Re: enumControls and siControlCombo...

["Steven Caron" <carons(at)gmail.com>]

so .Item was it..

i was looking right at that property of a collection. to bad the example didn't show anything actually using that property and why its helpful.

i see that it accepts integers or string types :)

thanks a ton francois!

steven

On 4/7/06, francois.painchaud(at)sympatico.ca < francois.painchaud(at)sympatico.ca> wrote:

This should do the trick:

var findCams = ActiveSceneRoot.findChildren("",siCameraPrimType);
var theCam = "Camera"
LogMessage( findCams.Item(theCam).FullName );
LogMessage( findCams.Item(theCam).parameters("aspect").value );
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Francois

> De: "Steven Caron" <carons(at)gmail.com>
> Date: 2006/04/08 sam. AM 01:06:34 GMT-04:00
> À: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Objet: Re: enumControls and siControlCombo...
>
> i apolgize again. i think that was confusing.
>
> i have self-installed property. i have defined its many parameters.
> "cameras" being one of them....
>
> var cams = oProp.addParameter3("cameras", siString);
>
> i have defined its layout and defined "cameras" as...
>
> rLayout.addEnumControl("cameras",Array(),"Cameras",siControlCombo)
>
> i have filled it with information in my OnInit callback...
>
> function indigoRenderOptions_OnInit(){
>     var rLayout = PPG.PPGLayout;
>     var combo = rLayout.item("cameras");
>     var findCams = application.activesceneroot.findChildren
> ("",siCameraPrimType);
>     var cams = new Array();
>     for(i=0;i<findCams.count;i++){
>         var currentCam = findCams(i).fullname;
>         cams.push(currentCam);
>         cams.push(i);
>     }
>     //update the array in the ppg...
>     combo.UIItems = cams;
>
>     var theCam = PPG.rendercam.Value;
>     PPG.aspectratio.value = findCams(theCam).parameters("aspect").value;
>
>     PPG.Refresh();
>
>     return true;
> }
>
> that parameter is a string. and i cannot use it in as an index in my
> findCams collection. i know you can use strings in collections but it
> doesn't like how i am passing it
>
> thanks for your help
>
> steven
>
>
> On 4/7/06, francois.painchaud(at)sympatico.ca < francois.painchaud(at)sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > How is your parameter "cameras" defined (i.e. need more code snippets)?
> >
> > Francois
> >
> > > De: "Steven Caron" < carons(at)gmail.com>
> > > Date: 2006/04/08 sam. AM 12:38:18 GMT-04:00
> > > À: xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > > Objet: Re: enumControls and siControlCombo...
> > >
> > > so was looking closer..
> > >
> > > PPG.cameras.Value returns a string...
> > >
> > > how can i get this parameter as an integer to use with as collection's
> > > index?
> > >
> > > On 4/7/06, Steven Caron <carons(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > wow that was nice... i wasn't done :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > so i have a dropdown box that lists all the camera's in the scene...
> > > >
> > > > //get the cams...
> > > > var root = application.activeSceneRoot;
> > > > var findCams = root.findChildren("",siCameraPrimType);
> > > > var combo = layout.item("cameras");
> > > > var cams = new Array();
> > > >
> > > > //then i build an array to be passed to the combo.UIItems
> > > >     for(i=0;i<findCams.count;i++){
> > > >         var currentCam = findCams(i).fullname;
> > > >         cams.push(currentCam);
> > > >         cams.push(i);
> > > >     }
> > > > //update controlCombo...
> > > > combo.UIItems = cams;
> > > >
> > > > //now i have some proxy params that need to be filled
> > > > //with the params from the current camera in the drop down
> > > > var theCam = PPG.cameras.Value ;
> > > > PPG.aspectratio.value = findCams(theCam).parameters("aspect").value;
> > > >
> > > > for some reason the string that i get back from PPG.cameras.Valuedoesn't
> > > > want to be used in the findCams collection.
> > > >
> > > > why is this?
> > > >
> > > > how can i read the current value of the drop down and use that to make
> > > > sure i am looking at the right camera?
> > > >
> > > > thanks


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