CustomUI Test

This example is a custom display that handles Softimage notifications and Win32 messages. The example shows how to define the interface and callbacks to Softimage, and how to access the notifications that Softimage pushes to the custom display host.

Note: This example uses the Windows API and is not available on Linux.

Example Files

Location
Files	CustomUITest.cpp CustomUITest.h CustomUI.cpp CustomUI.h CustomUITest.vcproj

Running the Example

To run the example

In a viewport, click the view name (for example, Top or Camera) and then choose Custom Display > NotificationTest.

- Or -

Run this code in the script editor:

var oActiveLayout = Application.Desktop.ActiveLayout;
var oCDH = oActiveLayout.CreateView( "Custom Display Host", "MyCustomDisplayHost" );
oCDH.SetAttributeValue( "targetcontent", "NotificationTest" );
oCDH.Resize( 500, 500 );

Building the C++ Example

Softimage SDK includes a compiled version of the plug-in. If you want to modify the code, you can rebuild the example by following these instructions.

To build the example on Windows

Open an Softimage command prompt, and type devenv to start Visual Studio .NET.

Starting Visual Studio .NET from an Softimage command prompt ensures that environment variables such as XSISDK_ROOT are set (otherwise you'll get build and link errors).

Tip To load the CustomUITest project from the command line, type:
```
devenv CustomUITest.vcproj
```
In Visual Studio .NET, open the project file .vcproj.
Select a configuration (Win32 Release or Win32 Debug) and build the DLL.

To build the example on Linux

This example uses the Windows API and is not available on Linux.

Keywords

This example uses the following keywords:

C++ example, IsA, ViewContext, IsValid, PutUserData, GetUserData, Init, Term, Notify, RegisterCustomDisplay, siEventID, GetNotificationData, siOnSelectionChange, siOnTimeChange, siOnValueChange, CSelectionChangeNotification, GetSelectionList, CTimeChangeNotification, CValueChangeNotification, GetOwner, GetClassIDName, GetClassID, siPrimitiveID, siParameterID, siClusterID, Geometry, Parameter, CClusterElementArray, GetComponentName