Extending COFFEE with C++
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On 10/08/2009 at 09:04, xxxxxxxx wrote:
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Cinema 4D Version: R11
Platform: Windows ; Mac OSX ;
Language(s) : C.O.F.F.E.E ; C++ ;---------
From the C++ reference I guess it is possible to extend COFFEE through C++, right? Is there a working minimal example around? -
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On 11/08/2009 at 02:34, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Yes you can extend COFFEE through the C++ API, see chapter "C.O.F.F.E.E. library" of the C++ SDK docu. Afaik there is no working example avaible.
cheers,
Matthias -
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On 11/08/2009 at 08:55, xxxxxxxx wrote:
That's pretty cool. I never realized that this was possible (or I might have taken up a cause to fill in the gaps so many complain about). Something of an extended COFFEE interface that supplements the stock COFFEE interface would allow it to be pushed up to nearly MEL levels by adding some of the C++ interface not available therein and would probably spur a great influx of plugin development.
Hmmm... food for thought.
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On 20/08/2009 at 16:15, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Yeah, I've batted around the idea of creating an opensource project to generate "COFFEE beans". Ultimately I never end up with enough time to get it off the ground.
Here's some sample code though in case it helps:
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\> void GetMachineFeatures(Coffee\* Co, VALUE \*&sp;, LONG argc) { \> BaseContainer machineInfo = GetMachineFeatures(); \> GeCoffeeGeData2Value(Co, machineInfo, &sp;[argc]); \> sp += argc; \> } \> \> void GetSystemEnvironmentVariable(Coffee\* Co, VALUE \*&sp;, LONG argc) { \> String varname; \> varname = sp[argc-1].GetString(); \> \> String result; \> if(GetSystemEnvironmentVariable(varname, result)) { \> GeCoffeeGeData2Value(Co, result, &sp;[argc]); \> sp += argc; \> } else { \> RetFalse(); \> } \> } \> \> Coffee \*cof = GetCoffeeMaster(); \> if(!cof) return FALSE; \> \> cof->AddGlobalFunction("GetMachineFeatures",GetMachineFeatures) \> cof->AddGlobalFunction("GetSystemEnvironmentVariable",GetSystemEnvironmentVariable)) \> } \>