Settings - Revit versions listing automation

[jmcouffin]

It requires automation in these two files

pyRevit/extensions/pyRevitCore.extension/pyRevit.tab/pyRevit.panel/Settings.smartbutton/SettingsWindow.xaml

Line 450 in 0b2260f

<CheckBox x:Name="revit2024_cb" Style="{StaticResource RevitCheckbox}" Margin="0,10,0,0" IsChecked="False" IsEnabled="False">

pyRevit/extensions/pyRevitCore.extension/pyRevit.tab/pyRevit.panel/Settings.smartbutton/script.py

Line 90 in 0b2260f

self._addinfiles_cboxes = {

[Malouche-git]

I found part of the solution !

This involves a few changes:

1. Creating a RevitVersionCB class to store the checkbox information.
2. Generating a list of checkbox objects dynamically.
3. Applying the list to the XAML file using data binding.
4. Using the list to create the _addinfiles_cboxes dictionary, which previously existed (for further processing).

Python code :

class RevitVersionCB:
    """Represents a Revit version Checkbox for binding with XAML."""
    def __init__(self, version, is_checked=False, is_enabled=True):
        self.Content = "Revit {}".format(version)  # Display name in the UI
        self.Version = version       # YEAR version (e.g., '2024')
        self.IsChecked = is_checked  # Whether the checkbox is checked
        self.IsEnabled = is_enabled  # Whether the checkbox is enabled

# Dynamically define Revit versions
self.available_revit_versions = ['2024', '2023', '2022', '2021', '2020', '2019', '2018', '2017']
self.SupportedRevitVersions_CB = [
        RevitVersionCB(rvt_ver,is_checked=False, is_enabled=True)
        for rvt_ver in self.available_revit_versions]

#create the dict for further processing
#(maybe some easier or clearer code by modifying these func _setup_addinfiles and update_addinfiles ?)
self._addinfiles_cboxes = {ver_cb.Version : ver_cb for ver_cb in self.SupportedRevitVersions_CB}

# Bind the SupportedVersions to the XAML's DataContext
self.DataContext = self

XAML code :

<Expander Header="{DynamicResource SupportedRevitVersions.Title}" IsExpanded="False" Margin="10px">
   <StackPanel Margin="10px">
        <TextBlock x:Name="revitversions_tb" TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow" Text="{DynamicResource SupportedRevitVersions.Description}"/>
        <!--Link the list 'SupportedRevitVersions_CB' from python to the xaml-->
        <ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding SupportedRevitVersions_CB}">
            <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <CheckBox Content="{Binding Content}"
                        IsChecked="{Binding IsChecked}"
                        IsEnabled="{Binding IsEnabled}"
                        Margin="0,10,0,0"
                        Style="{StaticResource RevitCheckbox}" />
                </DataTemplate>
            </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
        </ItemsControl>
    </StackPanel>
</Expander>

To go further :

1. Remove the _addinfiles_cboxes dictionary and use the SupportedRevitVersions_CB object list directly in both _setup_addinfiles and update_addinfiles functions.
2. Automate the creation of the version list by parsing the bin/pyrevit-hosts.json file.
   (This might not be necessary)

[jmcouffin]

Great,
Care to make a draft PR so that we can test it ?

Parsing the pyrevit hosts file is a possibility, but we need to automate it's updating process. Adding versions is still a manual process.