Cloning a document?

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On 29/10/2012 at 03:11, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Hi,
Is there a simple way to get a clone of a BaseDocument?

I'm writing a plugin that the parses the active document and exports it to an external format. In some cases, this requires me to modify the document, and therefore I would like to work with a clone of the active document instead.

Best regards
/Filip

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On 29/10/2012 at 05:01, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Since BaseDocument is ultimately derived from C4DAtom you should be able to do:

  
BaseDocument *cloned_doc = current_doc->GetClone(COPYFLAGS_0, NULL);   

You'd need to try this to see if it works though.

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On 29/10/2012 at 06:14, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks, I'll try that.

/Filip

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On 30/10/2012 at 01:27, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Tried it and it seems to work fine. Thanks for the help! A follow up question:

According to the docs, I own the BaseDocument returned by GetClone(). Right now, I'm freeing the document with BaseDocument::Free(cloned_document), is that the right way to do it?

Best regards
/Filip

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On 30/10/2012 at 02:01, xxxxxxxx wrote:

That would be how I would do it, yes.

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On 30/10/2012 at 08:25, xxxxxxxx wrote:

OK, thanks!

/Filip