@kbar said in Python Source Protector: Can it be called via CLI?:

I am going to bump this also.This function should be able to be called by command line. I would like to do this via my build system. By calling the cinema4d.exe, or c4dpy, with the python plugin path.

Okay, it seems I just need to use dragobject = dragobject.decode('utf-8') then.
Sorry for all the confusion and thanks for the help @Cairyn !

Cheers,
Lasse

The path from AcceptDragObject's dragobject is NOT working with os.path.isdir(). That is on Windows when using unicode characters e.g. äöü in your filepath... That's my main problem here...

Yeah, the problem lies in the escaping characters...

Sadly the function only returns simple backward slashes C:\Users\lasse\Desktop\test_with_äüö so \t will become a tab character.

There wouldn't be a problem if the returned path would be with two backward slashes \\ or even forward slashes / ... That might be worth a bug report!?

Thankfully someone on stackoverflow had the same issue and came up with a function to convert this "bad" path...

backslash_map = { '\a': r'\a', '\b': r'\b', '\f': r'\f',
                  '\n': r'\n', '\r': r'\r', '\t': r'\t', '\v': r'\v' }
def reconstruct_broken_string(s):
    for key, value in backslash_map.items():
        s = s.replace(key, value)
    return s

So in my example I can do:

    dragobject = "C:\Users\lasse\Desktop\test_with_äüö"
    s = reconstruct_broken_string(dragobject).decode('utf-8')
    print os.path.isdir(s) # returns True

That is overly complicated and somewhat convoluted, but I haven't found any other way.

Cheers,
Lasse

Hi there,

I'm currently having issues converting unicode characters on Windows...

I'm utilizing the AcceptDragObject in a c4d.gui.TreeViewFunctions.

I want to act on a given folder that is dragged into my treeview.
if dragtype == c4d.DRAGTYPE_FILENAME_OTHER gives me the direct filepath.

For example I'm having a folder called test_with_äüö on my Desktop.

My main issue is, that I need to work with the variable coming in from the dragtype called dragobject and can't convert the direct result!

Here's a simple test-script to play around with:

import c4d
import os

def _direct_conversion():
    return r"C:\Users\lasse\Desktop\test_with_äüö".decode('utf-8')

def _from_variable():
    dragobject = "C:\Users\lasse\Desktop\test_with_äüö"
    s = r"%s" % (dragobject)
    s = s.decode('utf-8')
    return s

def main():
    s = _direct_conversion()
    s = _from_variable()
    
    print "os.path.isdir:", os.path.isdir(s)

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

The bad thing is that the _direct_conversion() gives me the correct result while _from_variable() does not.

I'm probably totally overthinking this, but any ideas how to solve that "simple" problem are welcome!!! :)

Cheers,
Lasse

Thanks @m_adam for the insights!

Works like a charm!!

Cheers,
Lasse

Yeah, I guess that makes sense.
What would be the best way to work around that behaviour?

Shall I return return c4d.gui.GeDialog.Message(self, msg, result) after each c4d.CallCommand()?

A simple else statement didn't work.

Cheers,
Lasse

The ids are starting from 20001.

IDD_DIALOG = 20001
IDC_BUTTONFLUSHGROUP = 20002
IDC_BUTTON1 = 20003
IDC_BUTTON2 = 20004
IDC_BUTTON3 = 20005
IDC_BUTTON4 = 20006
IDC_BUTTON5 = 20007

Then of course the Commands like ids.PLUGIN_ID_EXPORT are generated PluginIDs.

Hi Maxime,

I still have some problems using IsActive(). I'm having some c4d.plugins.CommandData utilizing the c4d.gui.ShowPopupDialog. Sadly sometimes the Popup will be called even after pressing the button. Happens escpially in the end of the following *.gif. (After clicking on the button, I constantly click on the Menubar, and sometimes the popup will be displayed again...)

My Message(self, msg, result) looks like the following:

    def Message(self, msg, result):
        if c4d.GetC4DVersion() >= 18000:
            #Handle CommandDragID
            if msg.GetId() == c4d.BFM_INTERACTEND:
                if self.IsActive(ids.IDC_BUTTON1):
                    c4d.CallCommand(ids.PLUGIN_ID_EXPORT)

                elif self.IsActive(ids.IDC_BUTTON2):
                    c4d.CallCommand(ids.PLUGIN_ID_OMCLEANER)

                elif self.IsActive(ids.IDC_BUTTON3):
                    c4d.CallCommand(ids.PLUGIN_ID_PYSCRIPTS)

                elif self.IsActive(ids.IDC_BUTTON4):
                    c4d.CallCommand(ids.PLUGIN_ID_RECENTFILES)
                
                elif self.IsActive(ids.IDC_BUTTON5):
                    c4d.CallCommand(ids.PLUGIN_ID_CHATLOG)

        return c4d.gui.GeDialog.Message(self, msg, result)

Any ideas how to avoid or counter-act this!?

Thanks,
Lasse

Okay!
Thanks for the info @m_adam !

Oh, and on macOS it is General - Text - Flag Edit Saved

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Cheers,
Lasse