How to add command/button to AETemplate?

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to integrate a simulator into Maya. I have a solver node. I would like to put a button on the attribute editor, "Simulate" for example that calls a command. How can this be achieved with AETemplates and MEL?

[haggi_master · Accepted solution]

Do you like to see the answer here or at StackOverflow?

[Anonymous]

Thanks. I marked your solution on Stack overflow as the right one. I had discovered something similar, and hacked an example for a file input attribute to put a button there. i will refactor with your solution, thanks again.

// My hack, which I put in the new function of -callCustom

setUITemplate -pst attributeEditorTemplate;
        columnLayout -adj true;
            button -label "Simulate" -c "ArenaSimulateCommand";
        setParent ..;
    setParent ..;

    setUITemplate -ppt;
    setParent ..;