BitmapButton in ObjectProperties

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On 26/01/2012 at 08:03, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   13
Platform:   Windows ;   Mac OSX ;
Language(s) :     C++ ;   PYTHON ;

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Is it possible to create a UserArea in the ID_OBJECTPROPERTIES group of an object plugin's .res file? Or through the plugin's source directly?
It works fine with plugins that open dialogs, but I couldn't find anything in the sdk on how to add those areas to property windows...

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On 27/01/2012 at 01:16, xxxxxxxx wrote:

AFAIK you can't add a GeUserArea to descriptions.

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On 27/01/2012 at 01:46, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hm, that's unfortunate. I was hoping to somehow include some bitmaps in there. I'm sure I've seen something like that in a plugin at some point... though maybe I'm just imagining it.

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On 27/01/2012 at 02:09, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Bitmaps can be added through BitmapButtons to descriptions. Please search the forum for bitmapbutton.

UserAreas can be used in your own custom GUIs though. These are a bit tricky though.

cheers,
Matthias

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On 27/01/2012 at 04:20, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Matthias,
thanks for the info. Unfortunately it's still not working properly here. I'm mainly using Python, so maybe that's to blame...

I've included the description in the res and header file (with BORDER set) and, well, the border is visible, but I have not found a way to set the bitmap. The cpp examples all listen for a MSG_DESCRIPTION_GETBITMAP message, which is never being called in my case. So, how do I set the bitmap on the button in Python?

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On 27/01/2012 at 07:09, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

I've included the description in the res and header file (with BORDER set) and, well, the border is visible, but I have not found a way to set the bitmap. The cpp examples all listen for a MSG_DESCRIPTION_GETBITMAP message, which is never being called in my case. So, how do I set the bitmap on the button in Python?

Using Python, it's not possible to set the bitmap for a custom bitmap GUI in a description with MSG_DESCRIPTION_GETBITMAP message.

Here's how to do this in a Python plugin:

First, before you register the plugin, you register the bitmap with a valid ID:

BITMAP_ID = 100000 # Choose a unique ID!
..
if __name__ == "__main__":
	..
	gui.RegisterIcon(BITMAP_ID, bitmap)
	plugins.Register*Plugin()
	..

Then, in your res description file declare your BITMAPBUTTON element like this:

BITMAPBUTTON PLUGIN_BITMAP { BORDER; ICONID1 100000; }

In the res we can only use the bitmap ID literal value (100000), not its ID name (BITMAP_ID).

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On 27/01/2012 at 08:57, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks Yannick, that worked - and not at all like I thought it would

Cheers
Michael