TagData: Dynamically creating AM?

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On 13/04/2004 at 05:42, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Hi,
I have an idea for a TagData plugin and it envolves dynamically creating controls for the AM.
I need to AM to be completely generated through code. With a dialog plugin, its easy because I have access to CreateLayout, but there doesnt seem to be a tagdata equivalent.
Is this even possible?

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On 13/04/2004 at 15:37, xxxxxxxx wrote:

See NodeData::GetDDescription(). (Note that you'll still get the same layout limitations as with a description resource file, i.e. it won't be the same as CreateLayout().)

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On 05/06/2004 at 14:40, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Bringing alive old thread, but its revelant.

For the life of me I can't dynamically add widgets into a AM field.

This is my code, almost an cut andpaste from the forum

    
    
    
    
    Bool MyTagPlugin::GetDDescription(GeListNode *node, Description *description, LONG &flags)  
    {
    
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
        LONG dtype = DA_LONG;  
        BaseContainer descbc = GetCustomDataTypeDefault(dtype);  
        String name = "my param name";  
        descbc.SetString(DESC_NAME, name);  
        descbc.SetString(DESC_SHORT_NAME, name);  
                               
        // etc for DESC_MIN, DESC_MAX, DESC_MINSLIDER, DESC_MAXSLIDER                 
        descbc.SetLong(DESC_CUSTOMGUI, CUSTOMGUI_LONGSLIDER);  
        DescID descid(DescLevel(33333, dtype, MY_PLUGIN_ID));  
        if (!description->SetParameter(descid, descbc, DescLevel(ID_TAGPROPERTIES)))  
      return false;  
     
    
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
       
     flags |= DESCFLAGS_DESC_LOADED;
    
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
     return TagData::GetDDescription(node,description,flags);  
    }

When I look at my AM, it is just completely blank.
Why?

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On 08/06/2004 at 04:38, xxxxxxxx wrote:

You have to add

    
    
    if (!description->LoadDescription(node->GetType())) return FALSE;

as the first line of the function. The reason is that otherwise the basic Tbase description isn't loaded, and without it ID_TAGPROPERTIES isn't a valid groupid.