running plugin from different folder

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On 04/12/2012 at 12:17, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   14
Platform:   Windows ;
Language(s) :     C++ ;

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is it possible to run the plugin from different folder
example:
normal plugin is located at Maxon\cinema4d\plugins\myplugin

can i make it run from path (for example) "c:\myplugin"

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On 04/12/2012 at 13:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

No, it isn't, unless you don't load the plugin yourself from a plugin which again lies in Cinema 4D's plugin directory.

-Nik

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On 04/12/2012 at 14:04, xxxxxxxx wrote:

well i want to do this ...but how
(i know i need to load the plugin custom folder path from another plugin inside cinema4d plugins folder)
i just need basic steps no need for actual code

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On 04/12/2012 at 14:33, xxxxxxxx wrote:

You should be able to do this using an Environment Variable set up.
Did this long ago for a while but its very "global" (All Cinema versions see
this link)

Some efforts here:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=47&t;=948633&highlight;=Environment

Cheers
Lennart

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On 04/12/2012 at 20:01, xxxxxxxx wrote:

well from what i've seen (what i understand) is that you have changed environment variables to force cinema4d to look at the folder u want ...but that's not exactly what i want (as i want my plugin to be shipped and don't know if it will be possible to change other ppl environment variables in windows)

what I (imagined) to be possible is to:
1-make the main plugin file .cdl/.cdl64 inside cinema4d plugins folder
2-make a part in that main plugin file to refer to a custom path of another precompiled plugin file (another .cdl/.cdl64) -_- like loading plugin from another plugin (if this is possible)

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On 04/12/2012 at 23:28, xxxxxxxx wrote:

1. Load the library (using the OS API)
2. Redirect PluginStart(), PluginMessage() and PluginEnd() to it.

Best,
Niklas

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On 05/12/2012 at 06:31, xxxxxxxx wrote:

thanks alot niklas
I think it should do the trick (though i didn't test it yet) but looking promising