If you are using Notepad++ (and I note that RL recommends this, which is excellent advice -- I've used it for many, many years now) you can make your tabs produce spaces (if that makes sense).  I like it because you *can* use tabs (pressing the tab key just generates the appropriate spaces).

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Yes, a lot of editors can be setup to either use a tab or a number of spaces, when pressing the tab key, which is very convenient.

Jeff




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Thank you jlittle.
The way you explained how to setup method1 projects that automatically loads when iClone gets loaded has cleared the incorrect thinking on this in my head and now it makes absolute sense for me.
Unfortunately my brain has started finding it difficult to start understanding new things unless it is explained clearly. Reading the explanation in iClone Python API tutorial I found confusing and I made an incorrect statement on only 1 being able to be created. But now, after reading your explanation even this explanation also makes absolute sense. It didn't when I first read it but it does now. I don't know why it didn't when I first read it......just my brain getting a bit lost on it I guess.

Thanks for your post


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By the way. Everything you wrote in that post is going to be useful to assist me getting this new iClone API clearer in my head.

Edit
Also read some of RobertoColombo's posts which are also going to help me get going with this.
Good to see all these assistable comments being made


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How to change the Transition Curve of a material.

How to select different functions when pressing a button or other widgets in a basic dialog box.

You can't do this (yet).  You can fake a step transition, though, quite easily.

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

Thanks Mike
I have allready put this on the feedback tracker and got the reply that this wll be put in a future update.

Chris.

Sample how to replace old data in transform key.

When I run this once, it will add a key and the value I need

object.GetControl("Transform").SetData("Rotation/RotationX", timemark, RLPy.RVariant(value))

But if I run it again with a different value, it wont change the key rotation to the new value, the old value remain.
Is that intended or is it a bug. Anyway, I would like an example how to replace a transform value in an existing key.

EDIT:
Found a way by using transform_control.SetValue. But there seem to be a bug in the GetValue and SetValue. Because I get half the actual value. And set the double of the input value. Reported this on the feedback tracker however.
EDIT 2:
Sorry, my bad. The R().x (y,z) return the values from the matrix, not the local settings. 
EDIT 3:
Sorry again:

object.GetControl("Transform").SetData("Rotation/RotationX", timemark, RLPy.RVariant(value))

Works fine and will replace old key values. It was just a combination with the half values issue and SetData. It works fine, if you use the correct values 
Ignore this request. 

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