What information can I get out of msg, in Timer?

Helper

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On 15/07/2012 at 11:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   13
Platform:   Windows ; Mac ; Mac OSX ;
Language(s) :   C.O.F.F.E.E ;

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If I define a Timer event on a dialog, when type of information can I get from the msg container that I get in Timer([BaseContainer] msg); ?

Helper

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On 17/07/2012 at 07:04, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I don't do much COFFEE, so I'm not sure if you could do something similar to this or not...

  
  LONG id, i=0;  
  while (TRUE)  
  {  
      id = bc.GetIndexId(i++);  
      if (id==NOTOK) break;  
      GeData data = bc.GetData(id);  
      switch(data.GetType())  
      {  
          case DA_NIL:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_NIL");                break;  
          case DA_VOID:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_VOID");                break;  
          case DA_LONG:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_LONG");                break;  
          case DA_REAL:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_REAL");                break;  
          case DA_TIME:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_TIME");                break;  
          case DA_VECTOR:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_VECTOR");            break;  
          case DA_MATRIX:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_MATRIX");            break;  
          case DA_LLONG:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_LLONG");                break;  
          case DA_BYTEARRAY:        GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_BYTEARRAY");            break;  
          case DA_STRING:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_STRING ("+data.GetString()+")");                    break;  
          case DA_FILENAME:        GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_FILENAME ("+data.GetFilename().GetString()+")");    break;  
          case DA_CONTAINER:        GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_CONTAINER");            break;  
          case DA_ALIASLINK:        GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_ALIASLINK");            break;  
          case DA_MARKER:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_MARKER");            break;  
          case DA_MISSINGPLUG:    GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_MISSINGPLUG");        break;  
          case DA_CUSTOMDATATYPE:    GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_CUSTOMDATATYPE");    break;  
      }  
  }

...of course that's a brute-force approach - hopefully support can give you a better answer.

Helper

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On 17/07/2012 at 07:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thank you Giblet.
That will tell me what type of information is there. But it will not tell me what the information is about
Why isn't the msg from the Timer documented?

Rui Batista

Helper

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On 18/07/2012 at 01:15, xxxxxxxx wrote:

The msg container for GeDialog::Timer() is empty.

Helper

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On 18/07/2012 at 01:21, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Weird. So, what is it good for?

Helper

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On 18/07/2012 at 03:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I assume Maxon added this parameter for possible extensions that might require this argument or information to be passed via a Container.

-Nik