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Element Information

Sample Code

Example code for the id XTR_TRAIL_CONNECT_ALGORITHM in Oxptrail

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

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

Resource File Code (Oxptrail.res)


LONG  XTR_TRAIL_CONNECT_ALGORITHM
{
                        
    CYCLE 
    {         TRAIL_ALGO_NONE; 
        TRAIL_ALGO_SINGLE; 
        TRAIL_ALGO_SEGMENTED; 
        TRAIL_ALGO_ALL; 
        TRAIL_ALGO_NEARESTINDICES; 
        TRAIL_ALGO_NEARESTDISTANCE; 
        TRAIL_ALGO_CLUSTER; 
        TRAIL_ALGO_TENDRIL; 
        TRAIL_ALGO_CONSTRAINTS; 
    }
}
            

Header File Code (Oxptrail.h)

#ifndef OXPTRAIL_H__
#define OXPTRAIL_H__
enum
{
  XTR_TRAIL_CONNECT_ALGORITHM = 1000,  //First ID should start at 1000
    TRAIL_ALGO_NONE = 1,
    TRAIL_ALGO_SINGLE = 2,
    TRAIL_ALGO_SEGMENTED = 3,
    TRAIL_ALGO_ALL = 4,
    TRAIL_ALGO_NEARESTINDICES = 5,
    TRAIL_ALGO_NEARESTDISTANCE = 6,
    TRAIL_ALGO_CLUSTER = 7,
    TRAIL_ALGO_TENDRIL = 8,
    TRAIL_ALGO_CONSTRAINTS = 9,
};
#endif	// OXPTRAIL_H__

String File Code (Oxptrail.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  XTR_TRAIL_CONNECT_ALGORITHM    "Algorithm";
    TRAIL_ALGO_NONE    "NoConnections";
    TRAIL_ALGO_SINGLE    "StraightSequence";
    TRAIL_ALGO_SEGMENTED    "SegmentedSequence";
    TRAIL_ALGO_ALL    "AllPointstoallPoints";
    TRAIL_ALGO_NEARESTINDICES    "NearestbyIndex";
    TRAIL_ALGO_NEARESTDISTANCE    "NearestbyDistance";
    TRAIL_ALGO_CLUSTER    "Cluster";
    TRAIL_ALGO_TENDRIL    "Tendrils";
    TRAIL_ALGO_CONSTRAINTS    "Constraints";
}