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On 22/07/2011 at 14:09, xxxxxxxx wrote:

COFFEE Plugin Expressin Tags and AM = no go.
You must use Userdata.

I recommend using Python for this.

Cheers
Lennart

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On 22/07/2011 at 14:09, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Sorry, descriptions are not supported by COFFEE plugins.

cheers,
Matthias

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On 22/07/2011 at 15:39, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Ok, I guess I'll move to Python then. Thanks
Any idea about my second question?

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On 22/07/2011 at 17:24, xxxxxxxx wrote:

For your second question, just use a link field. Check the docs for the LINK description element.

cheers,
Matthias

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On 23/07/2011 at 06:34, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks
I found the description docs and wrote my files but now I get two errors when I create my tag, that I can't figure out how to fix. If anyone could help it would be cool...

1- Dialog Resource is corrupted (filename does not match dialog id)
...but it does:

CONTAINER Tdnode
{
NAME Tdnode;

And the files are called:
- res/description/Tdnode.res
- res/description/Tdnode.h
- res/strings_us/description/Tdnode.str

2- Error reading resource file 'C:\Program Files\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12\plugins\dagonbatch\res\description dnode.h' Line 6
And here's my Tdnode.h file:

01| #ifndef _Tdnode_H_
02| #define _Tdnode_H_
03|
04| enum
05| {
06| DGN_NODE_NAME = 1001;
07| DGN_NODE_CAMERA = 1002;
08| };
09|
10| #endif

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On 23/07/2011 at 06:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Enums are seperated by commas not by semicolons. Like this:

  
#ifndef _Tdnode_H_  
#define _Tdnode_H_  
  
enum  
{  
  DGN_NODE_NAME = 1001,  
  DGN_NODE_CAMERA = 1002  
};  
  
#endif

cheers,
Matthias

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On 23/07/2011 at 07:26, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Oops indeed.

I'm still getting the other error though.
And a new one in the res file on line 6:

01| CONTAINER Tdnode
02| {
03| NAME Tdnode;
04|
05| GROUP ID_NODEPROPERTIES
06| {
07| EDITTEXT DGN_NODE_NAME { ANIM OFF; }
08| LINK DGN_NODE_CAMERA { ANIM OFF; ACCEPT { Ocamera; } }
09| }
10|}

I don't see what's wrong here as line #6 only contains a { ...

Thanks for the fast reply.

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On 23/07/2011 at 07:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

You may want to check out Description Editor.

I can't spot the error here. Can you provide the full source ?

Cheers,
niklas

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On 23/07/2011 at 08:07, xxxxxxxx wrote:

It looks like you are mixing things up. If your plugin is in COFFEE, it MUST use a dialog, not a description (the format is different). If you're using Python or C++ you can use either dialogs or descriptions.

But you can't load a description resource into a dialog or a dialog resource into a description. What you've written is a description resource (they all start with CONTAINER) rather than a dialog (which all start with DIALOG). What are you loading the resource into?

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On 23/07/2011 at 09:14, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

What are you loading the resource into?

I'm using Python now, and it's a description I want.

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

You may want to check out Description Editor.

I can't spot the error here. Can you provide the full source ?

Cheers,
niklas

I re-created my description using this editor and I'm still getting the "Dialog Resource is corrupted" error.

I'm also getting those:

- Symbol 'Node' not found, File 'C:\Program Files\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12\plugins\dagonbatch3\res\description dnode.res', Line 3 Fixed

- ~~Error reading resource, file 'C:\Program Files\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R12\plugins\dagonbatch3\res\description dnode.res', Line 9~~ Fixed, replaced EDITTEXT by STRING

Here's the code generated by editor:

/res/description/Tdnode.res

CONTAINER Tdnode {  
    
  NAME Tdnode;  
  INCLUDE Tbase;  
    
  GROUP ID_NODEPROPERTIES {  
      COLUMNS 1;  
      DEFAULT 1;  
      STRING DGN_NODE_NAME { ANIM OFF; }  
      LINK DGN_NODE_CAMERA { ANIM OFF; ACCEPT { Ocamera; } }  
  }  
}

/res/description/Tdnode.h

#ifndef _TDNODE_H_  
#define _TDNODE_H_  
  
enum {  
  Tdnode = 10000,  
  ID_NODEPROPERTIES,  
  DGN_NODE_NAME,  
  DGN_NODE_CAMERA,  
};  
#endif

/res/strings_us/description/Tdnode.str

STRINGTABLE Tdnode {  
  Tdnode "Dagon Node Properties";  
  ID_NODEPROPERTIES "Node";  
  DGN_NODE_NAME "Node name";  
  DGN_NODE_CAMERA "Camera";  
}

/res/c4d_symbols.h

enum  
{  
  // End of symbol definition  
  _DUMMY_ELEMENT_  
};

I didn't write any code for my plugin yet, I'm just trying to make the tag work:
/DagonNodeData.pyp

import os  
import c4d  
from c4d import plugins, bitmaps  
  
PLUGIN_ID = 1234   # Testing  
  
class DagonNodeData(plugins.TagData) :  
  """Dagon Node Tag"""  
  
  
  
if __name__ == "__main__":  
  path, fn = os.path.split(__file__)  
  bmp = bitmaps.BaseBitmap()  
  bmp.InitWith(os.path.join(path, "res", "DGN_NODE_TAG.tif"))  
  plugins.RegisterTagPlugin(id=PLUGIN_ID, str="Dagon Node",  
                              g=DagonNodeData,  
                              description="Tdnode.res",  
                              icon=bmp,  
                              info=c4d.TAG_VISIBLE)

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On 23/07/2011 at 09:23, xxxxxxxx wrote:

The editor does not yet take care of that you use the right names for the elements.

CONTAINER Tdnode {  
    
    
          
      NAME Tdnode;  // instead of _NAME Node;_  
       INCLUDE Tbase;  
        
      GROUP ID_NODEPROPERTIES {  
          COLUMNS 1;  
          DEFAULT 1;  
          STRING DGN_NODE_NAME { ANIM OFF; }  // _EDITTEXT_ is not available in descriptions  
           LINK DGN_NODE_CAMERA { ANIM OFF; ACCEPT { Ocamera; } }  
      }  
    }

And when registering, you don't add an .res to the description name.

  
      plugins.RegisterTagPlugin(id=PLUGIN_ID, str="Dagon Node",  
                                  g=DagonNodeData,  
                                  description="Tdnode",  # instead of _"Tdnode.res"_  
                                   icon=bmp,  
                                  info=c4d.TAG_VISIBLE)

Cheers,  
Niklas

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On 23/07/2011 at 09:38, xxxxxxxx wrote:

That fixed the problem
Thanks a lot, fellow Nux