AddShortcut() [SOLVED]

Helper

On 02/06/2015 at 07:34, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   R13.061
Platform:   Windows ;
Language(s) :     C++ ;

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Hi there,

the problem:

Our plugin needs access to the CTRL+"C", CTRL+"V" and CTRL+"X" keyboard shortcuts. Meaning, the plugin must be started when the modeler uses these shortcuts in the scenegraph window.

I experimented with the api and found the following issues:

1.) adding the shortcut via AddShortcut() does not work. AddShortcut() returns True, but probably the shortcut is overwritten by a previous set shortcut?
Here is the code i use:

  
  BaseContainer bc;  
      bc.SetLong(SHORTCUT_PLUGINID, PID_CMD_AMT_COPY);   
      bc.SetLong(SHORTCUT_ADDRESS, 0);   
      bc.SetLong(SHORTCUT_OPTIONMODE, 0);   
  
      bc.SetLong(0, 2);   
      bc.SetLong(1, 67);   
      Bool res= AddShortcut(bc);

2.) Finding other shortcuts which use the same keys, removing them and then adding the shortcut does not work. Here is the code:

  
  
      BaseContainer bc;  
      bc.SetLong(SHORTCUT_PLUGINID, PID_CMD_AMT_COPY);   
      bc.SetLong(SHORTCUT_ADDRESS, 0);   
      bc.SetLong(SHORTCUT_OPTIONMODE, 0);   
  
      bc.SetLong(0, 2);   
      bc.SetLong(1, 67);   
  
  
      LONG nr= FindShortcuts(bc, shortCuts, sizeof(shortCuts)/sizeof(LONG));   
  
      for (int i=0; i< nr; i++)  
      {  
          Bool ok= RemoveShortcut(shortCuts[i]);        // failes   
      }  
  
      Bool res= AddShortcut(bc); // succeeds, but does not work

FindShortcuts() in the code above finds 2 shortcuts (indizes are: 13543, 12107), trying to remove them fails. LONG im= GetShortcutCount(); gives 319, so both these indizes are out of range.

3.) The only way to assign the shortcut correctly is via LoadShortcutSet(Filename("AMTShortcuts.txt"), FALSE); but this deletes all registered shortcuts, making it impossible for the modeler to set her own shortcuts. Using LoadShortcutSet(Filename("AMTShortcuts.txt"), TRUE); does not work.

So how can I get these three shortcuts to work?

Thanks in advance.

Helper

On 03/06/2015 at 02:28, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Just fyi, found a way how to do it. Don't use FindShortcuts(), instead search all shortcuts manually, Remove() them and add your shortcut.

  
  // remove all global ctrl+c  
      LONG im= GetShortcutCount();   
      for (int i=0; i< im; i++)  
      {  
          BaseContainer bc= GetShortcut(i);   
  
          LONG commandID= bc.GetLong(SHORTCUT_PLUGINID);            // e.g: PID_CMD_AMT_COPY  
          LONG shortcutAdress= bc.GetLong(SHORTCUT_ADDRESS);        // 0  
          Bool shortcutOptionMode= bc.GetBool(SHORTCUT_OPTIONMODE); // 0  
            
          LONG shortcutQualifier= bc.GetLong(0);    // =2, probably ctrl  
          LONG shortcutKey= bc.GetLong(1);        // =67,  == ascii 'C'  
            
          if (shortcutAdress ==0 && shortcutOptionMode==0 && shortcutQualifier==2 && shortcutKey==67)  
          {  
              // found global CTRL+C  
              RemoveShortcut(i);           
              i--;  
          }  
      }  
  
      // add ctrl+c:  
      BaseContainer bc;  
      bc.SetLong(SHORTCUT_PLUGINID, PID_CMD_AMT_COPY);   
      bc.SetLong(SHORTCUT_ADDRESS, 0);   
      bc.SetLong(SHORTCUT_OPTIONMODE, 0);   
  
      bc.SetLong(0, 2);   
      bc.SetLong(1, 67);   
      Bool res= AddShortcut(bc);