New extension: External Layout Tools

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Description

This extension allows you to add an ID to objects from an external layout and allows for easy manipulation of these objects.

How to use the extension

To make the extension work properly, you need to create an object group with all objects that are in your external layouts. If you use 5 objects in your external layouts, then you need to have an object group with these 5 objects.

Actions:

Create objects from an external layout - this action works just like the standard action with one small change, it sets up the objects, so that an ID can be added.

Add an ID to objects from an external layout - this action adds the ID to the objects that have been recently created from an external layout. It also allows you to save the ID to an object variable. This action cannot be in the same event with the "Create objects" action and cannot be a sub-event if the parent event contains that action.
If you create another external layout without setting the ID to the previous one, only the newest one can be assgined an ID.

Delete objects from an external layout - this actions simply picks all of the objects with the specified ID and deletes them.

Correct uses of actions:

Incorrect uses of actions:

Conditions:

Pick objects with specified ID - this condition allows you to pick objects that have the specified ID. It allows for easy manipulation of objects from an external layout.
This condition needs to be used in a "for each" event for it to work properly and because of that is less performant than checking an object variable with the ID.

Expressions:

This extension adds 1 condition - ExternalLayoutID. It allows to check the ID of a specific object.

Checklist

• I've followed all of the best practices.
• I confirm that this extension can be integrated to this GitHub repository, distributed and MIT licensed.
• I am aware that the extension may be updated by anyone, and do not need my explicit consent to do so.

What tier of review do you aim for your extension?

Community (Unreviewed)

Example file

ExternalLayoutToolsExample.zip

Extension file

ExternalLayoutTools.zip