can popup mfc dialog from plugin in PF_Cmd_DO_DIALOG?

[alexeange]

how to popup mfc dialog from plugin in PF_Cmd_DO_DIALOG command?

there are too many parameter to adjust,

so what to use popup dialog to show the solo parameters.

is there any way?

[shachar carmi]

hi alexeange!

welcome to the forum, where's there's plenty of bad news from everyone!

actually it's not that difficult.

you can use whatever API you like to open a window. (as long as it's modal)

you can use MFC, QT, WinApi, or... anything really. the DO_DIALOG is just a call. nothing special about it.

what's the easiest way?

use javascript along with ExecuteScript().

the script text is internal to your plug-in and the user can't see it.

the following thread shows how to do that, and how to retreive results:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/3625857#3625857#3625857

TADA!

🙂

[Arie Stavchansky]

What if I wanted to display a web page in the popup window?  What would be the best cross-OS method to implement that?  I know that ExtendScript popups / dialogs do not allow for the display of HTML, so I don't think a simple script will do the trick.  Can you recommend a library for handling this that works on both windows and osx?

[shachar carmi]

the easiest way to display a web page is not to open a window at all, but

rather ask the os to open the url in it's default browser.

windows:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/153046/launch-web-page-from-my-application

mac:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4177744/c-osx-open-default-browser

[Arie Stavchansky]

Hey Shachar,

I have seen those posts, but there would be no way to get data the user enters into the HTML that appears in the browser window back into AE automatically.  I was hoping there would be a way to get data back into AE from the webpage.  I thought that embedding a Flash object that had an HTML "window" could do the trick and using an ExternalInterface call, but that seems to be broken in CC as found here. 

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5974361

So, I thought I would go the hardcore route and try to code it up in C++.  I just don't know how to accomplish it with C++ and thought maybe there are some libraries Microsoft and Apple have that I can use?

Arie

[shachar carmi]

sorry arie, i haven't a clue.

i did some http work a couple of years ago, but that was against some

specially made component in a custom website.

you can use libcurl on both pc and mac for http calls, but i don't know how

you can easily display a web page in a window without doing some os

specific work, or using the mentioned interface libraries.