@zipit said in Styling BitmapButtons:

While I cannot say much about your problem, here are some bits that you might (or might not) find useful.

Thank you for taking the time to respond!

1. Have you tried / is it possible for your task to define your dialog resource as a file system rather than by code?

My interface includes a large list of dynamic elements. I'm not sure that I'll be able to give each a unique ID unless I create them with code. But I'll see if I can restructure at least some of this.

Although I cannot find the exact passage right now, it says somewhere in the docs, that you should use files, since it is the only way to get all features, except for menus, which are only constructable by code.

Gotcha. Good to know. The docs have really improved, but there's lots of little tidbits like this that you'll only see if you read every page of every parent class rather than seeing all of the relevant info in the method definition.

3. I came to the (unconfirmed) conclusion, that some of the more exotic CustomGui data types are apparently not fully supported for dialog resources (the same definition for a SPLINE gadget worked just fine in a description resource) and wrote my own little thing.

Ah. That makes sense as well. I think for now I'll live with the stylistic limitations of the current BitmapButton as it's easier than writing my own.
Thanks!

Donovan

Hi,

I'm hoping to add some Bitmap Buttons to a project I'm working on, but I'm having difficulty styling them (and initially: creating them).

    def AddIconButton(self, button_id, title, icon_id, tooltip, border=c4d.BORDER_ROUND):
        """
        Reference: https://plugincafe.maxon.net/topic/11462/understanding-setcommanddragid/2
        """

        bc = c4d.BaseContainer()
        bc.SetBool(c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_BUTTON, True)
        bc.SetInt32(c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_ICONID1, icon_id)
        bc.SetInt32(c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_OUTBORDER, border)
        bc.SetString(c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_TOOLTIP, tooltip)
        bc.SetString(c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_STRING, title)
        icon_width_height = 24
        bc.SetInt32(c4d.BITMAPBUTTON_FORCE_SIZE, icon_width_height)
        button = self.AddCustomGui(button_id, c4d.CUSTOMGUI_BITMAPBUTTON, title, c4d.BFH_LEFT, 0, 0, bc)

        return button

A lot of the styling flags seem to have no impact. Specifically:

• BITMAPBUTTON_BORDER
• BITMAPBUTTON_STRING

I created some simple test code to show each of the styles and the buttons looked identical:

        bitmapbutton_border_styles = [("BORDER_NONE", c4d.BORDER_NONE),
        ("BORDER_THIN_IN", c4d.BORDER_THIN_IN),
        ("BORDER_THIN_OUT", c4d.BORDER_THIN_OUT),
        ("BORDER_IN", c4d.BORDER_IN),
        ("BORDER_OUT", c4d.BORDER_OUT),
        ("BORDER_GROUP_IN", c4d.BORDER_GROUP_IN),
        ("BORDER_GROUP_OUT", c4d.BORDER_GROUP_OUT),
        ("BORDER_OUT2", c4d.BORDER_OUT2),
        ("BORDER_OUT3", c4d.BORDER_OUT3),
        ("BORDER_BLACK", c4d.BORDER_BLACK),
        ("BORDER_ACTIVE_1", c4d.BORDER_ACTIVE_1),
        ("BORDER_ACTIVE_2", c4d.BORDER_ACTIVE_2),
        ("BORDER_ACTIVE_3", c4d.BORDER_ACTIVE_3),
        ("BORDER_ACTIVE_4", c4d.BORDER_ACTIVE_4),
        ("BORDER_GROUP_TOP", c4d.BORDER_GROUP_TOP),
        ("BORDER_ROUND", c4d.BORDER_ROUND),
        ("BORDER_SCHEME_EDIT", c4d.BORDER_SCHEME_EDIT),
        ("BORDER_SCHEME_EDIT_NUMERIC", c4d.BORDER_SCHEME_EDIT_NUMERIC),
        ("BORDER_OUT3l", c4d.BORDER_OUT3l),
        ("BORDER_OUT3r", c4d.BORDER_OUT3r),
        ("BORDER_THIN_INb", c4d.BORDER_THIN_INb),
        ("BORDER_MASK", c4d.BORDER_MASK),
        ("BORDER_TEXT_DOTTED", c4d.BORDER_TEXT_DOTTED),
        ("BORDER_WITH_TITLE_MONO", c4d.BORDER_WITH_TITLE_MONO),
        ("BORDER_WITH_TITLE_BOLD", c4d.BORDER_WITH_TITLE_BOLD),
        ("BORDER_WITH_TITLE", c4d.BORDER_WITH_TITLE)]

        for border_id_name, border_id in bitmapbutton_border_styles:
            self.AddIconButton(0, border_id_name, ICON_NEW_PROJECT, border_id_name, border=border_id)

Ideally, I'd love a button that matches the look/feel of docked icons w/ text:

Any suggestions?

Also, FWIW, some sample code for how to add BitmapButtons inside of the BitmapButton class would be really helpful. I struggled for quite a while trying to create a button using c4d.gui.BitmapButtonCustomGui() but was stumped when I couldn't figure out how to add it to a dialog.
Thank you,

Donovan

@m_adam said in Distributing Python Plugins that have Dependencies:

As an Idea but didn't try and will not have the time to do it today (so if you try, do it at your own risks), but you could try to install things using directly the python executable from the resource folder

I'm moving onto different parts of development, but I'll likely want to investigate this later and will post an update if I do. Thanks!

@m_adam said in Distributing Python Plugins that have Dependencies:

While I know is not the perfect solution, and is a really quick and dirty I would say find bellow a script to setup a build with some python module.

Hi Maxime,

Your script got me most of the way there, but I ran into some issues.

It installs libraries to the default location for system python libraries rather than C4D's lib folder. So, I started modifying it to install to userprefs/python27/lib using the --target flag. But I ran into issues with spaces in the pathname. Which led me to switch to calling with a list of commands/parameters rather than a string.

After some tweaking, I arrived at this:

"""Install C4D Python Modules
Installs python modules in C4D's embedded python installation

## Authors

Maxime of Maxon Computer
Donovan Keith of Buck Design

Reference:
https://plugincafe.maxon.net/topic/11775/distributing-python-plugins-that-have-dependencies/8

## Requirements

Cinema 4D R21+

## Usage Instructions

1. Copy this file onto your desktop.
2. Open `terminal` (Mac OS) or `cmd` (Windows) and navigate to your Cinema 4D installation.
3. `$ c4dpy`
    1. This will run a Cinema 4D specific version of python.
    2. If prompted to login, do so.
    3. If you get an HTTP/authentication error:
        1. Open Cinema 4D.
        2. Edit > Preferences and click on "Open Preferences Folder"
        3. Go up one level in finder/explorer.
        4. Look for a folder with the same name and a `_p` suffix.
        5. Delete this folder.
        6. Try running `c4dpy` again from the console.
4. Exit the interactive python session by typing `exit()`
5. Run this script.  
`>>> c4dpy "/path/to/this/script/install_c4dpy_modules.py"`

## Known Limitations

1. Hasn't been tested on Mac OS
2. Is checking the `c4dpy` installation for whether a python module has been installed, but is installing in the `c4d` installation.

"""

print "C4D Py Requirements Installer"

import subprocess
import urllib
import sys
import c4d
import os
import ssl
import shutil
import importlib
import maxon

currentDir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
c4dpyPath = sys.executable
c4dpyTempFolder = c4d.storage.GeGetC4DPath(c4d.C4D_PATH_STARTUPWRITE)

# Because we're using `c4dpy`, it will pull a different prefs folder from the user's c4d installation.
# `Maxon Cinema 4D R21_64C2B3BD_p` becomes `Maxon Cinema 4D R21_64C2B3BD`
c4dTempFolder = c4dpyTempFolder[:-2] if c4dpyTempFolder.endswith("_p") else c4dpyTempFolder

c4dDir = maxon.Application.GetUrl(maxon.APPLICATION_URLTYPE.STARTUP_DIR).GetPath()
if os.name != "nt" and not c4dDir.startswith(os.sep):
    c4dDir = os.sep + c4dDir

# Just using the `--user` flag with `pip` will install to the System python dir, rather than the
# C4D embedded python's dir. So we specify exactly where we want to install.
c4dUserPythonLibPath = os.path.join(c4dTempFolder, "python27", "libs")

try:
    import pip
    print "pip already installed"
except ImportError:
    print('start downloading get-pip.py')

    url = 'https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py'
    pipPath = os.path.join(c4dTempFolder, "get-pip.py")

    # Quick hack for MAC until https://plugincafe.maxon.net/topic/11370/urllib2-urlopen-fails-on-c4d-for-mac/8 is fixed
    f = os.path.join(c4dDir, "resource", "ssl", "cacert.pem")
    context = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=f)

    # Downloads pip
    urllib.urlretrieve(url, pipPath, context=context)

    print('start installing pip')

    if os.name == "nt":
        subprocess.call([c4dpyPath, pipPath, "--no-warn-script-location", "--user"], shell=True)
    else:
        os.system("{0} {1} {2} {3}".format(c4dpyPath, pipPath, "--no-warn-script-location", "--user"))

    shutil.rmtree(pipPath, ignore_errors=True)

def installModule(moduleName):
    try:
        importlib.import_module(moduleName)
        print "{0} already installed".format(moduleName)
    except ImportError:

        try:
            print('start installing {0}'.format(moduleName))

            # We build up the command as list rather than a string so that Windows will properly handle paths that include spaces
            cmd = [c4dpyPath, '-m', 'pip', 'install', moduleName, '--target', c4dUserPythonLibPath]
            subprocess.call(cmd)
        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
            print e.output
        else:
            print('{0} installation is done'.format(moduleName))

# Add any modules you want installed to this list.
required_modules = ["requests"]

for module in required_modules:
    installModule(module)

@m_adam It's a _p suffix. Deleting it eliminated the error messages and allowed me to log in. Thank you!

Is there any chance that c4dpy.exe can get its license from the C4D installation without having to manually enter it in the command prompt? It's not too much of an issue for me, but I imagine seeing the terminal will be a bit intimidating for end users.

@m_adam said in Distributing Python Plugins that have Dependencies:

Just call c4dpy file.py.

I'm not having much luck running or calling c4dpy in R21.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.737]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\donovan>cd "C:\Program Files\Maxon Cinema 4D R21"

C:\Program Files\Maxon Cinema 4D R21>c4dpy
Error running authentication: invalid http response 400.  (https://id.maxon.net/oauth2/access?scope=openid+profile+email&grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token=[[REDACTED]]&client_secret=[[REDACTED]]) [http_file.cpp(313)]
----
Enter Maxon Account Settings (ENTER to keep input):
License Check error: invalid http response 400.  (https://id.maxon.net/oauth2/access?scope=openid+profile+email&grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token=[[REDACTED]]&&client_id=[[REDACTED]]&client_secret=[[REDACTED]]) [http_file.cpp(313)]
Error: Invalid License

I'm able to open Cinema 4D and don't have any licensing issues there. I also did a complete uninstall/reinstall of C4D and had the same issues.

Thank you for writing that script, it seems like it will do the trick if I can get c4dpy to run.

@m_adam said in HTTP Requests with `maxon` API:

Hi @dskeithbuck thanks a lot for trying to use the new Maxon API.

Thank you so much for the working sample code, that answers my question. I look forward to switching over to the Maxon API for URL requests once these kinks get worked out.

@zipit said in HTTP Requests with `maxon` API:

I also don't think that your code does establish a connection as you said.

Perhaps you're right, I tried a bunch of different things before landing here. With one of my tests I was getting a 404 error which implied that network requests were being made.

May I also ask why you are not using pythons own urllib? While its reputation is (rightfully) somewhat bad, it certainly will be enough to fetch some JSON.

I'm connecting to a localhost server being run by another application. As I understand it urllib creates a brand new HTTP connection every time I pass data back and forth which is leading to some unfortunate latency. The requests library can make a connection that stays open and all future transactions are much faster.

I'm hoping to install this plugin cross-platform on a large number of machines and I want to avoid trying to package requests and all of its dependencies if possible which is why I was excited to see that the maxon API seemed to have some of the same abilities as requests.
Thanks for taking a look!

Hi,

As mentioned in this thread I'm looking to bring JSON data into Cinema 4D via HTTP GET request. I noticed in the C++ docs that there's a NetworkHttpHandlerInterface Class. I also noticed in the python docs that the maxon API implements a url type.

What's the state of these implementations and can they be used to make a connection to an HTTP server and request data? I think I've managed to successfully connect to a remote server, but I can't figure out how to read the data or make more specific requests.

"""Name-en-US: Simple HTTP Requests
Description-en-US: Prints the result of connecting to wikipedia.org
"""

import c4d
from c4d import gui

import maxon

def main():
    url = maxon.Url("https://www.wikipedia.org/")
    connection = url.OpenConnection()
    print connection


if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

If it's possible, could someone share some example code for how to use the maxon API to print the results of an HTTP GET request in python. If it's not yet possible, may I request that it be added to the SDK?
Thank you,

Donovan

@m_adam Thanks, I'll have a look at pip and/or an installer script. I'm a bit concerned about adding anything directly to the resource/modules/python/libs folder as there's a chance some other plugin or script will have installed/need a different version of the same library. But, I suppose that I can report this as an installation error to the user and let them sort out which is more important for them to have installed.

I'll be sure to let you know if I come to a resolution.