How does GroupBeginInMenuLine() work?

Helper

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On 13/02/2010 at 10:37, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   11.530
Platform:   Windows ;
Language(s) :     C++ ;

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Hi,

can somebody tell me how to use "GroupBeginInMenuLine()" correctly? I try to recreate the default "Coordinate Manager" layout. This has three descriptive text elements in its menu line.

Here's the "Coordinate Manager" dialog:

And here's my dialog:

This is the code to generate the menu line entries:

  
GroupBeginInMenuLine();   
          GroupBegin(0,BFH_LEFT,3,0,"",0);   
          AddStaticText(0, BFH_LEFT | BFH_SCALEFIT, 0, 0, "Position", 0);   
          AddStaticText(0, BFH_LEFT | BFH_SCALEFIT, 0, 0, "Scale", 0);   
          AddStaticText(0, BFH_LEFT | BFH_SCALEFIT, 0, 0, "Rotation", 0);   
          GroupEnd();   
          GroupEnd();

How can I orient them left and spread them out to match the coloumns of the editfields?

Thanx alot in advane, best manuel

Helper

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On 15/02/2010 at 00:31, xxxxxxxx wrote:

The menu of the coordinate manager is actually no menu but just a normal dialog group. What makes it appear as menu is the WINDOWPIN dialog element.

This is the resource code of this line:

  
GROUP  
{  
COLUMNS 1;  
  SCALE_H;  
SPACE 4,0;  
  GROUP  
  {  
      ROWS 1;  
      SCALE_H;  
        
      WINDOWPIN { ALIGN_LEFT; ALIGN_TOP; };  
      STATICTEXT IDC_HEADLINE1 { SIZE 100,0; SCALE_H; }  
      STATICTEXT IDC_HEADLINE2 { SIZE 100,0; SCALE_H; }  
      STATICTEXT IDC_HEADLINE3 { SIZE 100,0; SCALE_H; }  
  }  
  SEPARATOR { SCALE_H; }  
}

cheers,
Matthias

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On 15/02/2010 at 03:24, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanx Matthias, I'll try this.

Is there a possibility to make this work if the dialog is hard coded as in my case or do I have to use descriptions? I know, using external resources is best practise, but for prototyping in house tools doing it by code is often faster.

Best Manuel

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On 15/02/2010 at 05:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

It is possible to hard code it. Have a look at the code below. Make sure to remove the menu bar in the dialog's constructor.

  
class ListViewDialog : public GeDialog  
{  
 public:  
     ListViewDialog(void);  
  
     virtual Bool CreateLayout(void);  
};  
  
ListViewDialog::ListViewDialog(void)  
{  
 C4DOS.Cd->AddGadget(Get(),DIALOG_NOMENUBAR,0,NULL,0,0,0,0,NULL,NULL); //removes the menu bar  
}  
  
Bool ListViewDialog::CreateLayout(void)  
{  
 // first call the parent instance  
 Bool res = GeDialog::CreateLayout();  
  
 GroupBegin(0,BFH_SCALE|BFH_LEFT,0,1,String(),0);  
     C4DOS.Cd->AddGadget(Get(),DIALOG_PIN,0,NULL,BFH_LEFT|BFV_TOP,0,0,0,NULL,NULL); //add the window pin  
     AddStaticText(0,BFH_SCALE,100,0,String("Position"),0);  
     AddStaticText(0,BFH_SCALE,100,0,String("Scale"),0);  
     AddStaticText(0,BFH_SCALE,100,0,String("Rotation"),0);  
 GroupEnd();  
  
 return res;  
}

cheers,
Matthias

Helper

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On 15/02/2010 at 06:04, xxxxxxxx wrote:

That's very helpful. Thank you very much for your fast answer.

Best Manuel