MAXScript output size glitches

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1

Hi all

I’m setting the max outputsize for the common render dialog, but I’m having a hard time for the settings to take effect
I’ve tried various things

just before setting the outputsize:
renderSceneDialog.close()

after setting outputsize
renderSceneDialog.update()

When I do this with buttons, it mostly works
When I do it with spinners, it only works sometimes?!?


    on spnWidth changed val do
    (
        renderSceneDialog.close()
        renderWidth = spnWidth.value
    )

    on spnWidth buttondown  do
    (
        renderSceneDialog.close()
        renderWidth = spnWidth.value
    )

    on spnWidth buttonup  do
    (
        renderSceneDialog.close()
        renderWidth = spnWidth.value
    )

I do the same for the height, but no matter if the dialog is open, closed or updated I get glitches

2

Hmm - spinner updates might be a nasty one - they’re constantly updating so your dialog is caught in a hell of open and close as you drag over the spinner - might be better to have an overall apply button for the ui so it’s a single command rather than a constant bombardment of them?

3

Try using the ‘entered’ event to trigger the update:

(
	rollout rSize "Render Size" width:140 height:65
	(
		on rSize open do
		(
			rSize.rWidth_sp.value = renderWidth
			rSize.rHeight_sp.value = renderHeight
		)

		spinner rWidth_sp " Width:" pos:[35,10]  width:80 range:[1,10000,0] type:#integer
		spinner rHeight_sp " Height:" pos:[35,35]  width:80 range:[1,10000,0] type:#integer

		on rWidth_sp entered do
		(
			renderSceneDialog.close()
			renderWidth = rWidth_sp.value
		)
		on rHeight_sp entered do
		(
			renderSceneDialog.close()
			renderHeight = rHeight_sp.value
		)
	)
	createDialog rSize
)

John is right though, it can be difficult to get the right value if the user ‘spins’ to enter a value. A plain textBox would be an alternative if you can’t get it working reliably.

4

Hmmm thanks John and Dan

That gave me an Idea. Instead of updating the output “realtime”, I’m just going to do it at the end when the user click a button. Will also be a lot less code

5

Yeah, it’s not as if renderwidth is something you’d be scrubbing up and down to try and find the right spot either - most people have an exact idea of what they want and punch it in right away.