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Element Information

Sample Code

Example code for the id MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL in ToolArrange

Note that this is not the actual code from the ToolArrange file.

This code is just an example to show you how to add a similar control to your own description.

Resource File Code (ToolArrange.res)


LONG  MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL
{
ALIGN_LEFT  ;                          
    CYCLE 
    {         MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_X; 
        MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_XN; 
        MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_Y; 
        MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_YN; 
        MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_Z; 
        MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_ZN; 
    }
}
            

Header File Code (ToolArrange.h)

#ifndef TOOLARRANGE_H__
#define TOOLARRANGE_H__
enum
{
  MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL = 1000,  //First ID should start at 1000
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_X = 1,
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_XN = 2,
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_Y = 3,
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_YN = 4,
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_Z = 5,
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_ZN = 6,
};
#endif	// TOOLARRANGE_H__

String File Code (ToolArrange.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL    "AlignTangential";
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_X    "+X";
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_XN    "-X";
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_Y    "+Y";
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_YN    "-Y";
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_Z    "+Z";
    MDATA_ARRANGE_SPLINE_ALIGNTANGENTIAL_ZN    "-Z";
}