Hi @blastframe , thanks for reaching out us. With regard to your request, I think the most effective approach is to isolate the object by using c4d.documents.IsolateObjects() and then save the file using c4d.documents.SaveDocument(). With regard instead to the other discussion you've referred to, note that BaseLink has nothing to do on saving objects outside Cinema 4D, but rather on handling a reference to a C4DAtom eventually in the context of a specific BaseDocument. Best, Riccardo

@esan said in OperatorSetData for "Lists"?: Another quick question. is there still a bug on c4d.GV_OBJECT_OPERATOR_OBJECT_OUT? Yes it's still there and being R20 maintenance ended it's likely to remain. Best, R

Hi @bentraje, thanks for reaching out us. With regard to your request, I confirm there's no "reverse" method allowing you to get all the BaseList2D items being referred by a layer. Cheers, R

@jcooper said in How to set completely custom render output filename?: How do I control how much zero-padding is used for the $frame token? We typically use 4-digit, zero-padded frame tokens, but what if a situation called for, say, 6 digits? Hi John, with regard to the $frametoken the zero-padding is hardcoded but as stated by @zipit you can workaround it by registering your token (see here) . How do I get at the RenderData for a specific renderer such as Redshift? For instance, it has its own "filename" attribute, but I don't know how to access/modify it from the python API. You need to retrieve the RedShift BaseVideoPost and retrieve the corresponding data from its BaseContainer. Check the code below # Get the active RenderData renderData = doc.GetActiveRenderData() if renderData is None: raise RuntimeError("Failed to retrieve the render data.") # Get the active render settings renderSettings = renderData.GetData() if renderSettings is None: raise RuntimeError("Failed to retrieve the render settings.") # Get the first video post videopost = renderData.GetFirstVideoPost() if videopost is None: raise RuntimeError("Failed to retrieve the videopost associated with the render data.") # Search for the RedShift videopost while videopost is not None and videopost.GetType() != 1036219: print "RedShift is not set as renderer in the active RenderData, check next" videopost = videopost.GetNext() rsAOV = None # Retrieve the AOV -> Filname param value if videopost is not None and videopost.GetType() == 1036219: rsAOV = videopost[c4d.REDSHIFT_RENDERER_AOV_PATH] # Reads the path stored in the render setting path = renderSettings[c4d.RDATA_PATH] # Add token to the path path = path + rsAOV # Tokenizes the path from the render engine rpd = {'_doc': doc, '_rData': renderData, '_rBc': renderSettings, '_frame': 1} exclude = [] finalFilename = c4d.modules.tokensystem.FilenameConvertTokensFilter(path, rpd, exclude)+".png" print finalFilename

Hi @blastframe this is also the behavior of AutoKey in the Editor, so I would say is not an API issue. But you can use BaseDocument.Record to simulate the click of AddKeyFrame (but of course correct parameter have to be checked). Cheers, Maxime.

@m_adam Thanks for the response. For some reason, the return value is not accepted by the SetFont. It does not error out. It just uses the default font. In addition, how were you able to determine that the [508] is for the font name? I can't seem to see such reference in the documentation. You can check the working code here: import c4d from c4d import gui # Welcome to the world of Python def GetSegoeUiBoldFont(): bcFonts = c4d.bitmaps.GeClipMap.EnumerateFonts(c4d.GE_CM_FONTSORT_HIERARCHICAL) for familyId, familyBc in bcFonts: for fontDescriptionId, fontDescription in familyBc: if fontDescription[508] == "SegoeUI-Bold": return fontDescription print fontDescription def main(): w = 50 h = 50 image_with_text = c4d.bitmaps.GeClipMap() image_with_text.Init(w=w,h=h,bits=32) image_with_text.BeginDraw() image_with_text.SetColor(125,255,255) image_with_text.FillRect(x1=0,y1=0,x2=50,y2=50) image_with_text.SetColor(0,0,0) font_bc = GetSegoeUiBoldFont() print font_bc font_size = 15 image_with_text.SetFont(font_bc,font_size) image_with_text.TextAt(x=10,y=15,txt='head') image_with_text.EndDraw() bmp = image_with_text.GetBitmap() c4d.bitmaps.ShowBitmap(bmp) # Execute main() if __name__=='__main__': main()

Thanks @m_adam. First time using the c4d.DrawViews(). It works as expected. Thanks for the introduction.

Hi @bentraje there is no builtin way for doing it, you will have to tests each Gadget to determine which one match with the function posted in Right Click Contextual Menu on a Button?. Final note you can retrieve the current mouse position in the message function with if msg.GetId() == c4d.BFM_GETCURSORINFO: x = msg.GetInt32(c4d.BFM_DRAG_SCREENX) y = msg.GetInt32(c4d.BFM_DRAG_SCREENY) Cheers, Maxime.

Thanks! Works like a charm! -b

Hi Riccardo, Thanks for your reply. I cant get c4d.GeGetVersionType() to work the way I expect it. I was thinking of output-ing it to a text object for testing purposes. That should than show me a different number when rendering depending on whether it's in the application or through the commandline. Both return 2. Furthermore most of the constants I would be checking against don't resolve in R20 but do in R21. Is this command changed significantly in R21? We're still using R20.

@blastframe @m_magalhaes Thanks for the response and the confirmation that Undo is not included in the GeDialog(GUI). That said the supplied code works on my use case. Thanks again!

Hi Maxime, thanks a lot! Both are valid solutions for me. Very helpful. Cheers

@r_gigante Thank you for the response and especially for the alternative code (first time to see a line with msg[c4d.BFM_ACTION_VALUE]. Both code works as expected.

As @Ashton_FCS_PluginDev demonstrates, you can call multiple RegisterXX in your pyp file. So yes you have to register a CommandData for each in the first situation. You don't have to react about it on the Message function since the whole script/Cinema 4D will be blocked until you clicked/selected answers and the clicked ID will be the return value of ShowPopupDialog but as explained and demonstrated in the ShowPopupDialog documentation. Cheers, Maxime.

@m_adam Ah. Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification and link.

Thanks Sebastian.

When you presented the order of execution of __init__(), CreateLayout and InitValues. That makes total sense especially the 2.2.1 when it resets to an empty list. Thanks for the clarification!

Correct, You can then process this as a standard Cinema 4D drag operation and react to BFM_DRAGRECEIVE in your GeUserArea Message method. You can retrieve it from BFM_INPUT_X and BFM_INPUT_Y def InputEvent(self, msg): mouseX = msg[c4d.BFM_INPUT_X] mouseY = msg[c4d.BFM_INPUT_Y] As you will do in a normal drag process so in your Message method override. InputEvent is only called with BFM_INPUT, so if you want to do something before handling the drag, then do it previously and avoid HandleMouseDrag. Hope it helps, Cheers, Maxime.

Gotcha. Thanks for the code and confirmation. For my code, it's not really a simple printing the ID. Each ID corresponds with a separate function/script. I guess I'll just store them in a separate list. Separate ID list and separate function script list. Then execute them by matching index.

Thank you @r_gigante for the reply! Sorry if the intent is unclear: this self-contained script was something I came up with last night to demonstrate an issue I'm having in my plugin which is too many scripts to post to the forums. Since the user can't select an object after the script is running, I added that catch to make sure an object was selected to show what was going wrong. My Goal I am trying to save a link to a scene object and its matrix to a hyperfile so the user can load the hyperfile in another session and restore the link to the object so that I can apply the saved matrix. I don't need the object itself. Update I updated the original script's GetLink() method to pass a reference to the active document, but that did not solve the issue.