MStatus liqLightNodeBehavior::connectNodeToAttr( MObject &sourceNode, MPlug &destinationPlug, bool force )
{
//CM_TRACE_FUNC("liqLightNodeBehavior::connectNodeToAttr("<<sourceNode.apiTypeStr()<<","<< destinationPlug.name()<<","<<force<<")");
MStatus result = MS::kFailure;
MFnDependencyNode src(sourceNode);
/*
if we are dragging from a liquidLight
to a light then connect the assignedObjects
plug to the plug being passed in
*/
if(destinationPlug.node().hasFn(MFn::kLight))
{
if(src.typeName() == "liquidLight")
{
MPlug srcPlug = src.findPlug("assignedObjects");
MObject dstNode = destinationPlug.node();
MFnDependencyNode dst( dstNode );
MPlug dstPlug = dst.findPlug("liquidLightShaderNode");
if(!srcPlug.isNull() && !destinationPlug.isNull() && destinationPlug == dstPlug )
{
//MString boolean = (force)? "true":"false";
MString cmd = "connectAttr ";
//cmd += "-force " + boolean + " ";
cmd += srcPlug.name() + " ";
cmd += destinationPlug.name();
result = MGlobal::executeCommand(cmd);
}
}
}
else
{
/* in all of the other cases we do not need the plug just the node
that it is on */
MObject destinationNode = destinationPlug.node();
result = connectNodeToNode(sourceNode, destinationNode, force);
}
return result;
}
MStatus slopeShaderBehavior::connectNodeToAttr( MObject &sourceNode, MPlug &destinationPlug, bool force )
//
// Description:
// Overloaded function from MPxDragAndDropBehavior
// this method will assign the correct output from the slope shader
// onto the given attribute.
//
{
MStatus result = MS::kFailure;
MFnDependencyNode src(sourceNode);
//if we are dragging from a slopeShader
//to a shader than connect the outColor
//plug to the plug being passed in
//
if(destinationPlug.node().hasFn(MFn::kLambert)) {
if(src.typeName() == "slopeShader")
{
MPlug srcPlug = src.findPlug("outColor");
if(!srcPlug.isNull() && !destinationPlug.isNull())
{
MString cmd = "connectAttr ";
cmd += srcPlug.name() + " ";
cmd += destinationPlug.name();
result = MGlobal::executeCommand(cmd);
}
}
} else {
//in all of the other cases we do not need the plug just the node
//that it is on
//
MObject destinationNode = destinationPlug.node();
result = connectNodeToNode(sourceNode, destinationNode, force);
}
return result;
}
