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Basic scripting question..

Basic scripting question..

2005-04-15 - By Lee Hallett

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Cheers Brad and Kim - I knew I could count on the resident gurus for
guidance through these troubled times.. I promise one day soon to get my
head back in the world of coding. You'd never believe I once wrote a
(really quite crap) game in assembler, mind you, that was back in the
days of coal fired 6080 processors and steam driven monitors...

Thanks again guys.

Lee|3d animation and design..

Pixel pusher & 'telly colouring in' bloke

There are only 10 sorts of people in the World - those that understand
binary, and those that don't.

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-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of kim aldis
Sent: 15 April 2005 07:48
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: Basic scripting question..

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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]
On Behalf Of Bradley R. Gabe
Sent: 14 April 2005 22:47
To: XSI@(protected); XSI@(protected)
Subject: Re: Basic scripting question..

Also, check out the AddNull() method. It creates a new null as
the child of the object that calls it
[kim aldis]
that was the point I probably didn't make clear in my earlier
response, that the second arg to GetPrim() is what you use to name the
null and the 3rd is an object you want to parent the new null to, if you
do go down this root.

The other thing I'd done was to use the return value to
GetPrim( "Null" ) to get the newly created object which would be faster
and shorter code than using the selection object.

As Brad points out, you can use the AddNull() method. This is
way quicker partly because you have the added advantage that it doesn't
register in the history because it's a method, not a command:-

set oRoot = ActiveProject.ActiveScene.Root
set oNullRoot = oRoot.AddNull( "TheRootOfAllEvil" )
for i = 0 to 20
set oNullRoot.AddNull( "Money" )
next

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<DIV>Cheers
Brad and Kim - I knew I could count on the resident gurus for guidance through
these troubled times.. I promise one day soon to get my head back in the world
of coding. You'd never believe I once wrote a (really quite crap) game in
assembler, mind you, that was back in the days of coal fired 6080 processors
and
steam driven monitors...</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks
again guys.</DIV>
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Lee|3d animation and
design..
Pixel pusher &
'telly colouring in' bloke</UL>
There are only 10
sorts
of people in the World - those that understand binary, and those that
don't. 
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<DIV>Also, check out the AddNull() method. It creates a new null as the child
of the object that calls it [kim aldis] </DIV>
<DIV>that
was the point I probably didn't make clear in my earlier response, that
the second arg to GetPrim() is what you use to name the null
and the 3rd is an object you want to parent the new null to, if you do
go
down this root.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The
other thing I'd done was to use the  return value to GetPrim( "Null" ) to get the
newly created object which would be faster and shorter code than using the
selection object.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>As
Brad points out, you can use the AddNull() method. This is way quicker partly
because you have the added advantage that it doesn't register in the history
because it's a method, not a command:-</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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=pPreformatted>set oRoot = ActiveProject.ActiveScene.Root<A name=wp567256> </A>
set oNullRoot = oRoot.AddNull( "TheRootOfAllEvil" )</PRE><PRE class
=pPreformatted>for i = 0 to 20</PRE><PRE class=pPreformatted>   
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