is it possible to identify and run every single plugin command from within a macro?

PROBLEM:
I would like to be able to run all available plugin commands from an emeditor macro. The problem is, ExecuteCommandByID does not seem to know what all the ID numbers are for every single plugin action.

QUESTION:
Is ExecuteCommandByID capable of finding and running all of the commands that are defined in every plugin? If not, is there another way to tell a macro to run any arbitrary command from any arbitrary plugin?

Thanks for any help or info

dreftymac wrote:
PROBLEM:
I would like to be able to run all available plugin commands from an emeditor macro. The problem is, ExecuteCommandByID does not seem to know what all the ID numbers are for every single plugin action.

QUESTION:
Is ExecuteCommandByID capable of finding and running all of the commands that are defined in every plugin? If not, is there another way to tell a macro to run any arbitrary command from any arbitrary plugin?

Thanks for any help or info

You can use QueryStringByID Method to figure out which plug-in corresponds to which ID.

You can use QueryStringByID Method to figure out which plug-in corresponds to which ID

Yes, thank you for this, but that was not actually the question. The question is not how to run any plugin, but the question was how to run any specific *command* inside of any specific plugin.

For example:

	        /// we know we can do this for any plugin ...

	        var idd  =  5637;                /// QueryStringByID found this for us

	        editor.ExecuteCommandByID(idd);  /// activate the "outline" plugin        

	        

	        /// but can you do *this* for any plugin ...

	        /*

	        var oPlugin =   editor.GetPluginByID(idd);  /// <-- how can you do this?

	        oPlugin.doCommand('CollapseAll');           /// <-- or this?

	        oPlugin.doCommand('ExpandAll');             /// <-- or this?

	        oAnyPlugin.doCommand('AnyCommandYouWant');  /// <-- or even this?

	        */

	

dreftymac wrote:

You can use QueryStringByID Method to figure out which plug-in corresponds to which ID

Yes, thank you for this, but that was not actually the question. The question is not how to run any plugin, but the question was how to run any specific *command* inside of any specific plugin.

For example:

	        /// we know we can do this for any plugin ...

	        var idd  =  5637;                /// QueryStringByID found this for us

	        editor.ExecuteCommandByID(idd);  /// activate the "outline" plugin        

	        

	        /// but can you do *this* for any plugin ...

	        /*

	        var oPlugin =   editor.GetPluginByID(idd);  /// <-- how can you do this?

	        oPlugin.doCommand('CollapseAll');           /// <-- or this?

	        oPlugin.doCommand('ExpandAll');             /// <-- or this?

	        oAnyPlugin.doCommand('AnyCommandYouWant');  /// <-- or even this?

	        */

	

It is not possible, unfortunately.