[Closed] Slider with multiple indicators?

Ok, now I’ve noticed something else. If at any point I open the track view, my range slider stops performing its functions. I can still move the indicators, but they don’t actually do anything. This persists even after closing the track view once it has been opened.

EDIT: That’s not the only thing that is causing the range slider to stop working. Apparently creating an object or performing various other actions will do this as well.

please give a snippet that shows the problem…

This is essentially what I have. It works when I create it, but any time I do basically anything else it stops. I’m assuming it’s a focus issue, but I’m a little confused about how to fix it.

Rollout RO "" (
	local v1 = 175.0
	local v2 = 185.0
	local v = 180.0
	local r = 5.0

	dotNetControl tb "system.windows.forms.trackbar" height:25 width:200

	label va "" align:#center
	
	fn getVal = (
		v = (v1 + v2) / 2
		r = v - v1
		va.text = v as string + " ± " + r as string
	)		
		
	on RO open do (
		tb.controls.add (
			rtb = dotnetobject "DevExpress.XtraEditors.RangeTrackBarControl"
			rtb.Properties.Minimum
			rtb.Properties.Maximum = 36000
			rtb.Properties.TickStyle = rtb.Properties.TickStyle.None
			rtb.Value = dotnetobject "DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository.TrackBarRange" 17500 18500
			rtb.BorderStyle = rtb.BorderStyle.Style3D
			rtb.Dock = rtb.Dock.Top
			
			rtb
		)

		fn onEditValueChanging s a = (
			v1 = (a.NewValue.Minimum as float) / 100
			v2 = (a.NewValue.Maximum as float) / 100
			getVal()
		)			
	
		dotnet.addEventHandler rtb #EditValueChanging onEditValueChanging

		getVal()
	)
)
createDialog RO width:220

EDIT:
And then I tried it again and it worked fine no matter what I did. Then it didn’t, then it did again for a while, until it stopped working all by itself.

you have to make the control Lifetime to preserve from garbage collection:

		dotnet.addEventHandler rtb #EditValueChanging onEditValueChanging
		dotNet.setLifetimeControl rtb #dotnet

check the difference – not lifetime and lifetime… run the dialog and call gc()…

in the first case the control stops working…

I would never have figured that out in a million years

So thank you!

Hm… I’ve got something odd happening when I try and put this into a custom attribute rollout. When I select the object with the custom attribute in question, the slider bar initially appears but then immediately becomes invisible. It reappears when I mouse over it, but obviously this is not a desired feature. Any idea what might be causing/how to fix this?

many .net controls (almost all) stop working correct in body on mxs plugin (attribute).
i was showing a solution on this forum which is using GLOBAL TIMER to update and fire events of .net controls used in mxs plugins

here is one: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=7189958&postcount=13

Thanks, I’ll look for that thread!

EDIT: Or you can just post the link I guess x)