Re: Script Button in Menu Buttons?

[André Adam <a_adam(at)49games.de>]

I've had a look at this as well already and on a first sight it doesn't 
look like it could work, comparing the Menu Button entries and the 
Script Button format... Ok, at least I'm not the only one having this 
problem. What's the common workaround then for the following scenario:

Ton's of scripts that are basically the same piece of code with a single 
variable being different.

My initial idea was to use Script Buttons to parse an argument to the 
script command referencing only a single script for all. And since it's 
lots and lots of them I wanted to stack them inside Menu Buttons to not 
make that Toolbar extend over half of XSI's interface.
Looks like I have the choice of of using one or the other, which will 
likely be the Menu Buttons to make life worthwile for our animators and 
hell for me duplicating a script call over and over again with variing 
variables... or is someone having a smarter idea? It's Friday and the 
sun is shining for the first time since days again, that might affect my 
concentration... ;)

Cheers!

   -André


brad friedman wrote:

> I know exactly what you are talking about and it has been driving me nuts.
>  
> I do recall I tried hacking the xml to put one in there and it didn't 
> work... though I could have done it wrong.  Its probably worth trying 
> to hack it again just to be sure.
>  
> -brad
>
> */André Adam <a_adam(at)49games.de>/* wrote:
>
>     Sorry, not really, that's the exact place where I'm currently stuck.
>     Getting a Menu button works as it should, but I'd like to fill it
>     with
>     Script Buttons instead of regular commands. To clearify a bit
>     here, I'm
>     talking about the nice functionality feature called "Script Button"
>     available from the Customize Toolbars dialogue, where the button
>     actually does not reference a script file, but carries the code
>     directly
>     which then gets part of the toolbar file.
>
>     Sorry for any confusion, and thanks anyways!
>
>     -André
>
>
>     Todd Lawrimore wrote:
>
>     >If you "right click" on a toolbar and go to "Customize Toolbar"
>     there is a "Toolbar Widgets" category that has a "menu button"
>     option in it. You can attach as many scripts as you like. The
>     wizard for editing the look of the menu is weak, but you can
>     always edit the xml by hand after you've generated it.
>     >
>     >Does that help?
>     >-Todd
>     >
>     >-----Original Message-----
>     >From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
>     Behalf Of André Adam
>     &ggt;Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 8:12 AM
>     >To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>     >Subject: Script Button in Menu Buttons?
>     >
>     >Heya!
>     >
>     >Is it possibble to store a Script Button inside of a Menu Button
>     for a
>     >custom toolbar? I'm currently trying to clean up cluttered
>     toolbars a
>     >bit and this would be *really* handy right now...
>     >
>     >Cheers for a quick reply!
>     >
>     > -André
>     >
>
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