Select an inactive object

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On 21/07/2011 at 22:23, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Perfect.. Thanks Robert. I wish I could email you a beer or something. You really ought to be paid for all the help you give.

Thanks again!

~Shawn

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On 22/07/2011 at 12:12, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hey Robert, so your method works great. I am able to select objects and use qualifiers to multi select or deselect. One more question. How would i deselect all if the user clicks an area where there is no object behind the cursor?

Thanks,

Shawn

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On 22/07/2011 at 12:37, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hey Shawn,

Try it with a RayCollision.

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On 22/07/2011 at 13:23, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I would check the C4DObjectList for (cnt == 0) or (!cnt) as I do and if this is the case on a mouse click then you call:

if (!cnt)
{
AutoAlloc<AtomArray> atomArray;
if (atomArray)
{
BaseObject* sobj = NULL;
doc->GetActiveObjects(*atomArray, FALSE);
LONG cnt = atomArray->GetCount();
for (LONG i = 0L; i != cnt; ++i)
{
static_cast<BaseObject*>(atomArray->GetIndex(i))->DelBit(BIT_ACTIVE);
}
EventAdd();
}
}

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On 22/07/2011 at 13:57, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hmmm..

Well I added what you mentioned and it still does nothing when I click off an object.. Here's my function.. This function is called directly from MouseInput()

  
//SELECT OBJECT  
//==============================================//  
  
Bool MyClass::SelectObject(BaseDraw *bd)  
{  
  //Get the active document  
  BaseDocument *doc = GetActiveDocument();  
  if(!doc) return FALSE;  
  
  //Check to see if the cursor is in the editor window  
  if(mouseX < 0.0) return FALSE;  
  
  //Add all objects under the cursor to the Object List  
  AutoAlloc<C4DObjectList> objList;  
  if (!objList)return FALSE;  
  
  if (!SelectionListCreate(doc, NULL, bd, mouseX, mouseY, NULL, objList)) return FALSE;  
  LONG objectCount    = objList->GetCount();  
  if (!objectCount)    return FALSE;  
  
  BaseObject *obj = NULL;  
  
  if (!objectCount)  
  {  
      GePrint("NO OBJECT");  
      AutoAlloc<AtomArray>  atomArray;  
        
      if (atomArray)  
      {  
          BaseObject* sobj = NULL;  
          doc->GetActiveObjects(*atomArray, FALSE);  
          LONG cnt = atomArray->GetCount();  
  
          for (int i = 0; i != cnt; ++i)  
          {  
              static_cast<BaseObject*>(atomArray->GetIndex(i))->DelBit(BIT_ACTIVE);  
          }  
  
          EventAdd();  
      }  
  }  
  
  //Loop through objects  
  for(int i = 0; i < objectCount; ++i)  
  {  
      obj = objList->GetObject(i);  
  
      BaseContainer state;  
  
      if (GetInputEvent(BFM_INPUT_KEYBOARD, state))  
      {  
          LONG key = state.GetLong(BFM_INPUT_QUALIFIER);  
                    
          if(key & QCTRL)  
          {  
              doc->SetActiveObject(obj, SELECTION_SUB);  
              EventAdd(EVENT_FORCEREDRAW);  
          }  
          else if(key & QSHIFT)  
          {  
              doc->SetActiveObject(obj, SELECTION_ADD);  
              EventAdd(EVENT_FORCEREDRAW);  
          }  
          else  
          {  
              doc->SetActiveObject(obj, SELECTION_NEW);  
              EventAdd(EVENT_FORCEREDRAW);  
          }  
      }  
  }  
}

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On 22/07/2011 at 13:59, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Interestingly... the GePrint() that I added never shows up which must mean that objectCount is never = 0.

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On 22/07/2011 at 14:02, xxxxxxxx wrote:

DOH! That was stupid..

This line was the reason...

if(!objectCount) return FALSE;

LOL

Oye.. Tired eyes.

Thanks again Robert.

~Shawn

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On 22/07/2011 at 16:10, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Get thee to bed.

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On 22/07/2011 at 16:12, xxxxxxxx wrote:

And you can get rid of the "BaseObject* sobj = NULL;" since I made the DelBit() a one-liner into atomArray instead of getting the object and then calling DelBit().

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On 22/07/2011 at 16:16, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Already done.. Thanks. I got tired of looking at the "Initialized but not referenced " warning HAHAHA

I'm about to call it a night. I've been at it for a while today. Lots of good progress though. Thanks a lot for your help.

~Shawn