Changing the syntax from "SetString" to "Brackets" type

bentraje

Hi,

DISCLAIMER: This might be a trivial matter but I hope you'll hear me out.

I'm trying to add a userdata with a dropdown list. Much like this interface in Maya (https://www.dropbox.com/s/8d7n77nb7imtnuh/c4d087_enum_list_attribute.jpg?dl=0)

I managed to do that with the help of this blog. I modified it and it works as expected but my concern is it is using a "SetString" type rather than "Brackets" type. See illustration below.

So instead of
bc[c4d.DESC_NAME] = "Name"
It uses
bc.SetString(c4d.DESC_NAME, "Name")

I would prefer the former as my previous codes are written like that.

In the code below, I inserted a # comment line for the things that I'd like to be revised.

    con = c4d.BaseObject(5181)
    doc.InsertObject(con)

    bc = c4d.GetCustomDataTypeDefault(c4d.DTYPE_LONG)
    bc[c4d.DESC_NAME] = "spaceSwitch"
    bc[c4d.DESC_CUSTOMGUI]=c4d.CUSTOMGUI_CYCLE
    
    
    # how to change to bracket type
    test = c4d.BaseContainer()
    test.SetString(1, "head")
    test.SetString(2, "chest")
    bc.SetContainer(c4d.DESC_CYCLE, test)
    # how to change to bracket type
    
    descID = con.AddUserData(bc)
    con[c4d.ID_USERDATA, descID[1].id]=1
    
    c4d.EventAdd()

Thank you for looking at my problem.

m_adam

Hi @bentraje,

[] bracket operator in a case of a BaseList2D is an alias for Set/GetParameter.
[] bracket operator in a case of BaseContainer is an alias for SetData / GetData, see __setitem__ and __getitem__.

So you can use them directly.

test = c4d.BaseContainer()
test[1] = "head"
test[2] = "chest"
bc[c4d.DESC_CYCLE] = test

Hope it make sense.
Cheers,
Maxime.

bentraje

@m_adam

Interesting. I never knew about the bracket operator being different on a BaseList2D and the BaseContainer.

Thank you for the response. Works as expected. Have a great day ahead!