MStatus geometrySurfaceConstraintCommand::connectObjectAndConstraint( MDGModifier& modifier )
{
	MObject transform = transformObject();
	if ( transform.isNull() )
	{
		MGlobal::displayError("Failed to get transformObject()");
		return MS::kFailure;
	}

	MStatus status;
	MFnTransform transformFn( transform );
	MVector translate = transformFn.getTranslation(MSpace::kTransform,&status);
	if (!status) { status.perror(" transformFn.getTranslation"); return status;}

	MPlug translatePlug = transformFn.findPlug( "translate", &status );
	if (!status) { status.perror(" transformFn.findPlug"); return status;}

	if ( MPlug::kFreeToChange == translatePlug.isFreeToChange() )
	{
		MFnNumericData nd;
		MObject translateData = nd.create( MFnNumericData::k3Double, &status );
		status = nd.setData3Double( translate.x,translate.y,translate.z);
		if (!status) { status.perror("nd.setData3Double"); return status;}
		status = modifier.newPlugValue( translatePlug, translateData );
		if (!status) { status.perror("modifier.newPlugValue"); return status;}

		status = connectObjectAttribute( 
			MPxTransform::geometry, 
					geometrySurfaceConstraint::constraintGeometry, false );
		if (!status) { status.perror("connectObjectAttribute"); return status;}
	}

	status = connectObjectAttribute( 
		MPxTransform::parentInverseMatrix,
			geometrySurfaceConstraint::constraintParentInverseMatrix, true, true );
	if (!status) { status.perror("connectObjectAttribute"); return status;}

	return MS::kSuccess;
}