Hello PluginCafe! :)

I'm sure you already know about this issue, but it is still worth mentioning that InitResourceBitmap() misleads people.

• Almost 100% of preview images do not correspond to actual icons.
• Some of the parameters are not working at all. e.g. ID_TRANSLATION
• Quite a lot of previews are missing: e.g. RESOURCEIMAGE_OK

I know that this is not the most critical part of the SDK, but it still should be completely overhauled.

Cinema 4D is the most sophisticated DCC and we expect the same from its Python SDK, but unfortunately, it provides the exact opposite result.

Hello PluginCafe! :)

Recently I noticed a significant difference in C4D's python modules between Mac and PC.
While on my windows pc everything works correctly, one of the testers reported that my plugin is not compatible with his mac device.
He provided this screenshot.

It is worth mentioning that I tested this code on other mac devices and it worked correctly.
Here is the code itself. It checks for updates.

import c4d, re, urllib

def main():
    url = "https://patreon.com/posts/21629959"
    pattern = '<strong>Latest version is (.+?)</strong>'
    result = re.compile(pattern)

    htmlsource = urllib.urlopen(url)
    htmltext = htmlsource.read()
    title = re.findall(result, htmltext)
    strTitle = str(title)[2:-2]

    c4d.gui.MessageDialog("Latest version is: " + strTitle)

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

@m_adam
Thank you, Maxime for taking your time into it! You're doing a great job!

I was struggling with Symbolcache for a long time.

Currently, I'm writing a custom module for it.

btw, what's the best way of importing custom modules into .pyp/.pypv Files? As I remember from the old forum, unlike the usual importing process, there is some condition in .pyp/.pypv files which we should take into account.

Ok. Thanks for the info :)

regarding c4d.MSG_EDIT

• Allows to perform some action when element is edited, e.g. if the user edits an object double-clicking it in the Object Manager.

seems like double-clicking detection is just one of its features. what else can it do? what are other examples?

Hello PluginCafe! :)

As I know c4d.MSG_EDIT detects double click, but what's the best way of detecting a single click on the object's icon in object manager?

It's not necessary to delete Symbolcache each time when I launch the plugin.
I will create a simple txt file with the basic info in prefs directory via my plugin.
plugin will check if this txt file is created. if not, then it will create it. if created, then it will check the info about the versions of my plugins. if the version is updated, then it will delete the symbolcache. I hope this gonna work.

Thanks, m_adam. I know about this way. I already include this gif to all my plugins but customers are still complaining, and I need to automate this process.

Btw, am I the only one who has this problem? I've never seen anything like this in others' plugins.
I tested plenty of 3rd party plugins with all its updates, but I never had to delete Symbolcache or alter the prefs directly in any way.

Thanks, folks!
I'll double-check this.

btw, I tried to overwrite Symbolcache file when a plugin is open the first time by utilizing this code

c4d.storage.GeGetStartupWritePath()
path = c4d.storage.GeGetC4DPath(c4d.C4D_PATH_PREFS)
path += r"\symbolcache"

with open(path, 'w') as symbolcache:
    symbolcache.write("")

It worked when I tested it, but it seems like my computer was an expectation since it failed on my clients' pcs.
They provided this bug report.

seems like c4d.storage.GeGetC4DPath(c4d.C4D_PATH_PREFS) provides wrong directory.

Hello PluginCafe! :)

Whenever I'm making changes in my plugin's description, I have to delete the Symbolcache file to make it work properly.
Indeed, deleting Symbolcache takes only a few seconds, but I'm not writing plugins just for personal using. I'm selling them, and for time to time, I'm releasing new updates.
I included a ReadMe file about removing Symbolcache but many users still can find it and I don't want to force them to manually perform such actions.
Why C4D works in this way and is it possible to bypass this behavior?