BaseContainer::SetLink with cloned object

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On 06/06/2004 at 08:51, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Hi,

Having a bit of trouble inserting an cloned object into a BaseContainer.
Im doing a simple CurrentStateToObject command, and want to add the returned object into the BC.

    
    
    
    
       ModelingCommandData cd;  
       cd.doc = GetActiveDocument();  
       cd.op = op;  
       if(!SendModelingCommand(MCOMMAND_CURRENTSTATETOOBJECT,cd)) return FALSE;  
        
       BaseObject *oClone = (BaseObject* )cd.result1;  
       BaseContainer *bctag = tag->GetDataInstance();
    
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
       bctag->SetLink(DUMMY, oClone);
    
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
       BaseObject *object = bctag->GetObjectLink(DUMMY,GetActiveDocument());

As you can see, I directly read the link back again, but object variable is always NULL.
What confuses me is

    
    
    
    
    bctag->SetLink(DUMMY,op)

works. Both op and oClone are of type BaseObject* so I can't see why one works and the other don't

Helper

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On 06/06/2004 at 09:33, xxxxxxxx wrote:

the returned object is not in the document that the tag is in I guess. Well, then it won´t work. At least that would be my spontaneous assumption.
You cannot buy buns when there´s no baker or mall near you either! ;o)

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On 06/06/2004 at 09:34, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Or: are you sure that the returned object is valid, so not NULL?

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On 06/06/2004 at 09:35, xxxxxxxx wrote:

yea, everything not NULL. first thing I checked.

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On 06/06/2004 at 09:57, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Ok, you was right 3D Designer.
If I insert the clone object into the document then it works.

but, I dont want to add the clone into the document.

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On 06/06/2004 at 10:04, xxxxxxxx wrote:

But what reason do you have to link it then when it´s not in the document anyway?

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On 07/06/2004 at 02:45, xxxxxxxx wrote:

The reason is purely for a quick shortcut. I want a tag to hold information about a few objects in my scene. I want the tag to hold things like polygon array, object matrix, color properties, the GetName() of multiple objects.

But I dont want to hold information of the actual object, so I made a clone so I can modify the contents without distrupting the real objects in the scene.

I thought I would add the object into a basecontainer to save me the agony of creating a custom datatype to save the information I need.
It was just for a quick hack as I don't have experience creating custom data types and wanted to see results quickly.

But I should know that nothing is as easy as you expect

So time to learn about custom data types