Public Member Functions
Preferences Class Reference

Detailed Description

The Preferences object can be used to manage preferences in Softimage.

Each preference is in a category which is represented by a node under the Preferences container in the Application. To identify a preference the category must be specified as category.preference. For example, "scripting.language".

There are 2 kinds of preferences: native and custom. Native preferences come with Softimage and can be viewed with the File->Preferences dialog. By default, no preferences file is created until you change the value of a preference, thereby changing the location of preference to user. When Softimage starts it reads all .xsipref files located under the /Data/Preferences directory of the Factory, Workgroup and User locations (in that order), so if the value exists in both the factory and the user locations, the value in the user file will be used.

Note:
Each time a user changes the value of a preference it is saved in the .xsipref under the user location.

For custom preferences, you can create new preferences in a .xsipref file and you can use them in scripting. All loaded preferences are listed on the Preferences property page. You can also create a new category with UI that appears under the Preferences node.

Since:
4.0
Example:
        using namespace XSI;
        Application app;
        Preferences preferences = app.GetPreferences();

        CString languagepref ;
        preferences.GetPreferenceValue( L"scripting.language", languagepref );

        app.LogMessage( languagepref );
Example:
        using namespace XSI;
        Application app;
        Preferences preferences = app.GetPreferences();

        CRefArray l_array;
        l_array = prefMgr.GetCategories();

        for (int i=0; i< l_array.GetCount(); i++)
        {
            if ( l_array[i].GetName() == L"scripting")
            {

            }
        }

#include <xsi_preferences.h>

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Public Member Functions

  Preferences ()
  ~Preferences ()
  Preferences (const CRef &in_ref)
  Preferences (const Preferences &in_obj)
bool  IsA (siClassID in_ClassID) const
siClassID  GetClassID () const
Preferences operator= (const Preferences &in_obj)
Preferences operator= (const CRef &in_ref)
CRefArray  GetCategories () const
CStatus  GetPreferenceValue (const CString &in_sPrefName, CValue &out_value)
CStatus  SetPreferenceValue (const CString &in_sPrefName, const CValue &in_value)
CStatus  Import (const CString &in_sFile)
CStatus  Export (const CString &in_sFile, const CString &in_sCategories)
CStatus  RestoreDefault (const CString &in_sPrefName)

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Default constructor.

Default destructor.

Preferences ( const CRef in_ref )

Constructor.

Parameters:
in_ref constant reference object.
Preferences ( const Preferences in_obj )

Copy constructor.

Parameters:
in_obj constant class object.

Member Function Documentation

bool IsA ( siClassID  in_ClassID ) const [virtual]

Returns true if a given class type is compatible with this API class.

Parameters:
in_ClassID class type.
Returns:
true if the class is compatible, false otherwise.

Reimplemented from SIObject.

siClassID GetClassID ( ) const [virtual]

Returns the type of the API class.

Returns:
The class type.

Reimplemented from SIObject.

Preferences& operator= ( const Preferences in_obj )

Creates an object from another object. The newly created object is set to empty if the input object is not compatible.

Parameters:
in_obj constant class object.
Returns:
The new Preferences object.
Preferences& operator= ( const CRef in_ref )

Creates an object from a reference object. The newly created object is set to empty if the input reference object is not compatible.

Parameters:
in_ref constant class object.
Returns:
The new Preferences object.

Reimplemented from SIObject.

CRefArray GetCategories ( ) const

Returns the categories collection.

Returns:
The categories array. This is a list of Property objects which hold a set of preferences.

Reimplemented from SIObject.

CStatus GetPreferenceValue ( const CString in_sPrefName,
CValue out_value 
)

Returns the value of the specified preference.

Parameters:
in_sPrefName The name of the preference including the category: category.preference name
Return values:
out_value The value returned.
Returns:
CStatus::OK success
CStatus::Fail failure
CStatus SetPreferenceValue ( const CString in_sPrefName,
const CValue in_value 
)

Sets the value of the specified preference.

Parameters:
in_sPrefName The name of the preference including the category: category.preference name
in_value The value to set
Returns:
CStatus::OK success
CStatus::Fail failure
CStatus Import ( const CString in_sFile )

Imports a set of preferences into Softimage. All values are saved in the .xsipref under the user location. The file can contain preferences from any category. The file must be in the .xsipref file format.

Parameters:
in_sFile The file to import.
Returns:
CStatus::OK success
CStatus::Fail failure
CStatus Export ( const CString in_sFile,
const CString in_sCategories 
)

Exports one or more categories of preferences into a .xsipref file.

Parameters:
in_sFile The file to export.
in_sCategories The categories to export
Returns:
CStatus::OK success
CStatus::Fail failure
CStatus RestoreDefault ( const CString in_sPrefName )

The category or the preference to restore to the default value. It can also be a specific preference.

Parameters:
in_sPrefName The category or preference to restore.
Returns:
CStatus::OK success
CStatus::Fail failure

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