Example:

[wrl]
DEF robot Separator  {         # robot 
     DEF hand Separator {      # hand 
       Cone {}
       DEF finger Separator {  # finger 
           Cube {}
       }
     }
 }

DEF robot Separator  {         # dog
  DEF robot Separator  {       # robot 
     DEF hand Separator {      # hand 
       Cone {}
       DEF finger Separator {  # finger 
           Cube {}
       }
     }
  }
}
[Object tree]
	----------+-------------+--------- topobj
		  |		|
		robot		dog <- [dog]
		  |		|
		hand		robot
		  |		|
[robot_finger]->finger		hand
				|
				finger <- [dog_robot_finger]

[tcl]
   
   set dog [vsGetObjByName "dog"] ; 
   if {$dog != 0} {
       set dog_robot_finger [vsGetObjByName dog "robot.hand.finger"]
   }
   set robot_finger [vsGetObjByName "robot.hand.finger"]
   if {$robot_finger} {
       global vsAmbient
       vsSetObjAllMaterial $robot_finger $vsAmbient 1.0 0.0 0.0
   }

Function:

Create new object from E-VRML file.

Name:

vsAddObjFromFile obj E-VRMLfilename

Args:

obj:(in)

0 if new object is a top object.

Otherwise, new object's parent Separator object.

E-VRMLfilename:(in)

E-VRML file name. This file must be a local file.

Return:

Failure : 0

Success : Object .

Example:

  [tcl]
   global $vsSuccess 

   if {0 == vsAddObjFromFile $obj vsWwwGetFile["models/bird.wrl"]} {
       vsWarning "vsAddObjFromFile failed."
   }

Function:

Create new object from E-VRML string.

Name:

vsAddObjFromStr obj E-VRMLstring

Args:

obj:(in)

0 if new object is a top object.

Otherwise, new object's parent Separator object.

E-VRMLstring:(in)

E-VRML string.

Return:

Failure : 0

Success : Object.

Example:

  [tcl]
   if {0 == [vsAddObjFromStr $obj " \
		#VRLM V1.0 ascii\n\ 
		Cone \{ \n\
		    parts ALL\n\
		    bottomRadius 2\n\
		    height 7\n\
		\}"] } {
       vsWarning "vsAddObjFromStr failed."
   }

Function:

Manipulate object variable.

Name:

vsNewVariable obj valuename value [ro]

vsDelVariable obj valuename

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

valuename:(in)

Name of object variable.

value:(in)

If specified, the object variable is set to "value".

ro:(in)

If specified, the object variable is set to read only.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Note:

Example:

see vsSetVariable.

Function:

Manipulate object variable.

Name:

vsGetVariable obj valuename

vsSetVariable obj valuename value

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

valuename:(in)

Name of object variable.

value:(in)

If specified, the object variable is set to "value".

Return:

New or current value of object variable.

Note:

If valuemane dose exist get, novalue initialises the valuename to the empty string and returns it.

vsSetVariable : If valuename is read only, warning message dialog has appeared on the screen.

Example:

  [tcl]
   vsNewVariable $obj count 100   ; # set [count] to 100.
   vsSetVariable $obj count 200   ; # set [count] to 100.

   vsNewVariable $obj rocount 100 ro  ; # set [count] to 100, ro.
   vsSetVariable $obj rocount 200     ; # display the warning dialog in this line.

   set localcount [vsGetVariable $obj count] ; # get value of [count].
   incr localcount
   vsSetVariable $obj count $localcount      ; # set [count] to $localcount.

Function:

Get/Set Object's attribute.

Name:

vsGetObjAttribute obj attrbute value

vsSetObjAttribute obj attrbute value

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

attribute:(in)one of:

vsObjAttrNode

vsObjAttrName

vsObjAttrComment

vsObjAttrVisible

vsObjAttrGrasp

vsObjAttrSolid

vsObjAttrCollision

value:(in for set, out for get):

+----------------------------------------------+
|    attribute        |   value type  | access |
+---------------------+---------------+--------+
|vsObjAttrNode        |string         |  RO    |
|vsObjAttrName        |string         |  RW    |
|vsObjAttrComment     |string         |  RW    |
|vsObjAttrVisible     |vsTrue/vsFalse |  RW    |
|vsObjAttrGrasp       |vsTrue/vsFalse |  RO    |
|vsObjAttrSolid       |vsTrue/vsFalse |  RO    |
|vsObjAttrCollision   |vsTrue/vsFalse |  RO    |
+---------------------+---------------+--------+

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]

 global vsObjAttrNode vsObjAttrVisible vsTrue 
 set ret [ vsGetObjAttribute $coneobj $vsObjAttrNode node]
 if {$ret == $vsSuccess} {
     vsWarning "$node"    ; # <- "Cone"
 }
 set ret [vsGetObjAttribute $coneobj $vsObjAttrVisible $vsTrue]
 if {$ret != $vsSuccess} {
     vsWarning "vsGetObjAttribute failed."    
 }
 

Function:

Traverses one,none, or all of Switch Node object's children.

Name:

vsSetSwitchObjByNo obj whichchild

Args:

obj:(in)

Switch node object.

whichchild:(in)

object No(0-max). (-1 means do not traverse any children. -3 traverses all children)

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[wrl]
 #VRML V1.0 ascii
 DEF Root Separator {
  DirectionalLight {
      intensity 1 
      color 0.8 0.2 0.9
      direction -1 0 1
  }
  Separator {
    PeriodicTask {                  
        filename "switch.tcl"     
        millisecond 300
        userData  "data"            
        function  "switchFunc"      
        scriptType TCL               
    }
    Switch {
        whichChild 0
    	Cone {
		parts		ALL
		bottomRadius	2
		height		7
	}
        Transform { translation 0 1 0 }
    	Cone {
		parts		ALL
		bottomRadius	2
		height		9
	}
        Transform { translation 0 3 0 }
    	Cone {
		parts		ALL
		bottomRadius	2
		height		15
	}
    }
  }
}
[tcl]
set objNo 0 
proc switchFunc {obj eve userdata} {
    global objNo vsContinue  
    if {$switch == 0} {
        vsSetSwitchObjByNo $obj  0   ; 
	set objNo 1
    } elseif {$switch == 1} { 
        vsSetSwitchObjByNo $obj  1   ; 
	set objNo 2
    } elseif {$switch == 2} { 
        vsSetSwitchObjByNo $obj  2   ; 
	set objNo 0
    }
    return $vsContinue
}

Function:

Get switch node object's information.

Name:

vsGetSwitchObjInfo obj current

vsGetSwitchObjInfo obj current max

vsGetSwitchObjByNo obj whichchild

Args:

obj:(in)

Switch node object.

current:(out)

Current object No(0-max). (-1 means do not traverse any children. -3 traverses all children)

max:(out)

number of switch object's children.

whichchild:(in)

Object No(0-max).

Return:

vsGetSwitchObjInfo : Nothing.

vsGetSwitchObjByNo :

Success: object.

Failure: 0

Example:

[tcl]

  global vsCSLocal vsRelative

  vsGetSwitchObjInfo $swobj current max
  incr current
  if {$current >= $max} { 
      set current 0
  }

  vsSetSwitchObjByNo $swobj $current
  set obj [vsGetSwitchObjByNo $swobj $current]
  if {0 == $obj} {
      vsWarning "vsGetSwitchObjByNo"
  } else {
      vsTranslate $obj 1.0 0.0 0.0 $vsCSLocal $vsRelative
  }
  

Material Control Functions

Function:

Get part from specified object.Part is [parts] field in VRML, or a face of Indexfaceset.

Name:

vsGetObjPart obj VsLeafType

vsGetObjPart faceobj faceNo

Args:

obj:(in)

Cylinder or Cone object or parent of Cylinder or Cone object.

VsLeafType:(in)

$vsConeSide

$vsConeBottom

$vsCylinderSide

$vsCylinderBottom

$vsCylinderTop

faceobj:(in)

Object, except Cone or Cylinder object.

faceNo:(in)

Numerical value.

Return:

No such part : 0

Otherwise : Part of object.

Example:

  [tcl]
  global vsConeBottom

  set bottom [vsGetObjPart $coneobj $vsConeBottom]
  if {$bottom == 0} {  
      vsWarning "vsGetObjPart failed"
  }

  and see also vsSetObjMaterial

Function:

Get/Set any Material of object or an object's part.

Name:

vsSetPartMaterial part attribute value

vsSetObjMaterial obj attribute value

vsSetObjAllMaterial obj attribute value1 ... valueN

vsGetPartMaterial part attribute value

vsGetObjMaterial obj attribute value

vsGetObjAllMaterial obj attribute value1 ... valueN

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

part:(in)

Part. this must be return value of vsGetObjPart or vsGetEventPart.

attribute:(in)

$vsAmbient

$vsDiffuse

$vsSpecular

$vsEmissive

$vsShininess

$vsTransparency

value:(in for Set, out for Get)

r g b (0.0-1.0)

If attributes is following:

$vsAmbient

$vsDiffuse

$vsSpecular

$vsEmissive

f (0.0 - 1.0)

If attributes is following:

$vsShininess

$vsTransparency

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]

    global vsAmbient vsShininess
    global vsConeBottom
  
    set f 0.0
    set r 0.0
    set g 0.0
    set b 0.0

    vsGetObjMaterial $obj $vsAmbient   r g b 
    vsGetObjMaterial $obj $vsShininess $f

    vsSetObjMaterial $obj $vsAmbient   [expr $r/2] $g $b 
    vsSetObjMaterial $obj $vsShininess [expr $f/2]

    vsSetPartMaterial  [vsGetObjPart $coneobj $vsConeBottom] \
                       $vsAmbient 1.0 0.0 1.0

    vsGetPartMaterial [vsGetObjPart $cubeobj 1] $vsAmbient $r $g $b

Translation Control Functions

Coordinate Rotation.

Function:

Set rotation coordinates of an object.

Name:

vsRotate obj rx1 ry1 rz1 rx2 ry2 rz2 rx3 ry3 rz3 VsCoordSystem VsTransferMode

vsRotateAngle obj xangle yangle zangle VsCoordSystem VsTransferMode

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

rx1 ry1 rz1 rx2 ry2 rz2 rx3 ry3 rz3:(in)

Rotation matrix. See VRML documents.

xangle yangle zangle :(in)

Rotation angle in degrees.

VsCoordSystem:(in)

$vsCSLocal

$vsCSWorld

$vsCSParent

$vsCSRelative

VsTransferMode:(in)

$vsAbsolute

$vsRelative

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]

global vsCSLocal vsRelative vsSuccess

set ret [vsRotateAngle $obj 10.0 0.0 0.0 $vsCSLocal $vsRelative]
if {$ret != $vsSuccess} {
    vsWarning "vsRotateAngle failed"
}
    

Coordinate Translation.

Function:

Set position coordinates of an object.

Name:

vsTranslate obj tx ty tz VsCoordSystem VsTransferMode

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

tx ty tz:(in)

Translation value. See VRML documents for unit.

VsCoordSystem,VsTransferMode:(in)

see vsRotate

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]

global vsCSLocal vsRelative vsSuccess

set ret [vsTranslate $obj 10.0 0.0 0.0 $vsCSLocal $vsRelative]
if {$ret != $vsSuccess} {
    vsWarning "vsTranslate failed"
}

Coordinate Rotation and Translation.

Function:

Set rotation and position coordinates of an object.

Name:

vsRotateTranslate obj 
	rx1 ry1 rz1 rx2 ry2 rz2 rx3 ry3 rz3 tx ty tz
	VsCoordSystem VsTransferMode

vsRotateAngleTranslate obj xangle yangle zangle 
	tx ty tz VsCoordSystem VsTransferMode

Args:

See vsRotate and vsTranslate.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : unspecified

Example:

[tcl]

global vsCSLocal vsRelative vsSuccess

set ret [vsRotateAngleTranslate $obj 10.0 0.0 0.0 \
		20.0 10.0 10.0 $vsCSLocal $vsRelative]
if {$ret != $vsSuccess} {
    vsWarning "vsRotateAngleTranslate failed"
}

Query Object's Translation and Rotation.

Function:

Get object's position and rotation in world coordinates.

Name:

vsGetObjWRT obj x y z

vsGetObjWRT obj x y z rx1 ry1 rz1 rx2 ry2 rz2 rx3 ry3 rz3

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

rx1 ry1 rz1 rx2 ry2 rz2 rx3 ry3 rz3 :(out)

Rotation coordinates of an objects.

tx ty tz:(out)

Translation coordinates of object.

Return :

Nothing.

Example:

  [tcl]
  global vsCSWorld vsAbsolute 

  set x 0
  set y 0
  set z 0
  vsGetObjWRT $obj x y z
  vsTranslate $obj [expr $x+10.0]  \
	$y  $z $vsCSWorld $vsAbsolute

Function:

Get object's position and rotation in local coordinates.

Name:

vsGetObjLRT obj x y z

vsGetObjLRT obj x y z rx1 ry1 rz1 rx2 ry2 rz2 rx3 ry3 rz3

Args:

same as vsGetObjWRT.

Return :

Nothing.

Example:

  [tcl]
  global vsCSLocal vsAbsolute

  set x 0
  set y 0
  set z 0
  vsGetObjLRT $obj x y z
  vsTranslate $obj [expr $x+10.0]  \
	$y  $z $vsCSWorld $vsAbsolute

Kinemation Functions

Function:

Create Kinemation Object.

Name:

vsKinNew skinUrl obj_return

Args:

skinUrl(in):

Kinemation skin Url string.

obj_return(out):

Created kinemation object.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

  
[tcl]
global vsSuccess
set kinobj 0

set ret [vsKinNew "../kinema/boy.wrl" kinobj]
if {$ret != $vsSuccess} { 
    vsWarning "vsKinNew failed"
}

Function:

Delete kinemation object.

Name:

vsKinDelete obj

Args:

obj:(in)

Kinemation object, must be created with vsKinNew.

Return:

Nothing.

Example:

[tcl]
vsKinDelete $obj

Function:

Animate Kinemation object. See document on kinemation data to create the frame.

Name:

vsKinSetFrame obj frameNo

vsKinNextPosture obj

vsKinPrevPosture obj

Args:

obj:(in)

Created with vsKinNew.

frameNo:(in)

Kinemation frame number.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[wrl]
    SporadicTask { 
        fields [ SFLong millisecond, SFString userData, SFString function, SFString filename, SFEnum scriptType ]
        millisecond 50
        userData  "data" 
        function  "KinGirlInit"  
        filename "../scripts/kinema.tcl"     
        scriptType TCL               
    }
    any object definition.

[tcl]
set kinGirlCounter 0
###############################################################
# animate kinemation object.
###############################################################
proc KinGirlMove { obj ev userdata } {
    global kinGirlCounter
    global vsCSWorld vsAbsolute vsRelative
    set x 0.0
    set y 0.0
    set z 0.0
    
    if { $kinGirlCounter < 400 } {
        incr kinGirlCounter
        vsKinNextPosture $obj
    } else {
        set kinGirlCounter 0
        vsGetObjWRT $obj x y z
        vsTranslate $obj 0.0 0.0 0.0 $vsCSWorld $vsAbsolute
        vsRotateAngle $obj 0.0 180.0 0.0 $vsCSWorld $vsRelative
        vsTranslate $obj $x $y $z $vsCSWorld $vsAbsolute
    }
}
###############################################################
# create kinemation object, and set KinGirlMove as periodictask.
###############################################################
proc KinGirlInit { obj ev userdata } {
    global vsTclScript vsPeriodicTask vsCSWorld vsRelative
    set girl 0

    vsKinNew ../models/girl.wrl girl
    vsTranslate $girl -21.0 0.0 -35.5 $vsCSWorld $vsRelative
    vsAddTimeOutHandler $girl 300 $vsTclScript "" KinGirlMove 0 $vsPeriodicTask
}

Function:

Get current kinemation frame number and maximum kinemation frame number. See document on kinemation data to create the frame.

Name:

vsKinGetFrame obj frameNo

vsKinGetFrame obj frameNo maxframeNo

Args:

obj:(in)

Created with vsKinNew.

frameNo:(out)

Current kinemation frame number.

maxframeNo:(out)

Maximum kinemation frame number.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]
global vsSuccess

    if{$vsSuccess != [vsKinGetFrame $kinobj cur max]} {
        vsWarning "vsKinGetFrane Failure."
    } else {
	if {$cur > [expr $max/2]} {
            vsKinSetFrame $kinobj 0
        } else {
            vsKinNextPosture $kinobj
        }
    }

Structure Access Functions

event

Function:

Return the event type of an event structure.

Name:

vsGetEventType event

Args:

event:(in)

Reference of event structure, See E-VRML document for definition of event structure.

Return:

A mask denoting any combination of:

+----------------------+------------------+
|  eventType on wrl    |  on tcl          |
+----------------------+------------------+
|WORLD_IN              | $vsWorldIn       |
|WORLD_OUT             | $vsWorldOut      |
|COLLISION             | $vsCollision     |
|CREATE_WORLD          | $vsCreateWorld   |
|DELETE_WORLD          | $vsDeleteWorld   |
|CREATE_NOTIFY         | $vsCreateNotify  |
|DELETE_NOTIFY         | $vsDeleteNotify  |
|TIME_OUT              | $vsTimeOut       |
|GRAB                  | $vsGrab          |
|RELEASE               | $vsRelease       |
|DRAG                  | $vsDrag          |
|PICK                  | $vsPick          |
|FRAME                 | $vsFrame         |
+----------------------+------------------+

Example:

[tcl]

proc eventproc {obj event user_data} {
    global vsPick

    set type [vsGetEventType $event]
    if {1 == [expr $type & $vsPick]} {
	vsWarning "picked."
    }
}

Function:

Return the selected part of an event structure. For example, it return the part clicked on by a vsPick event.

Name:

vsGetEventPart event

Args:

event:(in)

Reference of event structure.

Retrun:

part.

Example:

[tcl]
proc eventHandler {obj event user} {
    global vsAmbient
    set part [vsGetEventPart $event]
    vsSetPartMaterial $part $vsAmbient 0.5 1.0 1.0
}

Function:

Return the position in world coordinates of an event structure.

Name:

vsGetEventPoint event x y z

Args:

event:(in)

Reference of event structure

x y z:(out)

coordinate of event position.

Return:

Nothing.

Example:

see vsGetTopObjByName

Function:

Return the position in screen coordinates of an event structure.

Name:

vsGetEvent2DPoint event x y

Args:

event:(in)

Reference of event structure

x y:(out)

coordinate of event position.

Return:

Nothing.

Example:

[tcl]
proc eventHandler {obj event user} {
    vsGetEvent2DPoint $event x y 
}

Function:

Return the time of an event structure.

Name:

vsGetEventTime event sec milli_sec

Args:

event:(in)

Reference of event structure

sec milli_sec:(out)

Time of event occrred.

Return:

Nothing.

Example:

[tcl]
proc eventHandler {obj event user} {
    vsGetEventTime $event sec milli_sec
}

Camera Access Functions

Function:

Get Active Camera.

Name:

vsGetActiveCamera

Args:

nothing.

Return:

Active camera object in current world.

Example:

[tcl]

set orgcamera [vsGetActiveCamera]

Function:

Get/Set Camera's attribute.

See also vs{Get/Set}ObjAttribute.

Name:

vsSetCameraAttribute obj attribute value

vsGetCameraAttribute obj attribute value

Args:

obj:(in)

Camera Object.

attribute:(in)one of:

vsCameraAttrLookAt

vsCameraAttrFocalDistance

vsCameraAttrBackground

vsCameraAttrHeight

vsCameraAttrHeightAngle

value:(in for set, out for get):

+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
|    attribute             |  value type    | camera type   |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsCameraAttrLookAt       |  x(float)      |   all         |
|                          |  y(float)      |               |
|                          |  z(float)      |               |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsCameraAttrFocalDistance|  dist(float)   |   all         |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsCameraAttrBackground   |  r(0.0-1.0)    |   all         |
|                          |  g(0.0-1.0)    |               |
|                          |  b(0.0-1.0)    |               |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsCameraAttrHeight       |  height(float) | orthographic  |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsCameraAttrHeightAngle  |  angle(float)  | perspective   |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]

global vsCameraAttrBackground  vsSuccess

set camera [vsGetActiveCamera]
if {0 == $camera} {
    vsWarning "vsGetActiveCamera failed"
}

set ret [vsSetCameraAttribute $camera \
	$vsCameraAttrBackground 1.0 0.0 0.0]
if {$ret != $vsSuccess} { 
    vsWarning "vsSetCameraAttribute failed."
}

Light Access Functions

Function:

Get/Set Light's attribute.

See also vs{Get/Set}ObjAttribute.

Name:

vsSetLightAttribute obj attribute value

vsGetLightAttribute obj attribute value

Args:

obj:(in)

Camera Object.

attribute:(in)one of:

vsLightAttrOn

vsLightAttrIntensity

vsLightAttrColor

vsLightAttrLocation

vsLightAttrDirection

vsLightAttrDropOffRate

vsLightAttrCutOffAngle

value:(in for set, out for get):

+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
|    attribute             |  value type    | light type    |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsLightAttrOn            |  vsTrue/vsFalse| all           |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsLightAttrIntensity     |  val(float)    | all           |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsLightAttrColor         |  r(0.0-1.0)    | all           |
|                          |  g(0.0-1.0)    |               |
|                          |  b(0.0-1.0)    |               |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsLightAttrLocation      |  x(float)      |  spot & point |
|                          |  y(float)      |               |
|                          |  z(float)      |               |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsLightAttrDirection     |  x(float)      |  spot &       |
|                          |  y(float)      |  directional  | 
|                          |  z(float)      |               |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsLightAttrDropOffRate   | val(float)     |  spot         |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| vsLightAttrCutOffAngle   |  val(float)    |  spot         |
+--------------------------+----------------+---------------+

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]

global  vsLightAttrOn vsTrue vsSuccess

set ret [vsSetLightAttribute $light \
	$vsLightAttrOn $vsTrue]
if {$ret != $vsSuccess} { 
    vsWarning "vsSetLightAttribute failed."
}

Task Control Functions

Event

Function:

Add event handler. Only Tcl scripts are currently supported.

Name:

vsAddEventHandler obj VsBitMask VsScriptType filenameUrl function user_data

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

VsBitMask:(in)

See vsGetEventType

VsScriptType:(in)

$vsPythonScript

$vsTclScript

$vsJavaScript

$vsVBScript (Visual Vasic)

$vsCBinary (C Binary)

fielanmeUrl:(in)

Script file name URL string.

function:(in)

Script function name.

user_data:(in)

User data string. See Sony's extensions to the VRML 1.0 standard.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]
    global vsSuccess vsPick vsTclScript 
    
    set ret [vsAddEventHandler $obj $vsPick \
	    $vsTclScript "../script/task.tcl" "bdfunc" "data"]
    if {$ret != $vsSuccess} { 
	vsWarning "vsAddEventHandler failed"
    }

see also vsGetEventType.

Function:

Remove event handler.

Name:

vsRemoveEventHandler obj VsBitMask VsScriptType filenameUrl function user_data

Args:

Same as vsAddEventHandler

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Timeout

Function:

Add timeout handler. Only Tcl scripts are currently supported.

Name:

vsAddTimeOutHandler obj time_value VsScriptType filenameUrl function user_data VsTaskType

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

time_value:(in)

Timeout value in milliseconds.

VsScriptType:(in)

$vsPythonScript

$vsTclScript

$vsJavaScript

$vsVBScript

$vsCBinary

filenameUrl:(in)

Script file name URL string.

function:(in)

Script function name.

user_data:(in)

User data string. See Sony's extensions to the VRML 1.0 standard.

VsTaskType:(in)

$vsSporadicTask

$vsPeriodicTask

Return:

Success : Timeouthandler id.

Failure : 0

Example:

See vsRemoveTimeOutHandler.

Function:

Remove timeout handler.

Name:

vsRemoveTimeOutHandler obj timeouthanlerId

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

timeouthandlerId:(in)

Return value from VsAddTimeOutHandler.

Example:

[wrl]
EventHandler {
    fields [ SFSBitMask eventType, SFString userData, SFString function, SFString filename, SFEnum scriptType ]
    eventType PICK
    userData  "data"
    function  "vs_H_Event_RBProc"
    filename  "proc.tcl"
    scriptType TCL               
}
    Cone {
        parts		ALL
        bottomRadius	2
        height		7
   }

[tcl]
set red 0
proc coneTmFunc {obj event data} {
    global red count vsContinue vsDiffuse

    if {$red == 0} {
        vsSetObjMaterial $obj $vsDiffuse 1.0 0.0 0.0
    } else {
        vsSetObjMaterial $obj $vsDiffuse 0.0 0.0 1.0
    }
    return $vsContinue 
}

set TmId 0
proc RbProc {obj event userdata} {
    global TmId vsPeriodicTask vsTclScript

    if {$TmId == 0} {  # timeouthandler is not living
        set TmId [vsAddTimeOutHandler $obj 120 \
		$vsTclScript "" coneTmFunc \
		$userdata $vsPeriodicTask]
        if {$TmId == 0} {
            vsWarning "vsAddTimeOutHandler failed"
        }
    } else {
 	vsRemoveTimeOutHandler $obj $TmId
    }
}

Video Control Functions

Function:

Display the next frame of a video sequence of an object's surface.

To play the video this must be called as part of a TimeoutHandler.

Name:

vsPlay3DVideo obj

Args:

obj:(in)

Object must specify a movie file in E-VRML file, as a Texture field.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[wrl]
 Separator {
     Texture2 {  # set movie file to object .
             filename        "../video/bballs/bballs.bmp"
     }
     Coordinate3 {
           point [
           -2 2 0, 0 2 0, 2 2 0, -2 0 0, 0 0 0, 2 0 0]
     }
     TextureCoordinate2 {
             point   [0 0, 0 1, 1 1, 1 0]
     }
     PeriodicTask {
        fields [ SFLong millisecond, SFString userData, SFString function, SFString filename, SFEnum scriptType ]
             millisecond 167
             userData "data"
             function "vs_H_Periodic3DPray"
	     filename "video.tcl"
             scriptType TCL
     }    
     IndexedFaceSet {
             coordIndex [ 0, 3, 4, 1, -1]
             textureCoordIndex [1, 0, 3, 2, -1]
     }
   }
[tcl]
proc Periodic3DPray {obj event user} {
    vsPlay3DVideo $obj 
}

Function:

Play/Pause video on object's surface.

Name:

vsPlay3DMovie obj

vsPause3DMovie obj

Args:

obj:(in)

Object must specify a movie file in E-VRML file, as a Texture2 or Movie2 field.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[wrl]
 Separator {
     Movie2 {  # set movie file to object .
             filename        "../video/bballs/bballs.bmp"
     }
     Coordinate3 {
           point [
           -2 2 0, 0 2 0, 2 2 0, -2 0 0, 0 0 0, 2 0 0]
     }
     TextureCoordinate2 {
             point   [0 0, 0 1, 1 1, 1 0]
     }
     EventHandler {
             userData "data"
             function "vs_H_Create3DPlay"
	     filename "video.tcl"
             scriptType TCL
     }    
     IndexedFaceSet {
             coordIndex [ 0, 3, 4, 1, -1]
             textureCoordIndex [1, 0, 3, 2, -1]
     }
   }
[tcl]
proc vs_H_Create3DPlay {obj event user} {
    vsPlay3DVideo $obj 
}

Function:

Set video speed on object's surface.

Name:

vsSet3DMovieSpeed obj speed

Args:

obj:(in)

Object must specify a movie file in E-VRML file, as a Texture2 or Movie2 field.

speed:(in)

minus value means revers play.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]
    vsSet3DMovieSpeed $movieobj 2.0  ;# double speed play.
    vsSet3DMovieSpeed $movieobj -2.0 ;# double speed, revers play.

Function:

Get video speed on object's surface.

Name:

vsGet3DMovieSpeed obj

Args:

obj:(in)

Object must specify a movie file in E-VRML file, as a Texture2 or Movie2 field.

Return:

Current speed.

Example:

[tcl]
    set cur [vsGet3DMovieSpeed $movieobj]
    vsSet3DMovieSpeed $movieobj [expr -1 * $cur]

Function:

Get video objec't information.

Name:

vsGet3DMovieInfo obj cur

vsGet3DMovieInfo obj cur max

Args:

obj:(in)

Object must specify a movie file in E-VRML file, as a Texture2 or Movie2 field.

cur:(out)

Current frame no.

max:(out)

Number of frame.

Return:

Nothing.

Example:

[tcl]
    global vsTrue vsFalse

    vsPause3DMovie $movieobj

    vsSet3DMovieInfo $movieobj cur max
    vsSet3DMovieFrame $movieobj [expr $cur/2]

    vsPlay3DMovie $movieobj

See also vsSet3DMovieFrame.

Function:

Set video object's frame.

Name:

vsSet3DMovieFrame obj frame

vsSet3DMovieNextFrame obj (vsPlay3DVideo)

vsSet3DMoviePrevFrame obj

Args:

obj:(in)

Object must specify a movie file in E-VRML file, as a Texture2 or Movie2 field.

frame:(in)

frame no(0 - (number of frame-1)).

Return:

Nothing.

Example:

[tcl]

proc RandFrame {movieobj} {
    vsPause3DMovie $movieobj

    vsSet3DMovieInfo $movieobj cur 
    vsSet3DMovieSetFrame $movieobj [expr $cur/2]
}

Function:

Play a 2D video on the Viewer window.

Name:

vsPlay2DVideo filename

Args:

filename:(in)

Movie filename. AVI is currently supported format.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]
vsPlay2DVideo "foo.avi"

Sound Control Functions

Function:

Set condition of ambient sound object to play.

Name:

vsPlayAmbientSoundByName name loop

vsPlayAmbientSound obj loop

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

name:(in)

Node name of ambient sound object.

loop:(in)

1 for repeated sound.

Retrun:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Function:

Stop sound.

Name:

vsStopSoundByName name

vsStopSound obj

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

name:(in)

Node name of sound object.

Retrun:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Function:

SpotSound Play

Name:

vsPlaySpotSoundByName name loop

vsPlaySpotSound obj loop

Args:

Same as vsPlayAmbientSound*

Retrun:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Function:

Set sound volume.

Name:

vsSetSoundVolumeByName name volume

vsSetSoundVolume name volume

Args:

name:(in)

Node name of sound object.

volume:(in)

0-255

Retrun:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Function:

Sound Suspend and Resume.

Name:

vsSuspendSuspendByName name

vsSuspendSound obj

vsSuspendAllSound

vsResumeSoundByName name

vsResumeSound obj

vsResumeAllSound

Args:

obj:(in)

Object.

name:(in)

Node name of sound object.

Retrun:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

WWW Browser Control Function

Function:

Open URL on WWW Browser.

Name:

vsWwwOpenUrl urlString

Args:

urlString:(in)

URL string.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess. This dose not mean necessarily that the URL was successfully open.

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl] 
global vsSuccess

set ret [vsWwwOpenUrl "http://www.sony.co.jp"]
if {$ret != $vsSuccess} {
    vsWarning "vsWwwOpenUrl failed"
}

Function:

Download URL file to local disk.

Name:

vsWwwGetFile urlString

Args:

urlString:(in)

URL string.

Return:

Local file name. If file dose not exist, empty string returns.

Example:

  
[tcl]
set localfile [vsWwwGetFile "../movie/run.avi"]
if {$localfile != ""} {
    vsPlay2DVideo $localfile  
}

Function:

Open local file on WWW Browser.

Name:

vsWwwOpenFile Filename

Args:

Filename:(in)

Filename. This file must be a local file.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

  [tcl]
vsWwwOpenVRML "foo.wrl"     

Browser Control Functions

Function:

E-VRML browser's menu exec function.

Name:

vsBackwardPage

vsForwardPage

vsMenuExec VsMenuId

Args:

VsMenuId :

$vsForward

$vsBackward

$vsFileExit

$vsFileOpenUrl

$vsFileOpenFile

$vsAddBookmark

$vsAbout

$vsReload

$vsStopLoading

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]

global vsFileOpenUrl

vsMenuExec $vsFileOpenUrl ; # popup OPEN-URL dialog of browser.

Misc Functions

Function:

Output the string in a popup dialog box. there.

Name:

vsMessageDlg string

Args:

string:

Message string.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

Example:

[tcl]

vsMessageDlg "message from vsMessage"

Function:

Convert 3D position in world coordinates to screen coordinates.

Name:

vs3DPosTo3DPos x y z xx yy

x y z:(in)

Position in world coordinates.

xx yy:(out)

Position in Screen coordinates.

Return:

Success : $vsSuccess

Failure : Unspecified

[tcl]

vsGetObjWRT $obj x y z
vs3DPosTo2DPos $x $y $z xx yy

Function:

Returns a pseudorandom integer between 0 to 32767.

Name:

vsRand

Args:

Nothing.

Return:

0 - 32767

[tcl]

  set v [vsRand]

Function:

Get current system date and time.

Name:

vsGetLocalTime [sec min hour mday mon year wday yday isdst]

Args:

sec:(out)

seconds after the minute - [0,59]

min:(out)

minutes after the hour - [0,59]

hour:(out)

hours since midnight - [0,23]

mday:(out)

day of the month - [1,31]

mon:(out)

months since January - [0,11]

year:(out)

years since 1900

wday:(out)

days since Sunday - [0,6]

isdst:(out)

daylight savings time flag

Return:

Number of seconds elapsed since midnight(00:00:00),January 1,1970, universal coordinate time,according to the system clock.

[tcl]

  vsGetLocalTime sec min hour 
  vsWarning "$hour hour $min min $sec sec."

[result]
  12 hour 10 min 10 sec.

Function:

Returns a current system time string.

Name:

vsGetCTime

Args:

Nothing.

Return:

Example:
Fri Nov 24 00:00:00 1995.

[tcl]

  set v [vsGetCTime]

Function:

Initialize the Tk interface.

Do not call this function in Tcl proc.

Name:

vstkInit

Args:

Nothing.

Return:

Nothing

[tcl]

vstkInit 
proc event {obj ev data} {
    wm deiconify . ; # Map the default toplevel window.
}