Ian Hsieh

Just answering my own question. Looks like getting rid of the EXCLUSIVE attribute in the .ui file fixed my problem.

Is there a way to have the window for a UI plugin not be blocking? I can see that AP_Interface has a setAppForeground() method, but I'm not sure if that's what I should use or how/where it should be called:

https://www.sidefx.com/docs/hdk/_a_p___interface_8h_source.html [www.sidefx.com]

The comment says it has to be called before main is run, but I'm not sure what that means for a plugin. Can someone explain where I'm supposed to call it or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Thanks!
Ian

Hi,

I'm trying to create a UI plugin following the Native UI Programming documentation, and using the ui/cmd_ui.C as a guide:

https://www.sidefx.com/docs/hdk/_h_d_k__u_i_native.html [www.sidefx.com]

One thing I can't seem to figure out is how to set a toggle button to be selected before the window opens. I can set strings and int gadgets, but not toggle buttons.

Using cmd_ui.C as an example, if I put this in the open() method:

getValueSymbol("geometry.val")->setValue(1);

The "geometry" toggle is never selected. Am I doing this incorrectly? I'm trying this on linux, with Houdini 19.0.561 (python 3).

Thanks!
Ian