Demonstrates how to spawn another command from a command plugin. This will create a new command with a single argument called "mask", the mask argument will be passed to the material.new command to create a new material mask.This should only be used in the context of a command plugin.

commandDemo.cpp

#include <lx_plugin.hpp>
#include <lxu_command.hpp>

/*
 *	The server name is the name of the command that is used to run the command
 *	in modo. The argument name is the name of the argument that will define the
 *	material mask.
 */

#define	SERVER_NAME	"command.demo"
#define	ARGUMENT_NAME	"mask"

/*
 *	Define the command class.
 */

class Command :
	public CLxBasicCommand
{
	public:
		Command ()
		{
			dyna_Add (ARGUMENT_NAME, LXsTYPE_STRING);
		}
	
			int
		basic_CmdFlags () LXx_OVERRIDE
		{
			return LXfCMD_MODEL | LXfCMD_UNDO;
		}
	
			void
		cmd_Execute (
			unsigned int		 flags)	LXx_OVERRIDE
		{
			std::string		 mask, command;

			if (!dyna_IsSet (0))
				return;
			
			attr_GetString (0, mask);

			command = std::string ("material.new {" + mask + "} true false");
			if (LXx_OK (mCmdSvc.ExecuteArgString (-1, LXiCTAG_NULL, command.c_str ())))
			{
				// New material created. Do something with it.
			}
		}

		static LXtTagInfoDesc	descInfo[];
		
	private:
		CLxUser_CommandService	mCmdSvc;
};

LXtTagInfoDesc Command::descInfo[] =
{
	{ 0 }
};

/*
 *	Initialize the servers.
 */

void initialize ()
{
	CLxGenericPolymorph	*srv = new CLxPolymorph <Command>;
	srv->AddInterface (new CLxIfc_Command <Command>);
	srv->AddInterface (new CLxIfc_Attributes <Command>);
	srv->AddInterface (new CLxIfc_AttributesUI <Command>);
	srv->AddInterface (new CLxIfc_StaticDesc <Command>);

	lx::AddServer (SERVER_NAME, srv);
}