How do I get command bar options to save? Rhino student needs help!

Rhino Developer
#1

I learned how to create and use command bar options in c#, and everything works. Something I’d like to change is not having to input the same option over and over again, if I put it once I want it to be the default in the next time I call the command. How can I do this?

Side note: where can I install Visual Studio 2005 for making 32-bit plugins?

#2

Each command has a Settings object that you can use to store and retrieve settings. They are saved to disk after rhino quits, and restored from disk when rhino starts.

#3

How do I use it? I’m looking I’m not seeing anything.

#4

Ok, I do this code from memory, so it may be incorrect. There is a Settings property on each command. You can get and set values on it, like a dictionary.

protected Result RunCommand(RhinoDoc doc, CommandMode mode)
{
    int savedInteger = Settings.GetInteger("key", 4);
    Result res = RhinoGet.GetInteger("Give integer", ref savedInteger);
    if (res != Result.Success) return res;
    Settings.SetInteger("key", savedInteger);
    return Result.Success;
}
#5

So every time I run this command, it won’t always start as 4?

#6

That is correct

#7

If no setting was found, for example when the command is run for the first time, the value of 4 is the default value.

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#8

Thanks for all of your help, I got it to work.