Hi @Polyflow,
did you try the example here? Also, please keep an extra eye on the note that's written below there.
You have to first clone your object via GetClone() and pass this as to your object list.
For example, I'm using this code in one of my plugins at work (there's a lot of error-handling stuff missing though):

# current state to object
def csto(op):
    if op is None:
        return False

    doc = op.GetDocument()

    if doc is None:
        return False

    pred = op.GetPred()
    parent = op.GetUp()

    settings = c4d.BaseContainer()
    settings.SetBool(c4d.MDATA_CURRENTSTATETOOBJECT_INHERITANCE, True)
    newOp = c4d.utils.SendModelingCommand(command=c4d.MCOMMAND_CURRENTSTATETOOBJECT,
                                          mode=c4d.MODELINGCOMMANDMODE_ALL,
                                          list=[op.GetClone()],
                                          doc=doc,
                                          bc=settings)

    if newOp:
        doc.AddUndo(c4d.UNDOTYPE_NEW, newOp[0])
        doc.InsertObject(newOp[0], parent, pred)
        c4d.EventAdd()
        return True

    return False

and

for polygonizing the document:

# Polygonize document, respecting instances in the right order, returns new document
def polygonize(doc):
    if doc is None:
        return None

    op = doc.GetFirstObject()
    oldObjects = []

    while op:
        if op.IsInstanceOf(c4d.Oinstance):
            # check and convert instances
            oldObjects.append(op)
            csto(op)

        op = GetNextObject(op)

    for op in oldObjects:
        doc.AddUndo(c4d.UNDOTYPE_DELETE, op)
        op.Remove()

    return doc.Polygonize()

You have to resolve the instances before using this code, though.
Hope, this helps you a bit.

Hi Maxime

thank you for the example.
I was in fact also trying BFM_INTERACTSTART but had to scratch that, because at the same time I wanted to poll the actual key being pressed, not testing for a specific key.

I simply want to implement some "evaluation" when the user types something in, with regards to a certain scheme. Maybe I should have been more precise here. :)
So for now I was able observe the following: BFM_INTERACTSTART does indeed what I want. If the user types something in, I'm able to check the current value of the text box, before it gets changed and may discard the user input. The downside here is, that the msg value is actually an empty BC with its sole purpose to hold its ID.
(Maybe the result container could carry some more contextual information when starting to interact with gadgets)

Then, checking the input state is not working either, because it lets me only check for a specific key.
GetInputEvent doesn't work either, because it's just an event stack and not reliable at all due to its nature.

Maybe (and theres a good chance) I'm overcomplicating things now, in germany we call it something like "to not see the forest for the trees". :)

Thank you so far,
Robert

Hello there,

is it possible to intercept/discard keystrokes on a gadget (EditText) in a GeDialog?
Seems like all relevant messages are sent after the content has changed.
With the Dialogs Message() method, I'm not able to retrieve the previous value, when a user enters a text. How's that actually supposed to be done?

Thanks in advance,
Robert

'open' or any other pure python function needs to be decoded as utf8.

See hint here: https://developers.maxon.net/docs/Cinema4DPythonSDK/html/modules/c4d.storage/index.html?highlight=loaddialog#c4d.storage.LoadDialog

Edit: a little late. :)

Because you didn't insert the actual renderer: InsertVideoPost()
BaseVideoPost

You may want to consider to use scipy.
You have to do indexing once, but can the efficiently iterate over the points within a desired radius with the functions that come with the module.

Hey. :)

Here you go.

Are you talking about drawing to the Bitmap that's created after Rendering?

But since we are talking about that, I'd file a feature request.
It should be possible to define portions of the solution that should not be overriden.

Hey there. I was not quite right about the Post-Build Script.
Years ago I started using an extension that configures my solutions before every run. Looks like I simply forgot about that.
However, it automatically sets the event on every run.

Sorry about the confusion. :)