hm, ok...

but is this bug the reason, that there need to be more than one plugin in a plugin folder to get submenus?
or in other words ... is it possible to create a submenu in the plugin menu with a single command data plugin?

index

sorry to hijack this, but regarding adding tags to posts:
on my macbook pro 13" the taglist is higher than the screen, and you cant scroll it.
it is not possible to select "python" for example
(just for your info)

Hi,

below is a simple CommandData plugin with a submenu to invoke different actions.

This works fine if more than one of these plugins (with unique Plugin Ids ofc) are in one plugin folder.
But there is no menu if there is only one plugin present in the folder.

Is there a way to create such a menu with one plugin, while not registering each menu point as separate command?

best index

# encoding: utf-8

''' CommandData Plugin with Menu '''

import c4d 

PLUGIN_ID = 12345678  # Unique Plugin Id

MENUID_CMD0 = 1000
MENUID_CMD1 = 1001

class MenuHandler(c4d.plugins.CommandData):

	def Register(self):
		return c4d.plugins.RegisterCommandPlugin(
			id=PLUGIN_ID, str="Test", info=c4d.PLUGINFLAG_COMMAND_HOTKEY, icon=None, help=None, dat=MenuHandler())

	def GetSubContainer(self, doc, submenu):
		bc = c4d.BaseContainer()
		bc.SetString(1, "Test")
		bc.SetString(MENUID_CMD0, "Command 0")
		bc.SetString(MENUID_CMD1, "Command 1")
		submenu.InsData(0, bc)
		return True

	def ExecuteSubID(self, doc, id):
		if id == MENUID_CMD0:
			pass
		if id == MENUID_CMD1:
			pass
		return True

	def Execute(self, doc):
		return True

if __name__ == "__main__":
	MenuHandler().Register()

Hi,

c4d.documents.KillDocument(doc) immediately closes a document without any checks

There is no c4d.documents.CloseDocument()

How would you close a document with the normal check and warning for changes that might be wanted to be saved first ?

best, Index

thanks, manuel,

right, c4d.ID_USERDATA .-)
but this works here, I just verified again :

create any object, add some userdata, lets say an integer with id = 1
op[c4d.ID_USERDATA, 1] # 0
op.GetData()[c4d.ID_USERDATA][1] #
op[c4d.ID_USERDATA, 1] = 123 # 123
op.GetData()[c4d.ID_USERDATA][1] # 123 <-- you need to set the value, first (by gui or code)

op.GetData() is a BaseContainer having a sub-BaseContainer with id=700,
so i suppose this is where the values are stored, after they have been set.
if they have not been set, op[c4d.ID_USERDATA, 1] seems to return the default value from the description.

but its kind of useless, because you need to iterate the description anyway to be sure to get all values
problem there is that if you iterate the description there are also ids for groups, separators (and other stuff?)
which are not (changeable) values, so you have to filter these out.

best, index

ok, I think I figured it out :

op[c4d.USERDATA, id] is the same as op.GetData()[c4d.USERDATA][id]

the UserData values are stored in a sub BaseContainer of op.GetData() with the id c4d.USERDATA=700

so to store all values of a BaseList2D into a HyperFile :
hf.WriteContainer(op.GetData()[c4d.USERDATA])

... EDIT:
interesting is that even though the UserData in the GUI shows 0 for a freshly added integer
op.GetData()[c4d.USERDATA] doesnt have it unless you actually have pressed enter in the input field in the GUI.
so op.GetData()[c4d.USERDATA] is NOT reliable to have all values
for a freshly added id :
op[c4d.USERDATA,17] # 0
op.GetData()[c4d.USERDATA][17] # nuthin' :-/

anyway, topic solved, i guess...
(where can you set that yourself? its not in the topic tools)

hm ok, I dont understand where they are stored, but it seems there is no bc on the baselist2d holding the values
i have to fetch them by using the ids in the description, add them to a new bc and then save it along with the description
(if i want a hyperfile holding the description and the values)

hi zipit,

ok, so GetUserDataContainer() is only the Description, I already thought so.
but what does it mean when you say about the values "they are in the data container of the node"?
I know you get the value by op[c4d.ID_USERDATA, id] but are those values stored in the bc you get by op.GetData() ?
Is there a way to get all values in a bc without iterating through the indexes?
Where does c4d.ID_USERDATA point to?

:) index

Hi, this is about some basic undestanding...

i can get a BaseList2D UserData Container like this
udc = op.GetUserDataContainer()
which is a list of DescID / BaseContainer tuples

now... is it possible to get the actual UserData values out of this without having the BaseList2D?
or are they not stored directly in these BaseContainers?

background is that i save the udc to a HyperFile and restore/clone it back to different objects.

best, Index

i finally succeeded in saving a BaseList2D userdata description (not the values)
then loading and re-applying / cloning the full definition to a different BaseList2D,
and finally copy over the values from the source to the target BaseList2D

here is a similar topic for saving / loading the values (not the description) here:
https://plugincafe.maxon.net/topic/11960/advice-for-saving-user-data/8
I made a comment there about copying the userdata values