Test if rendering in Picture Viewer

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On 31/12/2010 at 06:17, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   12 
Platform:   Windows  ;   Mac OSX  ; 
Language(s) :     C++  ;

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Hi

I'm updating a video post plugin to R12 and unfortunately BaseVideoPostStruct has changed.

It no longer has a member  editor_render.   Up to R11.5, this was a BOOL that was TRUE if rendering in the editor.

Our plugin exports to a file when rendering in the Picture Viewer, so we tested editor_render to avoid creating files for test renders in the editor.

Is there another way to test if the plugin is rendering in the Picture Viewer?

CheckIsRunning() doesn't look like a reliable test.  RenderNotificationData has a BOOL called external that is TRUE if the rendering is not in the editor view, but I don't know if a video post plugin can get messages.

Thanks for any advice!
David

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On 02/01/2011 at 22:23, xxxxxxxx wrote:

it's now done with flags in VideoPostStruct:
vps->renderflags & RENDERFLAGS_EXTERNAL

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On 03/01/2011 at 05:39, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

it's now done with flags in VideoPostStruct:
vps->renderflags & RENDERFLAGS_EXTERNAL

Thank you, affa, that works fine.

Make Preview sets this flag too so I'm also testing for RENDERFLAGS_CREATE_PICTUREVIEWER or RENDERFLAGS_OPEN_PICTUREVIEWER to avoid creating a file for each preview frame by default.

David