VW Crash when plugin object has UI override and radio button value is changed

[David Bengali]

Hi, wondering if anyone has encountered this or knows of a solution:

When I enable custom object info palette for a plugin object with

 vs.SetObjPropVS( vs.kObjXPropHasUIOverride, True ) #8

I find that trying to change the value of radio buttons in the object info palette crashes vectorworks.  I have inserted all of the widgets with 

vs.vsoInsertAllParams()

I'm not trying to do anything crazy; I am really just trying to get some separators onto the OIP.  I am handling Event 41 as guided by the wiki:

 

...

elif theEvent == vs.kObjOnWidgetPrep: #41
        UpdateParametersState()

...


def UpdateParametersState():
    vs.vsoSetEventResult( vs.kObjectEventHandled ) #-8

 

Changing the value of other parameters in the OIP, including numeric fields and checkboxes, works fine.

 

 

Most importantly, I see the same behavior when I try the example plugin provided at http://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/Python_Sample_Point_Object_(complex)  

If I click the radio button for Male / Female in this PIO's info palette, vectorworks crashes.  This leads me to think there is more going on than bad code in my own object.

 

I am running VW2017 SP4 on Mac OS X El Capitan

 

[Patrick Winkler]

Hi David, this is a known bug.

I will push the report.

 

regards

[David Bengali]

Thanks Patrick,

 

Is there an advised workaround?  I am discovering that various third party plugins are showing the same behavior as well and have thus become unusable.  

 

best,

David

[Patrick Winkler]

The only workaround I know is using a dropdown menu instead of the radiogroup.

 

regards

[David Bengali]

that's great, thanks

[JBenghiat]

The other workaround is to turn off developer mode when you're testing radio buttons.  It's always a bummer when you forget though...  I finally hunted down a VW plug-in that triggers this behavior, and this is slated for a fix.  Possibly not until 2018, though.

 

-Josh