Object drop fields in COFFEE dialogs?

Helper

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On 17/09/2003 at 06:50, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   8.207
Platform:      Mac OSX ;
Language(s) :   C.O.F.F.E.E ;

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what I´d like to have in my plugin is a field where I can drag an object of my choice to create a reference to this object for my plugin to use (eg. like the Reference Object field in an Instance Object), so that, if I change the name of the object, the reference is still there. Is there an easy way to create this (meaning I simply overlooked it), or is it not possible from within coffee?

If it´s not possible, what would be the best way to get/store this information?

Also, was there a change to the way bitmaps are handled? I have a title image inside my plugin (using a UserArea), and since upgrading to 8.2 the complete image is grey - worked perfectly well under 8.1?

Thanks in advance,

MikeI

Helper

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On 19/09/2003 at 11:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Drag and drop fields are possible (see the GUI demo C.O.F.F.E.E. example). Base links aren't there in C.O.F.F.E.E. yet, but you could store the name.
I don't know if anything related to bitmaps in C.O.F.F.E.E. changed in 8.2. How do you load the image? Is the image the right size, just grey?

Helper

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On 21/09/2003 at 23:59, xxxxxxxx wrote:

ah, now i see... ok, storing the name is ok, since the objects will be uniqely named. I´ll try that.

fyi, the source code available for download in the GuiDemo section is different from the one displayed on the site - I take the one in the download is the newer one.

as for the images: I took the code for that one from this forum (can´t remember where), and yes, the image is the correct size, and grey (if I use BMP_NORMAL, or black, if I use BMP_NORMALSCALED). Under 8.1 it works, under 8.2, no luck...

code:

LogoArea::Draw(x1,y1,x2,y2)  
{  
     var w=GetWidth()-1;  
     var h=GetHeight()-1;  
       
     OffScreenOn();  
     SetClippingRegion(x1,y1,x2,y2);  
       
     var titleiconpath=GeGetRootFilename();  
     titleiconpath->RemoveLast();  
     titleiconpath->AddLast("res");  
     titleiconpath->AddLast(titleiconname);  
       
     var titleicon=new(BaseBitmap,1,1);  
     titleicon->Load(titleiconpath);  
       
          DrawBitmap(titleicon,0,0,362,74,x1,y1,x2,y2,BMP_NORMALSCALED);  
}

and add a User Area during CreateLayout() :

MainDialog::CreateLayout()  
{  
     AddUserArea(5000,BFH_CENTER|BFV_CENTER,0,0);  
     ua=new(LogoArea,5000,this);       
     return LoadDialogResource(MainDialog,resource,0);  
}

thanks for your help,

MikeI