topic if MFnNumericAttribute is "encapsulate numeric attributes", then what function is encapsulate String attributes? in Maya Programming Forum

if MFnNumericAttribute is "encapsulate numeric attributes", then what function is encapsulate String attributes?

g2m.agent — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 08:36:59 GMT

MFnTypedAttribute?

stuzzz — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 13:51:56 GMT

hi.

The line bellow might answer your question.

MFnTypedAttribute typedFn; MyAttribute = typedFn.create("myattributname", "foo", MFnData::kString);

g2m.agent — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 14:04:13 GMT

I can't read the C++ code, but I think my guess is right. thank you!

stuzzz — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 16:19:08 GMT

sorry my bad.

To cut in the chase, you are right. To create a string type attribute you need a MFnTypedAttribute