Script Functions for OptimEyes

Easily add custom functionality to OptimEyes using Script Functions

(VisualEyes Scripting Tool)

Script Functions are similar to the Standard Tools and Custom Tools, except that they have no Graphical User Interface (GUI.) Instead, they are controlled via VisualEyes Scripting using the Script Function plugin . Like Custom Tools, they have access to the entire OptimEyes API, all the Tool APIs, 3rd party APIs, and all VisualEyes Scripting variables.

Ever spend good money on an application just to find out that it only does most of what you need? Script Functions ensure that just won’t happen with OptimEyes.

Need to hook up hardware from different vendors? Talk to a database? Run a very complex state machine? No problem, just create a Script Function.

Script Functions are created in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio. They are easier to write than custom tools, as they have no GUI. We provide you with all the example code and documentation necessary to get your Script Function up and running quickly.

Script Functions enable much greater customization than other applications on the market. Rather than just controlling the existing Tools with a limited macro language, you can write your own C++ code that becomes as much a part of the application as the standard Tools.

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(Digital IO Vender SDK)

When a large manufacturing company needed a better way to control a nut sorting process, they contacted our predecessor, Western Vision Software, for a solution. Western Vision first used the individual standard tools to figure out how to do what was needed. They first combined the image processing part of the control process into a Point Click Script to determine which nuts where good and which were bad. However, they still needed to use the results of the image processing to control a Digital IO board to eject the bad nuts. So, they combined all the functionality of the individual tools, the Visual Studio SDK, and the Digital IO SDK, into a standalone easy to use Script Function. This single Script Function now performs all the needed high-speed Digital IO, sub-millisecond timing, and queuing to help sort good nuts from bad.