Sweet, thanks again Johan
If I try this line in the on open rollout function in the displayparams rollout
This.nodedata.height = 0
It shrinks the window so nothing can be used or altuered which is ok, but you still get the rollout tab and title above the displayparams rollout tab. The code does forces the dialog window to also have a height of 0 when the dialog is opened, kind of annoying but does its job when the right conditional statements are implemented.
I found out how to remove the rollout from the modify panel while still keeping it in the plug-in and have all of its functions, parameters, controls and variables accessible.
Just add this line to the on rollout open function of the displayparams rollout
removeRollout this.nodedata
It seems to work just fine, and the node dialog rollout is not displayed at all but is still usable in the createdialog function. The dialog window that it opens remains open when a different object is selected in the scene. This is kinds neat; it allows me to move objects and to change the selection of the index of the listview, which is a stored parameter value, and correctly stores and implements that data while other objects are selected.
I have come across a little bug that Im trying to work out; it happens when there is more than one instance of this plug-in, and only when the dialog window is used. The dialog window is fired by a checkbutton called viewNodesData_ckbn which opens and closed the window based on its true/false value, this works without any problem.
The issue is when another instance of this plug-in is selected and the View Node Data button is pressed it turns blue and to true like it should, but nothing happens. Press the button again and the window created from the first plug-in instance is closed. As far as I can tell it is because both instances of the plug-in are creating and looking for a dialog that uses a rollout of same name used for the dialog window. I can always have the window automatically close when another object is selected, but I like the idea of having it open and updating info while manipulating the scene
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plugin Helper testing
name:"testing"
classID:#(6452581739,258649731)
category:"Data Holders"
extends:point
replaceUI:true
autoPromoteDelegateProps:true
version:1
(
local lastSize,meshObj,nodeListHit
local nodeLV_ary = #()
parameters pobjects rollout:nodeData[indent](
nodetab type:#maxObjectTab tabSize:0 tabSizeVariable:true
selectedNodeID type:#integer animatable:false default:0
)
rollout nodeData "Node Data"
(
dotNetControl nodeList_dnLV "system.windows.forms.listview" align:#center height:150 width:290 offset:[0,0]
button refreshList_btn "Refresh List" width:80 height:20 align:#left offset:[-8,0]
fn initListView theLv =
(
try (theLv.view=(dotNetClass "system.windows.forms.view").details) catch()
theLv.FullRowSelect=true
theLv.GridLines=true
theLv.MultiSelect=false
)
fn updateNodeList theList =
(
try (theList.items.clear ()) catch()
nodeLV_ary = #()
if (this.nodetab.count >=1) do (
for i=1 to this.nodetab.count do (
li = dotNetObject "System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem" ((i)as string)
try (li.subitems.add ((this.nodetab[i].node.name) as string)) catch()
try (li.subitems.add ((this.nodetab[i].node.pos) as string)) catch()
appendifUnique nodeLV_ary li
)
try (theList.items.addrange nodeLV_ary) catch()
)
)
on nodeData open do (
nodeList_dnLV.columns.add "ID" 30
nodeList_dnLV.columns.add "Node Name" 150
nodeList_dnLV.columns.add "Node POS" 150
initListView nodeList_dnLV
updateNodeList nodeList_dnLV
)
on nodeData close do (
this.nodeDataWindowOpen = false
)
on nodeList_dnLV mousedown arg do
(
clearListener()
nodeListHit = (nodeList_dnLV.hittest (dotNetObject "system.drawing.point" arg.x arg.y))
if (nodeListHit.item != undefined) then
(
selectedNodeID = ((nodeListHit.item.index+1) as string)as number
print ("selected list ID = "+selectedNodeID as string)
) else (
nodeListHit = 0
selectedNodeID = 0
print ("selected list ID out of range")
)
)
on refreshList_btn pressed do
(
updateNodeList nodeList_dnLV
)
)
parameters pdisplay rollout:displayparams
(
size type:#float animatable:true ui:size_spnr default:5.0
nodeDataWindowOpen type:#boolean animatable:false ui:viewNodesData_ckbn default:false
)
rollout displayparams "Display Parameters"
(
label size_lbl "Size:" align:#left
spinner size_spnr "" type:#float align:#right range:[0,1e9,5.0] width:50 offset:[0,-20]
button getnodes_btn "Get Nodes" width:160
checkbutton viewNodesData_ckbn "View Node Data" width:160 checked:nodeDataWindowOpen highlightColor:blue
button clearNodes_btn "Clear Nodes" width:160
fn addNodes =
(
local selection_ary = pickObject count:#multiple forceListenerFocus:false rubberBand:$.pos rubberBandColor:yellow
for s in selection_ary \
where findItem (for o in nodeTab where isValidNode o.node collect o.node) s == 0 \
do
(
append nodeTab (nodeTransformMonitor node:s forwardTransformChangeMsgs:true)
)
)
on displayparams open do
(
removeRollout this.nodedata
)
on getnodes_btn pressed do
(
addNodes()
this.nodeData.updateNodeList this.nodeData.nodeList_dnLV
)
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[indent][left]on viewNodesData_ckbn changed state do
(
print state
if (not state) then
(
DestroyDialog this.nodeData
this.nodeDataWindowOpen = false
)else
(
max create mode
createDialog this.nodeData width:300 height:200
max modify mode
this.nodeDataWindowOpen = true
)
)
on clearNodes_btn pressed do
(
nodetab = #()
this.nodeData.updateNodeList this.nodeData.nodeList_dnLV
)
)
on getDisplayMesh do
(
if (meshObj == undefined) do
(
meshObj = createInstance sphere radius:size segs:4 mapCoords:false
lastsize = size
)
if size != lastsize do
(
meshObj.radius = size
lastsize = size
)
meshObj.mesh
)
tool create
(
on mousePoint click do
(
nodeTM.translation = gridPoint;#stop
)
)
)
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To resolve the problem of the open dialog not updating, I have for a tool of mine a callback implemented that checks whether the selection changed, then pop/replace the rollout if the object is of the scripted object class. Something like that looks like it could work for you too.
-Johan