What information can I get out of msg, in Timer?

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On 15/07/2012 at 11:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   13
Platform:   Windows ; Mac ; Mac OSX ;
Language(s) :   C.O.F.F.E.E ;

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If I define a Timer event on a dialog, when type of information can I get from the msg container that I get in Timer([BaseContainer] msg); ?

Helper

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On 17/07/2012 at 07:04, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I don't do much COFFEE, so I'm not sure if you could do something similar to this or not...

  
  LONG id, i=0;  
  while (TRUE)  
  {  
      id = bc.GetIndexId(i++);  
      if (id==NOTOK) break;  
      GeData data = bc.GetData(id);  
      switch(data.GetType())  
      {  
          case DA_NIL:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_NIL");                break;  
          case DA_VOID:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_VOID");                break;  
          case DA_LONG:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_LONG");                break;  
          case DA_REAL:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_REAL");                break;  
          case DA_TIME:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_TIME");                break;  
          case DA_VECTOR:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_VECTOR");            break;  
          case DA_MATRIX:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_MATRIX");            break;  
          case DA_LLONG:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_LLONG");                break;  
          case DA_BYTEARRAY:        GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_BYTEARRAY");            break;  
          case DA_STRING:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_STRING ("+data.GetString()+")");                    break;  
          case DA_FILENAME:        GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_FILENAME ("+data.GetFilename().GetString()+")");    break;  
          case DA_CONTAINER:        GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_CONTAINER");            break;  
          case DA_ALIASLINK:        GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_ALIASLINK");            break;  
          case DA_MARKER:            GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_MARKER");            break;  
          case DA_MISSINGPLUG:    GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_MISSINGPLUG");        break;  
          case DA_CUSTOMDATATYPE:    GePrint("id: "+LongToString(id)+" - DA_CUSTOMDATATYPE");    break;  
      }  
  }

...of course that's a brute-force approach - hopefully support can give you a better answer.

Helper

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On 17/07/2012 at 07:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thank you Giblet.
That will tell me what type of information is there. But it will not tell me what the information is about :-(
Why isn't the msg from the Timer documented?

Rui Batista

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On 18/07/2012 at 01:15, xxxxxxxx wrote:

The msg container for GeDialog::Timer() is empty.

Helper

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On 18/07/2012 at 01:21, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Weird. So, what is it good for? ;-)

Helper

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On 18/07/2012 at 03:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I assume Maxon added this parameter for possible extensions that might require this argument or information to be passed via a Container.

-Nik