Get document name / was: More doc issues [SOLVED]

On 13/12/2014 at 21:45, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   R14 
Platform:   Windows  ;   
Language(s) :     C++  ;

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Hi folks,

I'm having a bit of an issue with this one (similar to a previous topic of mine). I'm not sure why, it was working up until recently. I don't know when it stopped working though.

Example - in my ObjectData's Execute() method, there's something not right about the passed "doc" variable. I'm testing for whether the doc is null, and it's not, but printing it's name gives nothing. Don't know if this is related to the issue in another topic of mine on trying to copy references etc, but in almost all places this is happening.

  
EXECUTIONRESULT MyObjectPlugin::Execute(BaseObject* op,BaseDocument* doc,BaseThread* bt,LONG priority,EXECUTIONFLAGS flags)   
{   
    if(doc == NULL)   
    {   
        GePrint("doc is NULL");   
    }   
    else   
    {   
        GePrint("doc name is: " + doc->GetName());   
    }   
  
    // The "else" braces above run, and the   
    // print given is "doc name is:" - that's   
    // all. No document name. The same prints   
    // occur regardless of whether the document   
    // is a new scene, or previously saved one.   
  
    return EXECUTIONRESULT_OK;   
}   

As I mentioned before, it was working, but now it does the above. Any ideas on what might be causing this? Or any thoughts on what I could look into?

WP.

On 15/12/2014 at 02:23, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi WickedP,

is it GetDocumentName() you want to use?

On 15/12/2014 at 19:47, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Andreas,

yep, that's what it was. I knew something was fishy about it but couldn't remember it. Just out of interest, I realise that GetName() returns a string and GetDocumentName() a Filename, but if BaseDocument derives from BaseList2D, how come GetName() won't work - how come the document's name does not carry over for us to use GetName()?

Cheers,

WP.

EDIT: interest query re-worded!

On 17/12/2014 at 06:51, xxxxxxxx wrote:

To be honest, I don't know.
Perhaps, because a document has no "String name", but a "Filename" instead. While it would be certainly possible to deliver the String of the Filename via GetName(), what would be the use?
But that's only my personal explanation.

On 17/12/2014 at 14:37, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I was thinking from a users perspective, in that 'GetName' is a bit more common than something like a 'GetDocumentName'. If a user uses GetName() on a BaseObject, it would be generally speaking, easier in "flow" to know that GetName() can be used on other object types as well. GetDocumentName() should perhaps be GetFileName instead, so that users have two clear and concise methods, rather than one that doesn't seem to work, and the other perhaps being a little more busy/obscure to find/use without knowing it. Don't know if that makes sense, but I'm only thinking of the way I look at the SDK and how I work. Bare in mind I'm coming from a non-coders background, but I think it would be cleaner for the user/coder to have common ground to work off of with small things like this.

Just a thought! Cheers,

WP.