4. Import / Export Preferences

Import / Export Preferences

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    THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED

    On 08/10/2009 at 18:04, xxxxxxxx wrote:

    User Information:
    Cinema 4D Version:   10.506 
    Platform:   Windows  ; Mac  ;  
    Language(s) :     C++  ;

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    Hey Guys,
    I have an import filter and I set the values of my preferences through my class' constructor using SetWorldPluginData(). No problems there. I am using GetWorldPluginData() to retrieve these values which kinda works =) I can get the initial values that I set through my constructor and SetWorldPluginData(). But if I change these values in the Preferences dialog, the next time I use my import filter it looks at the preferences values before I changed them. Now, I know I need to set these changes through SetWorldPluginData but how can I set them to new values if I can't get them correctly from GetWorldPluginData()?

    Thanks in advance,
    Josh

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    On 12/10/2009 at 08:10, xxxxxxxx wrote:

    Has anyone got this to work properly? (i.e bump)

    Thanks,
    Josh

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    On 12/10/2009 at 08:41, xxxxxxxx wrote:

    What kind of filter are you using? A SceneLoaderData plugin for instance uses descriptions and you access the data through the plugins container just like any other NodeData derived plugin.

    cheers,
    Matthias

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    On 13/10/2009 at 21:28, xxxxxxxx wrote:

    Hi Matthias,
    Yeah the plugin is derived from SceneLoaderData. I am using only description resource files, so I shouldn't have to overload the GetDDescription, GetDParameter, etc. from the parent NodeData class.

    I am reading the descriptions from the base container which I get through the GetWorldPluginData() function. Now this does read all of my descriptions properly; but if I open Cinema change any of the values of my descriptions in the preferences, they will not be read correctly until I restart cinema. (i.e they retain the previous entry from the preferences).

    So I am just curious on I how I can open Cinema, go into the preferences and change one of the descriptions for my plugin, and then import the data and use the values I just entered into the preferences without restarting Cinema to take affect.

    Thanks in advance,
    Josh

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    On 14/10/2009 at 02:54, xxxxxxxx wrote:

    You don't have to use GetWorldPluginData(). Simply use the scene loader's container.

    Example, data is the container:

    > \> class STLLoaderData : public SceneLoaderData \> { \>      public: \>           virtual Bool Init(GeListNode \*node); \>           virtual Bool Identify(PluginSceneLoader \*node, const Filename &name;, UCHAR \*probe, LONG size); \>           virtual LONG Load(PluginSceneLoader \*node, const Filename &name;, BaseDocument \*doc, LONG filterflags, String \*error, BaseThread \*thread); \> \>           static NodeData \*Alloc(void) { return gNew STLLoaderData; } \> }; \> \> Bool STLLoaderData::Init(GeListNode \*node) \> { \>      PluginSceneLoader \*loader = (PluginSceneLoader\* )node; \>      BaseContainer \*data = loader->GetDataInstance(); \> \>      data->SetString(STLFILTER_TEXT, "hello world"); //intialize settings for the first time \> \>      return TRUE; \> } \> \> Bool STLLoaderData::Identify(PluginSceneLoader \*node, const Filename &name;, UCHAR \*probe, LONG size) \> { \>      PluginSceneLoader \*loader = (PluginSceneLoader\* )node; \>      BaseContainer \*data = loader->GetDataInstance(); \>       \>      //do something \> } \> \> LONG STLLoaderData::Load(PluginSceneLoader \*node, const Filename &name;, BaseDocument \*doc, LONG flags, String \*error, BaseThread \*thread) \> { \>      PluginSceneLoader \*loader = (PluginSceneLoader\* )node; \>      BaseContainer \*data = loader->GetDataInstance(); \> \>      //do something \> } \>

    cheers,
    Matthias

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    THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED

    On 14/10/2009 at 17:09, xxxxxxxx wrote:

    This worked perfectly! Thanks Matthias.

    Josh

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