juliencuadra wrote:
- Is it possible to make an add-on palette dockable like the default archicad palettes to integrate it nicely in the UI.
Yes, it's possible.
You have to assign a guid to your palette. Use the constructor of DG::Palette parent class which has GS:Guid parameter:
Palette (GSResModule resModule, short resId, GSResModule dialIconResModule, const GS::Guid& guid);
And do not forget to register your palette as a modeless window by using ACAPI_RegisterModelessWindow function.
Example code (copied from Browser Control example Add-On,
http://archicadapi.graphisoft.com/browser-control-and-javascript-connection):
static const GS::Guid paletteGuid ("{ED852AD6-15E7-4812-AD88-FA1682E5D33C}");
...
MyPalette::MyPalette () :
DG::Palette (ACAPI_GetOwnResModule (), MyPaletteResId, ACAPI_GetOwnResModule (), paletteGuid),
...
{
...
}
GSErrCode __ACENV_CALL PaletteControlCallBack (Int32, API_PaletteMessageID messageID, GS::IntPtr param)
{
switch (messageID) {
case APIPalMsg_OpenPalette:
if (!HasInstance ())
CreateInstance ();
GetInstance ().Show ();
break;
case APIPalMsg_ClosePalette:
if (!HasInstance ())
break;
GetInstance ().Hide ();
break;
case APIPalMsg_HidePalette_Begin:
if (HasInstance () && GetInstance ().IsVisible ())
GetInstance ().Hide ();
break;
case APIPalMsg_HidePalette_End:
if (HasInstance () && !GetInstance ().IsVisible ())
GetInstance ().Show ();
break;
case APIPalMsg_DisableItems_Begin:
if (HasInstance () && GetInstance ().IsVisible ())
GetInstance ().DisableItems ();
break;
case APIPalMsg_DisableItems_End:
if (HasInstance () && GetInstance ().IsVisible ())
GetInstance ().EnableItems ();
break;
case APIPalMsg_IsPaletteVisible:
*(reinterpret_cast<bool*> (param)) = HasInstance () && GetInstance ().IsVisible ();
break;
default:
break;
}
return NoError;
}
GSErrCode __ACENV_CALL Initialize (void)
{
GSErrCode err = ACAPI_RegisterModelessWindow (
GS::GenerateHashValue (paletteGuid),
PaletteControlCallBack,
API_PalEnabled_FloorPlan + API_PalEnabled_Section + API_PalEnabled_Elevation +
API_PalEnabled_InteriorElevation + API_PalEnabled_3D + API_PalEnabled_Detail +
API_PalEnabled_Worksheet + API_PalEnabled_Layout + API_PalEnabled_DocumentFrom3D,
GSGuid2APIGuid (paletteGuid));
...
return err;
}
juliencuadra wrote:
- The API documentation only mentions palettes, not toolbars. Is it possible to create toolbars, also dockable like the archicad ones ?
Yes, it's possible.
Toolbar is a special palette. Toolbar is a fixed sized palette. So if you want to implement a dockable toolbar, then you should inherit your class from DG::Palette, use the base class constructor which has GS::Guid parameter and finally in your GRC assign a noGrow flag to your dialog.
Example GRC code:
'GDLG' 32500 Palette | topCaption | close | noGrow 0 0 450 150 "My Toolbar" {
...
}
