Linkbox Setlink with data? [SOLVED]

On 10/04/2017 at 14:33, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi guys, 
I am trying to Load the data from the text file, read it and load it in to the link box. but it don't link what I tell it to find in the object manger, which is Cube.1 inside the .txt file. Plz tell what I am doing wrong in my code.

This is what inside the .txt file.

Cube.1

The Code:

Load = {"id": 1009, "name": "Open Settings"}
SaveSettingsPath_in_field = 1011
UI_TEMP_S1 = 1010
  
class LinkBoxDialog(gui.GeDialog) :
    def CreateLayout(self) :
        self.MenuFlushAll()
        self.MenuSubBegin("Settings")        
        self.MenuAddString(Load["id"], Load["name"])
        self.MenuSubEnd()    
        self.MenuFinished()
  
        self.GroupBegin(34, c4d.BFH_MASK, rows=1)
        self.AddStaticText(203, c4d.BFH_CENTER, 0, 0, "Settings")
        self.Enable(203, False)
        self.AddEditText(SaveSettingsPath_in_field, c4d.BFH_MASK, 250, 10)
        self.GroupEnd()
  
        self.GroupBegin(34, c4d.BFH_MASK, rows=1)
        self.AddStaticText(0, c4d.BFH_CENTER, 0, 0, "TEMP 1.")
        self.rootLinkBaseContainer = c4d.BaseContainer()
        self.LinkBox1 = self.AddCustomGui(UI_TEMP_S1, c4d.CUSTOMGUI_LINKBOX, "", c4d.BFH_CENTER, 250, 10, self.rootLinkBaseContainer)
        self.GroupEnd()
  
  
        return True
  
  
    def LoadSettings(self) :
        doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
  
        Load_Path = st.LoadDialog(type=c4d.FILESELECTTYPE_ANYTHING, title="Open Your Settings Folder Directory.", flags=c4d.FILESELECT_DIRECTORY, force_suffix=".txt")
  
        self.SetString(SaveSettingsPath_in_field, Load_Path)
  
        Get_Path = self.GetString(SaveSettingsPath_in_field)
  
        doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
  
        linkBox = self.FindCustomGui(UI_TEMP_S1, c4d.CUSTOMGUI_LINKBOX)
  
        data1 = open(os.path.join(Get_Path, 'Temp_Data_1.txt'), "r")
  
        read_txt = data1.readline()
  
        get_obj = doc.SearchObject(read_txt)
  
        linkBox.SetLink(get_obj)
  
        c4d.EventAdd()
        
        return True
  
    def Command(self, id, msg=None) :
  
        if (id == 1009) :
            self.LoadSettings()
        return True

plz help or tips would be really helpful to me.
Cheers,
Ashton

On 11/04/2017 at 09:39, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Ashton,

the problem is, that the result of readline() contains the newline/linebreak at the end. Strip this from the string and your code works. Still I suggest to add error checks, where needed. Also makes debugging easier.

On 11/04/2017 at 16:50, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks Andreas 

lol i had a next line which is line 2 lol

    #####################################
    # Save UI Settings to File
    ##################################### 
    def Save_UI_Settings(self) :
        doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()        
  
        newpath = st.LoadDialog(type=c4d.FILESELECTTYPE_ANYTHING, title="Save Settings in a Directory.", flags=c4d.FILESELECT_DIRECTORY, force_suffix="")
  
        self.SetString(SaveSettingsPath_in_field, newpath)
  
        linkBox = self.FindCustomGui(1010, c4d.CUSTOMGUI_LINKBOX)
        #####################################
        # Save Temp 
        #####################################
        with open(p.join(os.path.join(newpath, 'Temp_Data_1.txt')), 'w') as type_file:
            LinkData = linkBox.GetLink().GetName()               
            type_file.write(LinkData+"\n") # <----------- I needed to Remove +"\n" it was making line 2 in the .txt

So in my Load Settings, I now have it like this now.

        doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
        linkBox = self.FindCustomGui(1010, c4d.CUSTOMGUI_LINKBOX)
        data1 = open(os.path.join(Get_Path, 'Temp_Data_1.txt'), "r")
        linkBox.SetLink(doc.SearchObject(data1.readline()))
        c4d.EventAdd()

So I Works Great on Loading! 
Thanks and Cheers,
Ashton