Animate Document

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On 28/06/2004 at 02:33, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Mikael,
I am trying something like this.
1. For each object in the document
1.a) Create Visibility Track + Sequence + Visibility Keys
After this loop is finished... I put the following statements...

    
    
    
    
    doc->AnimateDocument(ANIMATE_QUICK);  
    doc->Message(MSG_UPDATE);  
    GeEventAdd(REDRAW_ALL);

Here instead of ANIMATE_QUICK I tried all other parameters also, but its not working. Do I have to put these statements inside the track creation loop? I am not very clear about this AnimateDocument function...
Looking forward ur reply. Thanks.
Rgds, Charles.

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On 30/06/2004 at 21:31, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I cannot confirm this bug. This code seems to work fine in 7.303, executed in a menu plugin:

    
    
    var obj = doc->GetFirstObject();  
    var track = new(VisibilityTrack);  
    var seq = new(VisibilitySequence);  
    var key = new(VisibilityKey);  
    var bc = key->GetContainer();  
    bc->SetData(VISIBILITYKEY_VALUE, 0);  
    key->SetContainer(bc);  
    seq->InsertKey(key);  
    track->InsertSequence(seq);  
    obj->InsertTrack(track);  
    GeEventAdd(DOCUMENT_CHANGED);  
    doc->AnimateDocument(ANIMATE_QUICK);

Note that values other than 0.0 of visibility doesn't make any difference in the editor, only when rendered.

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On 01/07/2004 at 18:46, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Mikael shall I email you my source code to find out the pbm?

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On 04/07/2004 at 21:32, xxxxxxxx wrote:

The best would be if you could use the working code posted to see what's different in your code, and see if that explains the error. Failing that, please remove as much code as possible, while still making sure the error is reproducable, and send the project to [email protected], or post the code here.

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On 19/07/2004 at 19:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Mikael,
I tried to create a simple menu plugin with the sample code you have given. But still I cannot see the animation. At the same time, creation of visibility track and parameters are okay. Here is the code that I used, and I am using XL V7.303

    
    
    
    
      
    // Testing Plug-in ID... 
    
    
    
    
    var PLUGIN_ID = 999999;
    
    
    
    
    class mnuAnimation: MenuPlugin  
    {  
     public:  
      mnuAnimation();  
      GetID();   
      GetName();   
      GetHelp();   
      Execute(doc);  
    }
    
    
    
    
    mnuAnimation::mnuAnimation()   
    {   
     super();   
    }
    
    
    
    
    mnuAnimation::GetID()    
    {   
     return PLUGIN_ID;  
    }
    
    
    
    
    mnuAnimation::GetName()        
    {   
     return "Animate";   
    }
    
    
    
    
    mnuAnimation::GetHelp()        
    {}
    
    
    
    
    mnuAnimation::Execute(doc)  
    {   
     //Sample code from Mikael... 
    
    
    
    
     var obj = doc->GetFirstObject();  
     var track = new(VisibilityTrack);  
     var seq = new(VisibilitySequence);  
     var key = new(VisibilityKey);  
     var bc = key->GetContainer();  
     bc->SetData(VISIBILITYKEY_VALUE, 0);  
     key->SetContainer(bc);  
     seq->InsertKey(key);  
     track->InsertSequence(seq);  
     obj->InsertTrack(track);  
     GeEventAdd(DOCUMENT_CHANGED);  
     doc->AnimateDocument(ANIMATE_QUICK);
    
    
    
    
    }
    
    
    
    
    main()  
    {  
     Register(mnuAnimation);  
    }

When I call run this, nothing is happening in the time palette. In fact, the time bar should start to move right, which is not happening...
Looking forward your help...

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On 26/07/2004 at 19:06, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Mikael,
Hope you'ld have gone thro' the code I sent. Is there any news for me? Sorry to distrub you Mikael. For me the code looks fine but I couldnt get the result. So looking forward your views...

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On 31/07/2004 at 04:10, xxxxxxxx wrote:

AnimateDocument() simply animates the current frame. There's no way that I can see to start actual animation playback, like if you pressed the play buttton, especially not from C.O.F.F.E.E.

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On 03/08/2004 at 19:02, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Mikael,
Am I correct to say that I have to loop thro' all the frames one by one and call AnimateDocument() function to achieve my target?

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On 04/08/2004 at 17:45, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Yes, that would be one way to fake playback.

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On 04/08/2004 at 18:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Oh ok Mikael, Thanx. I'll try for that.
But what I feel, this is one of the basic function we should have in our SDK. Hope in C++ SDK we have this. If not, in up coming versions, SDK should come with this function.