Comments on: An interesting concept behind Structs in MAXScript http://blog.duber.cz/3ds-max/an-interesting-concept-behind-structs-in-maxscript the official duber studio™ blog Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: loocas http://blog.duber.cz/3ds-max/an-interesting-concept-behind-structs-in-maxscript/comment-page-1#comment-3099 loocas Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:49:06 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/3ds-max/an-interesting-concept-behind-structs-in-maxscript#comment-3099 Thanks a lot, Mathieson! It makes perfect sense. I appretiate it. :) Thanks a lot, Mathieson! It makes perfect sense. I appretiate it. :)

]]> By: Mathieson http://blog.duber.cz/3ds-max/an-interesting-concept-behind-structs-in-maxscript/comment-page-1#comment-3098 Mathieson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:11:15 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/3ds-max/an-interesting-concept-behind-structs-in-maxscript#comment-3098 You don't have to initialize the variables explicitly, as you have done in your example. Rather than "clsInst = tstStruct myVar:0." you can simply do "clsInst = tstStruct()" and then the declaration inside the struct should kick in and automatically initialize. The problem before was that you were trying to access a value from the struct definition, rather than from an instance of the struct. The variable cannot store a value until an instance of the struct is created, as all it is is the definition. When I use structs for creating tools, I usually store an instance of the struct into the same variable name as the struct, immediately after I have defined the struct. Not a good idea if you plan on creating multiple instances of the struct, for instance when using to store data inside of a script, but usually when creating a tool I only create a single instance anyways. struct tstStruct ( myVar = 0., fn printHello = ( print "HELLO WORLD" ) ) tstStruct = tstStruct() tstStruct.myVar Hope that helps out. I'd hate it if I had to initialize every variable individually. :) You don’t have to initialize the variables explicitly, as you have done in your example. Rather than “clsInst = tstStruct myVar:0.” you can simply do “clsInst = tstStruct()” and then the declaration inside the struct should kick in and automatically initialize.

The problem before was that you were trying to access a value from the struct definition, rather than from an instance of the struct. The variable cannot store a value until an instance of the struct is created, as all it is is the definition.

When I use structs for creating tools, I usually store an instance of the struct into the same variable name as the struct, immediately after I have defined the struct. Not a good idea if you plan on creating multiple instances of the struct, for instance when using to store data inside of a script, but usually when creating a tool I only create a single instance anyways.

struct tstStruct
(
myVar = 0.,

fn printHello =
(
print “HELLO WORLD”
)
)
tstStruct = tstStruct()
tstStruct.myVar

Hope that helps out. I’d hate it if I had to initialize every variable individually. :)

]]> By: César Sáez http://blog.duber.cz/3ds-max/an-interesting-concept-behind-structs-in-maxscript/comment-page-1#comment-3097 César Sáez Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:10:45 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/3ds-max/an-interesting-concept-behind-structs-in-maxscript#comment-3097 You need python, a truly object oriented programing language :-) You need python, a truly object oriented programing language :-)

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