removing custom script command 2005-06-19 - By Stefan Andersson
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but moving it to the workgroup.. there are no such folder as "plugins"
there. Does every user then have to update the plugin manually? Seems
like a big hassle.
regards
stefan
On 6/18/05, Bernard Lebel <3dbernard@(protected)> wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> I can't help it but to answer anyway, hopefully you'll not be mad at me ;-)
>
> With the XSI 4.0+ plugin architecture, you can do pretty much everything
> "on-the-fly". If you check into your
> users/you/Softimage/XSI_xx/Application directory, you'll see a Plugins
> directory, next to the toolbars, spdl, layouts, view, bin and
> potentially others. Anything you drop in these directories will be
> picked up when you launch XSI.
>
> In the case of the Plugins dir, this is where you put self-installed
> plugins, that is, plugins that can be loaded and unloaded and that don't
> require you to register anything. This includes self-installed custom
> commands, events, and even compiled tools.
>
> So what you are looking for right now is a self-installed custom
> command. If you go to Application > Commands > New Self-Installed Custom
> Command..., you get a wizard to create such a command. Fill in the
> informations that you need, and click Generate Code. You can tell the
> wizard that your command needs some arguments, however as far as I'm
> concerned I never specify a handler for arguments (None) nor a default
> value.
> This will generate a template for this command, where you only need to
> drop the actual script code. In the function called
> <yourcommandname>_Execute( ), replace the line
> ' TODO: Put your code here.
> By your code. If you have functions in your script, you can put them
> inside that Execute( ) function if you use JScript or Python. In
> VBScript, put them outside the Execute( ) function.
>
> Now if you go back into your Plugins directory, you should that command
> file there. If you edit this file and resave it, the only thing you need
> to do to get the changes in XSI is to go to File > Plugins > Manager and
> click the Update button. This will reload all plugins that have been
> changed. You can even move the plugin file to your workgroup and click
> the update button, XSI should pick the command from the new location.
>
>
> Cheers
> Bernard
>
>
>
> Stefan Andersson wrote:
>
> >btw... don't answer this just yet. I'm reading some SDK docs now and
> >will see if I can find what I'm looking for :)
> >
> >regards
> >stefan
> >
> >
> >On 6/18/05, Stefan Andersson <sanders3d@(protected)> wrote:
> >
> >
>
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