image in description?

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On 29/09/2010 at 13:17, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   11 / 12
Platform:   Windows ;
Language(s) :     C++ ;

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Hi there,

can somebody quickly point me towards how i can add images to my description?
I'd like to add some small icons next to my parameters.

is that possible? maybe in the res file?

cheers and thanks,
ello

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On 29/09/2010 at 14:21, xxxxxxxx wrote:

It is possible but not simple. If you don't want them to be buttons, just omit BUTTON from the .res file:

// Ogreebler.res  
CONTAINER Ogreebler  
{  
  NAME    Ogreebler;  
  INCLUDE Obase;  
  
  GROUP ID_OBJECTPROPERTIES  
  {  
      DEFAULT            1;  
      // Help and Information about Greebler  
      BITMAPBUTTON    GREEBLER_INFO                                { ANIM OFF; BUTTON; }  
      ...  
  
// GreeblerObject.cpp  
// NodeData.Message  
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*  
Bool GreeblerObj::Message(GeListNode* node, LONG type, void* data)  
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*  
{  
  if (!node)    return FALSE;  
  if        (type == MSG_DESCRIPTION_GETBITMAP)  
      return MsgGetBitmap(static_cast<DescriptionGetBitmap*>(data), static_cast<BaseObject*>(node));  
  ...  
  return SUPER::Message(node,type,data);  
}  
// GreeblerObj.MsgGetBitmap  
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*  
Bool GreeblerObj::MsgGetBitmap(DescriptionGetBitmap* dgb, BaseObject* op)  
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*  
{  
  if (!(dgb && op))        return TRUE;  
  BaseContainer*    bc =    op->GetDataInstance();  
  LONG            id =    dgb->id[0].id;  
  if (id == GREEBLER_INFO)  
  {  
      Filename    bg =    GeGetPluginPath()+Filename("res")+Filename("banner.tif");  
      if (!GeFExist(bg))    return TRUE;  
      AutoAlloc<BaseBitmap>    bm;  
      bm->Init(bg);  
      dgb->bmp =            bm.Release();  
  }  
  return TRUE;  
}  
// NodeData.GetDParameter  
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*  
Bool GreeblerObj::GetDParameter(GeListNode* node, const DescID& id, GeData& t_data, DESCFLAGS_GET& flags)  
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*  
{  
  if (!node)        return FALSE;  
  LONG    did =    id[0].id;  
  switch (did)  
  {  
      // BitmapButtons  
      case GREEBLER_INFO:  
      {  
          BitmapButtonStruct bbs(static_cast<PluginObject*>(node), id, 0L);  
          t_data =        GeData(CUSTOMDATATYPE_BITMAPBUTTON, bbs);  
          flags |=        DESCFLAGS_GET_PARAM_GET;  
          break;  
      }  
      default:  
          break;  
  }  
  return SUPER::GetDParameter(node, id, t_data, flags);  
}  
// NodeData.SetDParameter  
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*  
Bool GreeblerObj::SetDParameter(GeListNode* node, const DescID& id, const GeData& t_data, DESCFLAGS_SET& flags)  
//*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*  
{  
  if (!node)        return FALSE;  
  LONG    did =    id[0].id;  
  // Info BitmapButton  
  if (did == GREEBLER_INFO)  
  {  
      if (flags & DESCFLAGS_SET_USERINTERACTION)  
      {  
          // user clicked on button - open Dialog  
          greebler->ShowHelpDialog();  
      }  
      flags |=    DESCFLAGS_SET_PARAM_SET;  
  }  
  return SUPER::SetDParameter(node, id, t_data, flags);  
}

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On 29/09/2010 at 23:08, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Omg.. thank you for that. This is quite a lot to just display an image And i was planing to add a picture to all parameters because they are hard to describe by words.

Lets see if i can get that to work...

kind regards,
ello

edit: just wanted to say thank you.. i got it working

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On 01/10/2010 at 05:53, xxxxxxxx wrote:

just one more question: how can i use a bitmap which contains a bunch of symbols and adress them via an offset? somehow like cinema does it with its interface icons?

thanks for any input..
cheers,
ello

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On 01/10/2010 at 09:06, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Load the big image and copy the part you need to the the allocated basebitmap.

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On 01/10/2010 at 09:18, xxxxxxxx wrote:

thank you very much for the hint...