TP SetPGroupHierarchy error

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On 10/03/2011 at 11:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi everyone,

has anyone here managed to create a TP Group? I guess in theory it should be simple, but... well, this is what I tried:

  
import c4d  
  
def main() :  
  tpGroup = tp.AllocParticleGroup()  
  tpGroups = tp.GetParticleGroups(None,c4d.TP_GETPGROUP_ALL)  
  tpAllGroup = tpGroups[0]  
  tp.SetPGroupHierarchy(tpGroups[0],tpGroup,c4d.TP_INSERT_UNDERFIRST)  
  
if __name__=='__main__':  
  main()

What I get is an error in PyTPGroup.cpp:341: bad argument to internal function

Does this look familiar to anyone?

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On 11/03/2011 at 13:28, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Is this working for anyone?

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On 12/03/2011 at 09:53, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi ripclaw, I can confirm that the group handling at this point doesn't work.
Here is an alternative way to insert a new group into the group list:

import c4d
  
def main() :
    root=tp.GetRootGroup() #get the root group "All"
    tpGroup = tp.AllocParticleGroup()
    tpGroup.SetName("TestGroup")
    tpGroup.InsertUnder(root) #insert new created group into group list
    c4d.EventAdd() #send global event message
  
if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

Cheers, Sebastian

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On 12/03/2011 at 10:20, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks Sebastien!

I'll give it a try later.

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On 12/03/2011 at 11:26, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Assigning the group worked that way, but finding it again via this:

tpGroups = tp.GetParticleGroups(tproot,c4d.TP_GETPGROUP_ALL)

throws the same error...

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On 12/03/2011 at 11:30, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Unfortunately this error might occur in several situations when you handle tp groups.
You can manually browse through the childs with tproot.GetDown().

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On 12/03/2011 at 12:06, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks again Sebastien. This appears to work, for anyone else who's trying it:

  
def findPGroup(self, root, searchname) :  
      t = root.GetDown()  
      if t == None:  
          return None  
      elif t.GetName() == searchname:  
          return t  
      else:  
          self.findPGroup(t,searchname)