Special modal mode for Revit lookup

[CADBIMDeveloper]

Hi @jeremytammik @Nice3point2

I'm just thinking about bringing modal mode support back.

Motivation: I'm actively using Iron Python shell for testing and prototyping and earlier I could use RevitLookup together with IPS like:

#do something
lookup(some_object) #execution stops here
#do something else with some_object
lookup(some_object)

Of course I still can print to console or write to file, but it's much less comfortable, requires more time (remember, I'm mainly using it for prototyping)

There is no need to make changes in the UI, just have some utilities in DLL that can be used externally.

I can do it by myselft when I have time if someone else needs this :-)

What do you think?

[Nice3point]

just have some utilities in DLL that can be used externally

Hi Alexander @CADBIMDeveloper, I still don't understand what functions we are talking about, can you clarify?

[jeremytammik]

Hi Alexander, your use case makes total sense. So you mean a modal Python lookup form that opops uop and remains, and your Python code sits ands waits until it is closed again. Is the lookup method non-modal now? Does RevitLookup not have any modal forms at all anymore? Everything modeless now? Sure, go ahead, minimal, keep it simple.

[CADBIMDeveloper]

@Nice3point , I mean to have some public classes with methods that could be called by external code accepting object(s) to snoop which will run RevitLookup in modal mode.

@jeremytammik , I haven't dive into the code deeply yet, but it looks that everything is modalless now

[CADBIMDeveloper]

So you mean a modal Python lookup form that opops uop and remains, and your Python code sits ands waits until it is closed again.

@jeremytammik , that's exactly what I want to have :-)

[chuongmep]

@Nice3point @jeremytammik I think this is exactly what @CADBIMDeveloper want
architecture-building-systems/revitpythonshell#124

[CADBIMDeveloper]

No, I don't want this. The PR you mentioned is a) outdated b) fixed only the API changes for RevitLookup access for the date of that PR

[Nice3point]

Let me know if you need to add anything else

[CADBIMDeveloper]

Now it's useless, or I don't see something.

The idea was the following:

Some external code asks RevitLookup to snoop something, let's say some element. Then RevitLookup pops up it's window in dialog modal mode giving the opportunity to explore it. When the user closes the dialog, external code continue it's execution, potentially calling RevitLookup again