Creating a Clickable Floating GUI Dialog?

[bentraje]

Hi,

I have this old script that works well with DLG_TYPE_MODAL_RESIZEABLE but with this mode I am locked into the UI until I click exit. I wanted a floating dialog with what DLG_TYPE_ASYNC provides. The problem is the button does not work.

When you click the button, a string is printed in the console.

Is there a way around this?

Thank you for looking at my problem.

You can see the code below:

import c4d
from c4d import gui 
 
class Colorizer(gui.GeDialog):
    
    def CreateLayout(self):
        
        self.SetTitle('Colorizer')
        
        # Prepare a red bitmap for the button.
        w = 50
        h = 50
        bmpRed = c4d.bitmaps.BaseBitmap()
        bmpRed.Init(w, h)
        for y in xrange(w):
            for x in xrange(h):
                bmpRed.SetPixel(x, y, 255, 0, 0)
        # BitmapButton configuration
        bcBitmapButton = c4d.BaseContainer()
        bcBitmapButton[c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_BUTTON] = True

        # Add a BitmapButton to the dialog.
        # _bitmapButton is a member variable of the dialog class
        buttonId = 2000
        _bitmapButton = self.AddCustomGui(buttonId, c4d.CUSTOMGUI_BITMAPBUTTON, "", c4d.BFH_CENTER|c4d.BFV_CENTER, w, h, bcBitmapButton)
        if _bitmapButton is None:
            print "Handle this error!"
        # Assign the image to the button.
        # Note: Let it create an internal copy as the created bitmap will be free'd, when scope is left.
        _bitmapButton.SetImage(bmpRed, True)

    def Command(self, id, msg):
        if id==2000: # corresponds to the button ID used in the code snippet in the first answer in this thread
            print "My Bitmap Button"
        return True
                         
def main():
    dialog = Colorizer()
    dialog.Open(c4d.DLG_TYPE_ASYNC, defaultw=300,defaulth=100)
    #dialog.Open(c4d.DLG_TYPE_MODAL_RESIZEABLE, defaultw=300,defaulth=100) # Works but I can't click on the interface. Basically, I'm locked until I click exit. '
     
if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

[bentraje]

Stupid me. I already asked the same question a year ago here:
https://developers.maxon.net/forum/topic/11472/dialogue-box-manager-through-plug-in-vs-vanilla-script/5

Anyhow, for anyone interested on the working plug-in code. Here it is

import c4d
from c4d import bitmaps, documents, gui, plugins, threading, utils

PLUGIN_ID   = 1011323

class MyDialog(gui.GeDialog):

    def CreateLayout(self):

        #self.SetTitle('Colorizer')
        
        # Prepare a red bitmap for the button.
        w = 50
        h = 50
        bmpRed = c4d.bitmaps.BaseBitmap()
        bmpRed.Init(w, h)
        for y in xrange(w):
            for x in xrange(h):
                bmpRed.SetPixel(x, y, 255, 0, 0)
        # BitmapButton configuration
        bcBitmapButton = c4d.BaseContainer()
        bcBitmapButton[c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_BUTTON] = True

        # Add a BitmapButton to the dialog.
        # _bitmapButton is a member variable of the dialog class
        buttonId = 2000
        _bitmapButton = self.AddCustomGui(buttonId, c4d.CUSTOMGUI_BITMAPBUTTON, "", c4d.BFH_CENTER|c4d.BFV_CENTER, w, h, bcBitmapButton)
        if _bitmapButton is None:
            print "Handle this error!"
        # Assign the image to the button.
        # Note: Let it create an internal copy as the created bitmap will be free'd, when scope is left.
        _bitmapButton.SetImage(bmpRed, True)

    def Command(self, id, msg):
        if id==2000: # corresponds to the button ID used in the code snippet in the first answer in this thread
            print "My Bitmap Button"
        return True

class MyMenuPlugin(plugins.CommandData):

    dialog = None
    def Execute(self, doc):
    # create the dialog
       if self.dialog is None:
          self.dialog = MyDialog()

       return self.dialog.Open(dlgtype=c4d.DLG_TYPE_ASYNC, pluginid=PLUGIN_ID, defaultw=200, defaulth=150, xpos=-1, ypos=-1)

    def RestoreLayout(self, sec_ref):
    # manage the dialog
       if self.dialog is None:
          self.dialog = MyDialog()
       return self.dialog.Restore(pluginid=PLUGIN_ID, secret=sec_ref)

if __name__ == "__main__":

    okyn = plugins.RegisterCommandPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, "Cubey",0, None, "Cubey initialized", MyMenuPlugin())
    if (okyn):
        print "Cubey initialized"