gha, making it very difficult to use from elsewhere.

In GH2 expressions will no longer be some custom language+parser but instead will be compiled VB or C# (and possibly Python) programs. It will be a lot easier to create, compile, and invoke code then. That doesn't help you now of course...

Permalink Reply by X.Arthur.Ma on March 14, 2016 at 2:29pm

Thanks for the reply.

But GH now have a competitor -Dynamo and is very actively developed.

I've seen people now tries to move to the other side since GH haven't been updated for a long time, and Dynamo provide better experience in some area.

I've read your post about not sure when to release GH2, but any very very rough idea? By the end of this year? next year?

Permalink Reply by phillip on March 14, 2016 at 9:01am

No?

Permalink Reply by X.Arthur.Ma on March 14, 2016 at 11:49am

What is this one about?

I just see a group...

Permalink Reply by phillip on March 14, 2016 at 12:06pm

I was referencing to the File To Script solution, but maybe I just missed your question.

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/video/visual-studio-as-script-editor?c...

Permalink Reply by X.Arthur.Ma on March 14, 2016 at 12:21pm

You didn't miss the question.

The first link you provided is not containing anything, just a "milkbox" group page.

Permalink Reply by X.Arthur.Ma on March 14, 2016 at 12:41pm

OK, I see.

I need to join the group...

Thank you for the info.

Permalink Reply by X.Arthur.Ma on March 14, 2016 at 12:50pm

This is very good actually.

Thank you again.

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on March 14, 2016 at 1:57pm

That's pretty smart.

Permalink Reply by Long Nguyen on March 14, 2016 at 11:22am

There is no dynamic syncing I am afraid. It "works" for Python because the Python code is "interpreted" on the fly. C# code requires compiling.

What you can do is write C# codes in Visual Studio (or some other editors) and compile the code as a dynamic link library (.dll) file (usually these codes should be packaged inside public classes or struct). You can then you can "link" the .dll file into the C# Script component by right clicking on the component and choose Manage Assembly. This will allows you to access all the public classes, structs, etc... that you have defined externally.

The inconvenience is that if you change the external codes, you have to manually recompile and restart Rhino/Grasshopper.