Hi Matthew, full VB.NET documentation can be found on MSDN.com But note that VB in Grasshopper behaves a bit different from VB inside Visual Studio (the input/output parameter problem I mentioned earlier).
It's not possible to make a RhinoScript component for Grasshopper. The two platforms cannot pass data between them. -- David Rutten [email protected] Robert McNeel & Associates On Feb 16, 1:03 pm, matthew <[email protected]> wrote: > I have had no luck with friends from the office to find any literature > on VB. I have the Rhino Script pdf, but can't seem to find anything > for VB. How hard would it be to make a RhinoScript component for > Grasshopper, so I wouldn't have to figure out how to translate > RhinoScripts into VB? Any help with this is greatly appreciated for > those of us 'in training' !!! > > On Feb 11, 12:55 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Matthew, > > > Yes, very much so. VB and C# are strongly typed languages, meaning all > > variables are of a specific type (integer, String, circle etc.) and > > they cannot be mixed up. The script that you paste into the VB > > Component only works for a specific collection of input and output > > parameters. By default, you get 2 inputs (both of type Object) and 1 > > output. However, people often need more inputs, or they need the input > > to be of a specific type. So, when you copy-paste a bit of code, you > > have to make sure that the parameters of the new components have the > > same name and type as the original one. > > > -- > > David Rutten > > [email protected] > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > On Feb 11, 1:05 am, matthew <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Okay, > > > I am far newer to this than many of you...in fact I am quite green. I > > > do not know how to write code, I only know how to load prewritten > > > scripts and run them. So my question is about copying and pasting code > > > that I know works when I load it in the Rhino field. When I copy and > > > paste this same code into the source (middle area) of the VB.net > > > scriptable component, I am getting syntax errors. As a consequence, I > > > am getting no output data. Is the VB.net scriptable component of > > > Grasshopper less forgiving about syntax than Rhino Script?
