How to set Parameter Visibilities in OIP

[MaxStudio]

I'm trying to set parameter visibility in the object info panel.

 

In the old vector script I would retrieve the custom object information as follows:

result:= GetCustomObjectInfo(objname,oh,rh,wh);

I would then set the visibility of the parameter as follows:

SetParameterVisibility(oh,'parametername',FALSE);

 

In python I am trying to accomplish the same thing.

I've tried the following:

result = vs.GetCustomObjectInfo(objname,oh,rh,wh)

and then I attempted to set the visibility as follows:

vs.SetParameterVisibility(oh, 'parametername', FALSE)

 

when i run the script I get the following error:

NameError:  name 'objname' is not defined

 

Does anyone know how to accomplish this using best practice?

 

Thanks,

Derek

 

 

[MullinRJ]

In Python, how are you assigning a value to "objname"?

 

Raymond

[MaxStudio]

I have not assigned a value to objname.  I've created a plugin object and I need to reference and object handle to set the visibilities of the parameter.  how do i acquire or assign these?  

I thought using the following:

 vs.GetCustomObjectInfo(objname,oh,rh,wh) 

would have acquired and assigned these for me

Edited February 16, 2017 by MaxStudio

[MaxStudio]

I've eliminated the vs.GetCustomObjectInfo(objname,oh,rh,wh) and just used vs.SetParameterVisibility(handle, 'parametername', FALSE)

I set the object handle to zero

vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'parametername', FALSE)

 

I want to use a pulldown to set the visibility to true:

 

number=vs.Pnumber

if number == "2":

    vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'parametername', True )

 

but I'm getting the following error:

 

Error: Invalid callback function parameter type. Parameter index= 0 name=inPlugin

     File "<string>", line 38, in <module>

     File "<string>", line 1, in <module>

 

below is the actual code:

 

import vs
import shapes

number=vs.Pnumber
shape01=vs.Pshape01
shape02=vs.Pshape02
shape03=vs.Pshape03

xstart=0

vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'shape01', False )
vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'shape02', False )
vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'shape03', False )

if number == "2":

    vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'shape01', True )
    vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'shape02', True )

if number == "3":

    vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'shape01', True )
    vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'shape02', True )
    vs.SetParameterVisibility(0, 'shape03', True )

 

 

 

 

[MullinRJ]

Derek,

I should have read the documentation before I asked my question. 'objname' is returned by the function vs.GetCustomObjectInfo().

 

However, in Python, all returned variables must be to the left of the equal sign. Try this:

 

result, objname, oh, rh, wh = vs.GetCustomObjectInfo()

 

then use the handle "oh" in your vs.SetParameterVisibility() calls.

 

Raymond

 

[MaxStudio]

Ok thanks Raymond I will try!

 

Thank you Raymond that worked!  I appreciate the response!

Edited February 17, 2017 by MaxStudio