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No, you're right. It just seemed to me that the refresh was enough and that
the button was an added complicationg but from a user's point of view the
button would be a more visible option.
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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
Aloys Baillet
Sent: 15 June 2005 08:25
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: Re: Boundaries of Custom Properties
If the user add a cluster and wants to see the change in the PPG without
having to refresh it, the button can do the job, am I wrong?
On 6/15/05, kim aldis <kim@(protected)> wrote:
surely, though, if you've built your layout and create your parameters in
the onInit callback then it does it all for you when the PPG is refreshed.
why would you need a button?
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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
Aloys Baillet
Sent: 15 June 2005 01:28
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: Re: Boundaries of Custom Properties
Hi here,
PPGs are fully dynamic, that means you can allways add or delete parameters
whenever you want.
The only thing that's less dynamic is the Layout property of the PPG: you
can add items to it (mostly parameters and buttons) and you can clear it
(delete ALL the items), that's all.
If you want to add a parameter at run-time, create it with a prefix, then
call a function that clears the Layout and add all the items inluding all
parameters beginnin with the prefix you specified.
The workflow I would try is:
Create the PPG with the basic parameters and a button to refresh the number
of clusters (bad news: user input is compulsory here).
In the OnInit, check the numbers of clusters of the parent geometry.
Unfortunately it seems that there is no way to create a scripted operator
that can read the number of clusters of a geometry (all you will get is an
Access Denied error message). But I might have missed something!
Good luck!
Aloys
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<DIV></DIV>If the user add a cluster and wants to see the change in the PPG
without having to refresh it, the button can do the job, am I wrong?<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/15/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>kim
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>surely,
though, if you've built your layout and create your parameters in the
onInit
callback then it does it all for you when the PPG is refreshed. why would
you need a button?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV></DIV>Hi here,<BR><BR>PPGs are fully dynamic, that means you can
allways add or delete parameters whenever you want.<BR>The only thing
that's less dynamic is the Layout property of the PPG: you can add items
to it (mostly parameters and buttons) and you can clear it (delete ALL
the
items), that's all.<BR><BR>If you want to add a parameter at run-time,
create it with a prefix, then call a function that clears the Layout and
add all the items inluding all parameters beginnin with the prefix you
specified.<BR><BR>The workflow I would try is:<BR>Create the PPG with the
basic parameters and a button to refresh the number of clusters (bad news
:
user input is compulsory here).<BR>In the OnInit, check the numbers of
clusters of the parent geometry.<BR><BR>Unfortunately it seems that there
is no way to create a scripted operator that can read the number of
clusters of a geometry (all you will get is an Access Denied error
message). But I might have missed something!<BR><BR>Good
luck!<BR><BR>Aloys<BR><BR>-- <BR>Aloys Baillet - Character TD @ Animal
Logic </SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR
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Baillet - XSI Technical Director<BR>Character Dpt - Animal Logic<BR>--
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