PluginTag GetIcon and a strange NIL-error

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On 15/11/2003 at 18:13, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   8.207
Platform:   Windows ;
Language(s) :   C.O.F.F.E.E ;

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Hello.
I'm totally new to COFFEE-programming. I do have a solid knowledge of C++ and Java, so coding per se isn't a problem - but my experience with the C4D coding environment is absolutely zilch though.
Having said that, here's the beef:
I've got stuck on two very silly problems. I'm almost done coding a small plugin using the tagplugin.cof framework as a template, and everything has been going surprisingly smooth... BUT
1. Using the GetIcon() doesn't work out as expected. I copied some code from the main() in compiler.cof to load and setup the bitmap, using the suggested PLUGINTAG_ICON_SIZE constant and temporarily an icon from DiTools since I know it displays properly (to avoid any simple image format problems) - but the icon just turns out as a black square in the OM.
2. When my plugin initialises during C4D startup, the console reports "(7) NIL is not a function". This also happens when I add the tag to an object. It continues to operate properly though, so it doesn't seem to cause any damage. If I reload the plugin from the console, this error does not occur. I suspect there is some function definition or overload missing somewhere, but I can't figure it out.
So, if anyone has any suggestions how to solve these problems, I'd appreciate it. Given my brief history as a coffee programmer, I'm pretty sure it's mainly a question of stupid newbie mistakes. I have scanned the SDK intensely but only drawn blanks.
Thanks in advance!

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On 16/11/2003 at 11:19, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Don't know about 2 -- perhaps you've misspelt the name of a member function or something..?

This seems to work for icons though:

  
var map;  
  
MyPluginTag::GetIcon()  
{  
return map;  
}  
  
  
main()  
{  
map = new(BaseBitmap,24,24);  
  
var file = GeGetRootFilename(); if (!file) return;  
file->RemoveLast();  
file->AddLast("ico.tif");    // <- put your filename here  
  
map->Load(file);  
...

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On 16/11/2003 at 14:26, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks, philronan. Problem 2 went away by itself when I decided to rewrite the code again from scratch - so whatever it was, it is no more.
The icon code is exactly what I've been using... Have to give it another shot. Might be something dumb like a path error or something like that.

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On 16/11/2003 at 15:02, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Make sure "map" is defined as a global variable (else the garbage routine might throw it away), and is initialized with suitable dimensions (e.g., new(BaseBitmap,24,24) )

Also, I seem to remember once having some trouble with LZW-compressed TIFF files saved from Photoshop (..or maybe I just imagined it!). Anyway, try saving the icon as an uncompressed TIFF if nothing else works.

Good luck

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On 17/11/2003 at 02:11, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I've solved it now, Phil... It was simply a matter of calling Register() at the right place, i.e. AFTER all the bitmap handling was completed. The first version I used (from Compiler.cof) called Register() earlier, but allthough that seems to work with a menu plugin, it appears not to do so with a tag plugin.
Anyway, it works just fine now. Thanks for your help!