Storage issues with plugin settings

Neekoe

Hello everyone, I have encountered a problem. When I select a folder through the button, it will update the. c4d type files in the folder to TREELIST, including the path in an EDITNEXT that I set. However, after I restart the plugin or C4D, these contents are missing. Do you have any methods or documentation to refer to? be deeply grateful

Dunhou

Hi @Neekoe ,

There are many ways to save data, like c4d.storage.HyperFile or json-like stuff, or you can use WorldContainer, I like to use json for my plugins, but for more "c4d-like", you can use WorldContainer.

Cheers~
DunHou

import c4d

YOUR_UID: int = 123456789

# Setting id, better to use a unique id, but not necessary
SETTING1: int = 1000
SETTING2: int = 1001


def main() -> None:
    # Create a new BaseContainer for storing the plugin data
    bcWorld: c4d.BaseContainer = c4d.GetWorldContainerInstance()
    bcPlug: c4d.BaseContainer = c4d.BaseContainer()
    bcPlug.SetBool(SETTING1, True)
    bcPlug.SetInt32(SETTING2, 10)
    bcWorld.SetContainer(YOUR_UID, bcPlug)

    # Get the BaseContainer from the world container
    bcPlug: c4d.BaseContainer = bcWorld.GetContainerInstance(YOUR_UID)
    print(bcPlug.GetBool(SETTING1))
    print(bcPlug[SETTING2])

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

Neekoe

Thank you for @Dunhou answer. It was ultimately completed in JSON format