TPOS

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On 08/11/2002 at 09:08, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   8.012 
Platform:   Windows  ; Mac  ;  Mac OSX  ; 
Language(s) :     C++  ;

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I can include the c4d_particles.h and assumed I could make the following call:
(*TPOS->MSYS->NumParticles)();
The compiler tells me that 'term does not evaluate to a function'.  Any ideas?
How do I call the functions within the 'TP_MasterSystem' structure?
darf - bhodiNUT

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On 09/11/2002 at 17:24, xxxxxxxx wrote:

does anyone know how to do this?

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On 10/11/2002 at 06:52, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Quote: Originally posted by mdme sadie on 09  November 2002
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> does anyone know how to do this?
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Sorry, but your posts don't accelerate the support process. (In fact they just slowed it down since I had to reply to this.) Further one-liners will be deleted.
/The stern moderator... ;-)

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On 10/11/2002 at 06:57, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Quote: Originally posted by darf on 08  November 2002
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> I can include the c4d_particles.h and assumed I could make the following call:
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> (*TPOS->MSYS->NumParticles)();
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> The compiler tells me that 'term does not evaluate to a function'.  Any ideas?
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> How do I call the functions within the 'TP_MasterSystem' structure?
Who ever said member function pointers were nice? (They're a good candidate for worst C++ syntax.)
However, you're not supposed to be using these structures. Look further down at TP_MasterSystem. There you have a real class with real functions.
(If you really want to know the syntax, have a look at the TpCall macro.)
You can probably get your TP_MasterSystem with "FindSceneHook(doc, ID_THINKINGPARTICLES)". (I'm not 100% sure about the ID part.)

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On 13/11/2002 at 08:38, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Quote: Originally posted by Mikael Sterner on 10  November 2002
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> You can probably get your TP_MasterSystem with "FindSceneHook(doc, ID_THINKINGPARTICLES)". (I'm not 100% sure about the ID part.)
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Tried this. There is a valid pointer received but I am not sure where to go to retrieve the actual data that would contain the TP_MasterSystem. GetData retrieves a BaseContainer with a couple of items ( LONGs ) that are not of importance in this case ( I don't believe they are anyway ). I also tried GetCustomData but that did not seem to turn up a valid pointer.
Any ideas?
Did I mention your help has been invaluable!? Thank you!
darf - bhodiNUT

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On 13/11/2002 at 09:10, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Quote: Originally posted by darf on 13  November 2002
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> Tried this. There is a valid pointer received but I am not sure where to go to retrieve the actual data that would contain the TP_MasterSystem. GetData retrieves a BaseContainer with a couple of items ( LONGs ) that are not of importance in this case ( I don't believe they are anyway ). I also tried GetCustomData but that did not seem to turn up a valid pointer.
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> Any ideas?
Uhm, what you get *is* the master system. However, it seems to assume that the global TPOS variable has been initialized. So you'll have to help it with a CheckLib:

    
    
      PluginSceneHook* hook = doc->FindSceneHook(ID_THINKINGPARTICLES);  
      if (!hook || hook->GetType() != ID_THINKINGPARTICLES) return FALSE;
    
    
    
    
      if (!CheckLib(  
            ID_THINKINGPARTICLES,   
            LIBOFFSET(C4DLibrary_TPOS, MSYS),   
            reinterpret_cast<C4DLibrary**>(&TPOS))) return FALSE;
    
    
    
    
      TP_MasterSystem* tpms = static_cast<TP_MasterSystem*>(hook);  
      for (LONG pid = 0; pid < tpms->NumParticles(); ++pid)  
      {  
        GePrint(" pid: " + LongToString(pid) + "  age: " +   
          RealToString(tpms->Age(pid).Get()));  
      }

> Did I mention your help has been invaluable!? Thank you!
You're welcome!