CreateLayout in ObjectPlugin without res file

Helper

On 06/08/2013 at 07:08, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi. Probably silly question, but I cannot figure out how to create layout without res file:
Am I missing something? Thank you.

  
import c4d   
from c4d import gui, plugins, utils   
import os, random   
  
PLUGIN_ID = 3333333   
PLUGIN_NAME = "pluginname"   
PLUGIN_DESCRIPTION = "Opluginname"   
  
class MYPLUGIN(c4d.plugins.ObjectData) :   
    def CreateLayout(self) :   
        self.SetTitle("My Dialog")   
        self.GroupBegin(id=100010, flags=0, cols=1, rows=1)   
        self.AddGroupSpace(4, 4)   
        self.AddGroupBorderSpace(4, 4, 4, 4)   
        self.AddStaticText(id=100011, flags=0, name="Hello World!")   
        self.GroupEnd()   
        return True   
  
if __name__ == '__main__':   
    bmp = c4d.bitmaps.BaseBitmap()   
    dir, file = os.path.split(__file__)   
    fn = os.path.join(dir, "res", "Icon.tif")   
    bmp.InitWith(fn)   
    result = plugins.RegisterObjectPlugin(   
        id=PLUGIN_ID, str=PLUGIN_NAME, g=MYPLUGIN, description="", info=c4d.OBJECT_GENERATOR, icon=bmp   
    )

Helper

On 06/08/2013 at 07:24, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Tomas,

There's no CreateLayout() for data plugins. You can only use .res files description.
Do not confound descriptions and dialogs. CreateLayout() is only defined for dialogs.

Helper

On 06/08/2013 at 07:25, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I see. I thought so:)
Thanks for clearing this out for me. Appreciate that.

Helper

On 06/08/2013 at 08:53, xxxxxxxx wrote:

On the other hand, if I build buy GUI in res file, can I make some elements greyed out, depending on what settings/buttons are pressed by user?

Helper

On 06/08/2013 at 08:59, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

On the other hand, if I build buy GUI in res file, can I make some elements greyed out, depending on what settings/buttons are pressed by user?

Yes, you can override NodeData.GetDEnabling() and depending on the passed id return True to enable or False to disable the description parameter.
Here's how it's implemented in Py-DoubleCircle example:

def GetDEnabling(self, node, id, t_data, flags, itemdesc) :
        data = node.GetDataInstance()
        if data is None: return
        
        inter = data.GetLong(c4d.SPLINEOBJECT_INTERPOLATION)
        if id[0].id==c4d.SPLINEOBJECT_SUB:
            return inter==c4d.SPLINEOBJECT_INTERPOLATION_NATURAL or inter==c4d.SPLINEOBJECT_INTERPOLATION_UNIFORM
        elif id[0].id==c4d.SPLINEOBJECT_ANGLE:
            return inter==c4d.SPLINEOBJECT_INTERPOLATION_ADAPTIVE or inter==c4d.SPLINEOBJECT_INTERPOLATION_SUBDIV
        elif id[0].id==c4d.SPLINEOBJECT_MAXIMUMLENGTH:
            return inter==c4d.SPLINEOBJECT_INTERPOLATION_SUBDIV
        
        return True

Helper

On 06/08/2013 at 09:02, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Oh ok, that makes a lot of sense. Will investigate your code. Thanks for your input.