Re: Connecting a specific custom property to a SCOP group

["guillaume laforge" <guillaume.laforge.3d(at)gmail.com>]

Hi Andy,

The last time a create a scop "on the fly" I used several groups. At my first try I only used one group and it doesn't work. I tried with one group by object and it works ( thanks Alan ). 

Here is a sample code from a self installed plugin script :

//***** Build the Custom Operator "on-the-fly" ******
var op = XSIFactory.CreateScriptedOp("SplashOp", SplashOp_Update.toString(),"JScript");
// define connections
//Goup 1
var group = op.addportgroup( "MainGroup", 1, 2 );

//**Out Port
op.addoutputport( oSpeedParam, "outSpeed", group.index );
...
//**In Port
op.addinputport
( oSplashEmit.posy, "inPosY", group.index );
...
//Group 2
var group2 = op.addportgroup( "inputgroup" );
op.addinputport( oGround.activeprimitive, "inGround", group2.index );


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Guillaume Laforge
freelance TD | cg Artist

On 7/31/06, Andy Nicholas <andy(at)andynicholas.com > wrote:

Hi guys,

I'm having a major problem trying to connect a specific custom property to
a scripted operator. My ports look like this:

<obj>.kine.global   (IN)
<obj>.MyProperty    (IN)
<obj>.kine.global   (OUT)

When I first create the operator, it's not a problem to specify the exact
connections because I use the ApplyOperator command like this:

ApplyOperator("KineOperator",
              "[sphere.kine.global,sphere.MyProperty,sphere.kine.global]");

This allows me to specify the custom property "MyProperty" to be used. If
I don't do that, I have the problem where it will just connect to the
first CustomProperty that exists underneath the object, rather than the
one I want it to connect to.

My issue, is that I want to be able to connect multiple objects to this
operator. So I want to be able to do this:

operator.ConnectToGroup(0, box_obj);

to connect other objects to the same operator after I've created it.

The problem with this, is that I'm not able to specify the exact
connection set. As a result, the first custom property underneath the
object gets connected instead of the one I want.

Does anyone know of a way round this problem?

BTW, my property is a self installed custom property. Is it possible to
create a custom property with an SPDL? If I could, then I'd be able to
specify the custom property's GUID in the port definition and all would be
fine.

Thanks

Andy



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