guid 's and proxies 2005-05-04 - By Bradley R. Gabe
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Hi Adam-
Have you tried building your PPG using the Object Model access we now have?
I haven't used it for proxy params yet, but I imagine it's straightforward.
There are no more issues with GUID's or registration, just flat out
scripted control of what you are building.
Incidentally, the last time I was SPDL hacking, I ran into the same issues
you're describing, except my proxy param was a constraint blend. Once the
layout failed to update, there was no way to regain control without blowing
away the SPDL file, and the PPG preset file, and starting over! I can't
tell you how many complex PPG's I've had to rebuild from scratch because of
SPDL and GUID idiosyncracies. As far as I can tell, those days are gone
with the new OM stuff. :)
-Brad
>Hey all, a question I've been looking into the last few days, on behalf of
>a question that came up in another forum I am running, but haven't found
>the answer I'm looking for..
>
>heres the scenario
>
>I have a bunch of controls that have I've tied onto a custom Pset as proxy
>parameters
>They are all floats..
>
>If I install the SPDL and then edit to group or change the ordr, or add
>tabs, resave the SPDL and refresh
>I lose visuals on one of the sliders, or the sldier will remain but it
>will no longer drive the value..
>
>heres the confusing part:
>
>If I D&D a widget for say different kinds of properties onto a custom
>pset, then I can edit and save the SPDL to my hearts content..
>Its only when I try to D&D say the local Y,Z,X widgets of an objects
>kinematics property onto a pset that the problems begin..
>
>The guids that are created for a kinematic proxy param seem to be the
>same.. if I run something like
>
>logmessage XSIFactory.CreateGuid
>
>I can generate a unique GUID but using this new one in place of an old one
>doesn't seem to allow for update of the slider values.. It does get things
>a little closer to where I want in that the property doesn't disappear
>from the ppg, but still not quite what I need..
>
>Has anyone found a way around this prob?
>
>Currently I'm just creating a custom parameter for these problem
>properties and creating expressions to link them.
>Custom param's don't seem to have this issue
>
>Is there an explanation for what is going on?
>thanks for any insight
>
>Irie
>
>Adam
>
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Hi Adam-<br><br>
Have you tried building your PPG using the Object Model access we now
have? I haven't used it for proxy params yet, but I imagine it's
straightforward. There are no more issues with GUID's or registration,
just flat out scripted control of what you are building.<br><br>
Incidentally, the last time I was SPDL hacking, I ran into the same
issues you're describing, except my proxy param was a constraint blend.
Once the layout failed to update, there was no way to regain control
without blowing away the SPDL file, and the PPG preset file, and starting
over! I can't tell you how many complex PPG's I've had to rebuild from
scratch because of SPDL and GUID idiosyncracies. As far as I can tell,
those days are gone with the new OM stuff. :)<br><br>
-Brad<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2>Hey
all, a question I've been looking into the last few days, on behalf of a
question that came up in another forum I am running, but haven't found
the answer I'm looking for..<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=2>heres the scenario<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=2>I have a bunch of controls that have I've tied
onto a custom Pset as proxy parameters<br>
They are all floats..<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=2>If I install the SPDL and then edit to group or
change the ordr, or add tabs, resave the SPDL and refresh <br>
I lose visuals on one of the sliders, or the sldier will remain but it
will no longer drive the value..<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=2>heres the confusing part: <br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=2>If I D&D a widget for say different kinds
of properties onto a custom pset, then I can edit and save the SPDL to my
hearts content..<br>
Its only when I try to D&D say the local Y,Z,X widgets of an objects
kinematics property onto a pset that the problems begin..<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="arial" size=2>The guids that are created for a kinematic
proxy param seem to be the same.. if I run something like<br>
</font> <br>
<font size=2>logmessage XSIFactory.CreateGuid<br>
</font> <br>
<font size=2>I can generate a unique GUID but using this new one in place
of an old one doesn't seem to allow for update of the slider values.. It
does get things a little closer to where I want in that the property
doesn't disappear from the ppg, but still not quite what I need..<br>
</font> <br>
<font size=2>Has anyone found a way around this prob? <br>
</font> <br>
<font size=2>Currently I'm just creating a custom parameter for these
problem properties and creating expressions to link them.<br>
Custom param's don't seem to have this issue<br>
</font> <br>
<font size=2>Is there an explanation for what is going on? <br>
thanks for any insight<br>
</font> <br>
<font size=2>Irie<br>
</font> <br>
<font size=2>Adam<br>
</font> </blockquote></body>
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