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On 08/09/2011 at 02:14, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   13 
Platform:   Windows  ;   
Language(s) :     C++  ;

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hello,

I'm using the Fontchooser (FONT ID {} ) in a res file of my plugin. And now I like to read the font name which the user choosen (to print out in an xml file). How can I do this.
I know in the last versions it doesn't works with the FontData class !

thanks
Marky

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On 12/09/2011 at 05:54, xxxxxxxx wrote:

With R13 you can now access the font container. The GeClipMap class provides font access functions (I know not the first place to look for).

Here is a small example how to initialize and read out a font description. MY_FONT is just a FONT description in the resource files. I initialize with the "Arial" font as example. If not found it will use the default system font instead.

  
Bool LookAtCamera::Init(GeListNode *node)  
{  
  BaseContainer *data=((BaseList2D* )node)->GetDataInstance();  
  if (!data) return FALSE;  
  
  GeData d(FONTCHOOSER_DATA, DEFAULTVALUE);  
  FontData* fd = (FontData* )d.GetCustomDataType(FONTCHOOSER_DATA);  
  if (!fd) return FALSE;  
  
  BaseContainer bc;  
  GeClipMap::EnumerateFonts(&bc, GE_CM_FONTSORT_FLAT);  
  
  LONG i=0;  
  
  while (TRUE)  
  {  
      LONG id = bc.GetIndexId(i++);  
      if (id==NOTOK) break;  
  
      BaseContainer *fbc = bc.GetContainerInstance(id);  
  
      if (fbc)  
      {  
          String name;  
          if (!GeClipMap::GetFontName(fbc, GE_FONT_NAME_DISPLAY, &name)) return FALSE;  
  
          if (name.Compare("Arial") == 0)  
          {  
              fd->SetFont(fbc);  
              if (!data->SetData(MY_FONT,d)->GetType()) return FALSE;  
  
              return TRUE;  
          }  
      }  
  }  
  
  BaseContainer bc2;  
  if (!GeClipMap::GetDefaultFont(GE_FONT_DEFAULT_SYSTEM, &bc2)) return FALSE;  
  
  fd->SetFont(&bc2);  
  if (!data->SetData(MY_FONT,d)->GetType()) return FALSE;  
  
  return TRUE;  
}  
  
EXECUTIONRESULT LookAtCamera::Execute(BaseTag *tag, BaseDocument *doc, BaseObject *op, BaseThread *bt, LONG priority, EXECUTIONFLAGS flags)  
{  
  GeData d;  
  if (tag->GetParameter(DescLevel(MY_FONT),d,DESCFLAGS_GET_0))  
  {  
      FontData *fd = (FontData* )d.GetCustomDataType(FONTCHOOSER_DATA);  
      if (fd)  
      {  
          BaseContainer bc = fd->GetFont();  
          String name;  
          if (GeClipMap::GetFontName(&bc, GE_FONT_NAME_DISPLAY, &name))  
              GePrint(name);  
      }  
  }  
  return EXECUTIONRESULT_OK;  
}  

EDIT: corrected the initialization code

cheers,
Matthias

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On 13/09/2011 at 02:24, xxxxxxxx wrote:

hello Matthias,
 
thanks for this example. But unfortunately I get always a DA_NIL value for the GeData
in my Init() function.
Do you know why ?
 
regards
Marky

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On 13/09/2011 at 03:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Indeed there is a problem. I will look into it.

cheers,
Matthias

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On 13/09/2011 at 04:43, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Ok, I corrected the Init() routine. As example I intialize it with the "Arial" font. If not found it will use the default system font instead.

cheers,
Matthias

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On 13/09/2011 at 05:41, xxxxxxxx wrote:

fine, that's working now.
My last question, how can I set a font in a osplinetext object?

BaseObject* text = BaseObject::Alloc(Osplinetext);
GeData data;
BaseContainer *bc = text->GetDataInstance();
data.SetString(op->GetDataInstance()->GetString(TXT_ID_PAINTSPLINETEXT_TEXT,""));
bc->SetParameter( DescLevel(PRIM_TEXT_TEXT), data);
bc->SetParameter( DescLevel(PRIM_TEXT_FONT), ?????

regards
Marky

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On 13/09/2011 at 06:41, xxxxxxxx wrote:

You set it the same as I did in the Init() routine just with the PRIM_TEXT_FONT parameter ID.

cheers,
Matthias

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On 13/09/2011 at 07:13, xxxxxxxx wrote:

super, it works. thanks a lot