Does rehash() work on AETemplate scripts?

[sal-itter]

Hi I'm writing an AETemplate and the only way I can get it to update is by closing and reopening Maya.

Does rehash() not work with AETemplates?

[joojaa]

Does rehash() not work with AETemplates?

It does rehash, it works but it doesnt update whats allready built no. rehash doesnt remove allready defined stuff. It still needs to be run.

So read onward. AE templates work like this:

It checks whether or not the gui for the template is loaded, if not it runs the template. Net effect is that you only get this to happen you for the first, and only first time call the template.

This is called lazy evaluataion, maya doesnt go around doing the guis all the time, it would be slow, it just hides the templates and then just hows them again you can change anything you like in the template in between maya does not care.

Now templates still need to be updated. Well theres 2 mechanims for this which you choose depends on what you are up to.

[li]I. If your interested in JUST testing that your template change works then just simply delete the template type if it exists:resetAE;

or for just one template:

deleteUI ("AttrEd"+"nodeTypeNameWithStartingSmallCaps"+"FormLayout");refreshAE;

It is important that you not attempt this for any gui update because it would be the wrong way to do things. Just for bootstrapping your new code.
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[li]II. Now when custom AE items update you will need to refresh their content, for this purpose you should build the initial layout in

editorTemplate -callCustom AEbuildFunction AERefreshWhatYouBuilt Any Additional Attributes you want[/li]

[sal-itter]

Thanks for your reply, Jooja.

Those commands worked great.

My plugin has a compound attr that will not show in the AttrEd hence my attempt at a AETemplate.

I wrote an interface using window-showWindow and all my attrs display fine, including the array of compound attrs.

Now I am trying to make it into an AETemplate but don't know how to start it. Obviously, I've removed the window-showWindow commands because that would create a separate pop-up UI. My script now begins with a scrollLayout command. This does not display in the AttrEd. What I get instead is Maya's best attempt to build the interface. If I replace the scrollLayout command with the editorTemplate -beginScrollLayout, the AttrEd gets completely corrupted regardless of what node is selected. What I get is my node's attrs display but on top of the standard AttrEd header controls.

I tried using the tipical commands you see in an AETemplate but can't get those commands to show my array of compounds.

Been at this for 2 days. Please help.

[joojaa]

Then you should use

editorTemplate -callCustom

and use the 1rst callback to build with standard maya gui commands, and withe the second connect the real attributes to the gui items.