GePrint no longer works?

[rui_mac]

My old (pre s22) plugins used GePrint to print to the console.
Now, when I'm trying to update them, I get an error in the lines with GePrint, telling me "No matching function for call to 'GePrint'".
And nothing more. No more information!! Nothing.
So, how can we print to the console now?
I performed a search in the forum but all the posts with GePrint are older than 5 years.

[spedler]

The only problem I've had with GePrint calls when converting older plugins is that formerly you could do this:

GePrint("Print this string...");

But now you have to do this:

GePrint(String("Print this string..."));

That might be causing the issue, though the error I was getting isn't the one you mentioned. Worth a try though.

Steve

[C4DS]

If I remember correctly, most strings now need to be of type maxon::String. Can't remember in which version this was introduced (and that doesn't really matter).
Since then you could be using suffix _s
GePrint("Print this string..."_s);

There are different ways to output to the console, but I am now mainly using ApplicationOutput.

Wasn't this listed in one of the "API Changes in Rxx"?

[m_adam]

Hi @rui_mac correct GePrint being deprecated I would recommend you to stop using it and use the new maxon counter part I'm going to explain later in this post. Regarding type, this is correct there is the type String and maxon::String one is the old String and the other is the new one more optimized and future proof. As said by C4DS you can create the last one with maxon::String("xxx") or even with the "xxx"_s suffix. For more information please read C++ SDK - Conversion To String.

Regarding logging, I really advise you to use the maxon one as they are threadsafe and all support the formatString, for more information on that see Output Syntax.

The output to the console can be filtered by setting the configuration variables g_diagnostic, g_warning and g_critical to true or false
For more info see Debug and Output Functions.

• maxon::ApplicationOutput (formatString)
  • Visible in Application Console
  • Used to communicate information to the user.
• maxon::DiagnosticOutput (formatString)
  • Visible in debug builds or in a release build when the debug console with diagnostic output is activated
  • Report information about current algo progress, memory state, etc
• maxon::DiagnosticVarOutput (...)
  • Use maxon::DiagnosticOutput, to outputs the values of variables into the console.
  • DiagnosticVarOutput(x, _y, v.z); will output "x: 42, _y: 99, v.z: 0".
• maxon::WarningOutput (formatString)
  • Visible in debug builds or in a release build when the debug console with warning output is activated.
  • Unexpected but non-critical issue (e.g. bad user input)
• maxon::CriticalOutput (formatString)
  • Visible in debug builds or in a release build when the debug console with critical output is activated.
  • Only do when something critical happens (e.g. failed module init, failed memory alloc, illegal array access)
• maxon::DebugOutput (flags, formatString)
  • Only effect in debug builds and does not cost any time in release builds. Flags argument is a value of maxon::OUTPUT, this specify which logger to use (diagnostic, warning, critical).
  • Used for temporary output that must not be visible to a customer or external developer
• maxon::OutputWithFlags( flags, formatString)
  • The output is visible in debug builds or in a release build when the debug console. Flags argument is a value of maxon::OUTPUT, this specify which logger to use (diagnostic, warning, critical).

The next one are deprecated and should not be used in new code (they are rerouting to previous output).

• GePrint(const maxon::String& str)
  • Deprecated, use maxon::ApplicationOutput
• GeConsoleOut(const maxon::String& str)
  • Deprecated, use maxon::DiagnosticOutput

Cheers,
Maxime.

[rui_mac]

I tried using all the solutions that you guys presented (one at a time, of course) and, all of a sudden, I got all these errors!!!

[m_adam]

Just to be sure are you using the Legacy Build system located in "File" / "Project Settings" / "Section Shared Project Settings/Build System" / "Legacy Build System"?

[rui_mac]

@m_adam, I still get the same errors

[m_adam]

Would it be possible for you to send us your project files, if you don't want to do that publicly you can send them to [email protected].

Cheers,
Maxime.

[rui_mac]

@m_adam, thank you. I will send the files to the e-mail you provided.

[m_adam]

Hi here I was able to compile without issue on windows with MSVC 2019 16.11.18 and on mac OS 11.3 and Xcode: 12.5.1.
What I did was:

• Extract the sdk.zip from latest S26 version
• Extract your plugin to the plugin folder
• Edit plugins/project/projectdefinition.txt to include your project.
• Run the project tool
• Open the IDE and compile in Debug and Release.

So since this is not the code it's something to do with the setup. Are you able to compile on windows? Which version of mac OS are you using? Which version of Xcode are you using? Do you have a m1? Frameworks can't be copied from windows to mac (the other way is possible) so are you using the frameworks from a Cinema 4D for mac? Which version of Cinema 4D are you targeting?

Cheers,
Maxime.

[m_adam]

Hello @rui_mac,

without further questions or postings, we will consider this topic as solved by Wednesday 31/05/2023 and flag it accordingly.

Thank you for your understanding,
Maxime.