struct and Custom atrributes

[Anonymous]

So I am having a problem, I am trying to create an script that will eventually create a floater that will allow animators to create arbitrary anim ranges and store these ranges as a custom attribute to the rootNode, so this is what I have so far, the problem that i am having is that I want to use a struct instance to store each range as it's been created, then append an array with each struct, so array index x gives us 3 values (name of the range, start frame and end frame) the problem surfaces when I try to define a type for the custom attribute.

some code:
THIS I AM PRELOADING IN STDPLUGS/STDSCRIPTS

struct AnimRangerRange (Rangename, beginframe, endframe)

global defaultAnimRange = AnimRangerRange "Default" 0 100
global bhg_global_anim_ranges_list = #()
append bhg_global_anim_ranges_list defaultAnimRange

then here is my work in progress for the script, (NO FLOATER YET, i AM STILL WORKING OUT THE CUSTOM ATTRIBUTE)

( --begin local scope

animRangerArray = bhg_global_anim_ranges_list

if custAttributes.count rootnode == 0 then --# check to see if any custattributes exist at all, if not, then add the anim ranger attribute and default array.
    ( -- add attribute and default array
    
    
    
    rangerdata =  attributes AnimRangerData

        (
        parameters main rollout:params
            (
            glbanimranges type:#string --# HERE IS THE PROBLEM, HOW DO i SOLVE IT???
            ) --end params        
        
        rollout params "nodata"
            (
            )
        ) --end pathdata

    custAttributes.add rootNode rangerdata #unique
    
    rootNode.AnimRangerData.glbanimranges = animRangerArray

    
    ) -- # end no attribute found
    
    else --# of course if custom attributes exist, we need to see if ours is one of them
    (
    
    ) --# end else attributes exist



) -- end local scope

Thanks in advance

[paulneale]

There is no data type that will store a struct. What you can do is have three parameters that each
hold an one of the needed pieces of data. So something like this...

parmeters paramsP
(
 NameArray type:#stringTab tabSize:0 tabSizeVariable:true
 StartArray type:#floatTab tabSize:0 tabSizeVariable:true
 EndArray type:#floatTab tabSize:0 tabSizeVariable:true
)

Doesn't look at clean but works just as well.


Mighty_Marcos wrote:
> So I am having a problem, I am trying to create an script that will eventually create a floater that will allow animators to create arbitrary anim ranges and store these ranges as a custom attribute to the rootNode, so this is what I have so far, the problem that i am having is that I want to use a struct instance to store each range as it's been created, then append an array with each struct, so array index x gives us 3 values (name of the range, start frame and end frame) the problem surfaces when I try to define a type for the custom attribute.
>
> some code:
> THIS I AM PRELOADING IN STDPLUGS/STDSCRIPTS
>

> struct AnimRangerRange (Rangename, beginframe, endframe)
>
> global defaultAnimRange = AnimRangerRange "Default" 0 100
> global bhg_global_anim_ranges_list = #()
> append bhg_global_anim_ranges_list defaultAnimRange
> 

>
>
>
> then here is my work in progress for the script, (NO FLOATER YET, i AM STILL WORKING OUT THE CUSTOM ATTRIBUTE)
>

> ( --begin local scope
>
> animRangerArray = bhg_global_anim_ranges_list
>
> if custAttributes.count rootnode == 0 then --# check to see if any custattributes exist at all, if not, then add the anim ranger attribute and default array.
>     ( -- add attribute and default array
>
>
>
>     rangerdata =  attributes AnimRangerData
>
>         (
>         parameters main rollout:params
>             (
>             glbanimranges type:#string --# HERE IS THE PROBLEM, HOW DO i SOLVE IT???
>             ) --end params
>
>         rollout params "nodata"
>             (
>             )
>         ) --end pathdata
>
>     custAttributes.add rootNode rangerdata #unique
>
>     rootNode.AnimRangerData.glbanimranges = animRangerArray
>
>
>     ) -- # end no attribute found
>
>     else --# of course if custom attributes exist, we need to see if ours is one of them
>     (
>
>     ) --# end else attributes exist
>
>
>
> ) -- end local scope
> 

>
> Thanks in advance

[Anonymous]

There is no data type that will store a struct.

Lame!!! But your solution is great, I just wanted to parse less arrays, but as long as it works, who cares?

Thanks Paul!

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