Modify Task (modifyTask)

The Modify Task example demonstrates the following:

• How to build a plugin module for the VR-Forces Gui
• How to override existing task dialog functionality and replace with your own
• How to register a task dialog to override an existing task dialog

This example adds a new label to the dialog called "Modified By Example" to the Move To... task in order to show how an existing dialog can be modified.

/*******************************************************************************
** Copyright (c) 2011 MAK Technologies, Inc.
** All rights reserved.
*******************************************************************************/

//\file modifyTaskPlugin.cxx

//This file defines the generic DT_DLL_VRF_PLUGIN_EXPORT_MACRO.  Use that macro when
//you want to export symbols.  Also, in your CMakeLists.txt file, make sure to
//define the VRFPLUGIN_EXPORTS define to tell the compiler to define the macro as an
//export
#include <vrfGuiCore/vrfGuiExportPlugin.h>

#include <vrfGuiCoreQt/vrfTaskSetDialogManager.h>
#include <vrfGuiCoreQt/taskMoveToDialog.h>
#include <vrfGuiCoreQt/taskSetMenuItems.h>

#include <vrvCore/DtDe.h>
#include <QtGui/QGroupBox>
#include <QtGui/QLabel>
#include <QtGui/QLayout>

//Override of task move to dialog.  Will show how to add a new UI element to the existing dialog
class MyTaskMoveToDialog : public makVrf::DtTaskMoveToDialog
{
public:
   MyTaskMoveToDialog(makVrv::DtDe& de, QWidget* parent, const Qt::WindowFlags& flags = 0)
   : makVrf::DtTaskMoveToDialog(de, parent, flags)
   {
   }

protected:
   //Override the contents method, calling the parent method first to create the contents, then
   //hide the movement box
   virtual QWidget* contents(const std::vector<makVrv::DtSimEntry*>& data)
   {
      QWidget* canvas = makVrf::DtTaskMoveToDialog::contents(data);

      QLabel* label = new QLabel(tr("Modified By Example"), canvas);
      ((QVBoxLayout*)canvas->layout())->insertWidget(2, label);

      return canvas;
   }
};

//Override of creator for task move to dialog.  Will create new instance
//of the move to dialog
class MyTaskMoveToDialogCreator : public makVrf::DtTaskMoveToDialogCreator
{
public:
   virtual makVrf::DtTaskSetDialogInterface* create(makVrv::DtDe& de, QWidget* parent)
   {
      return new MyTaskMoveToDialog(de, parent, theTaskSetCreationFlags);
   }
};

bool initDeModule(makVrv::DtDe* de)
{
   //The DtVrfTaskSetDialogManager is the class that holds all the creators
   //for task and set dialogs.  Install an override creator here to create
   //an instance of the move to dialog
   makVrf::DtVrfTaskSetDialogManager& manager = makVrf::DtVrfTaskSetDialogManager::instance(*de);

   //And add the new creator
   manager.addTaskDialogCreator(DtTaskMoveToAction, new MyTaskMoveToDialogCreator);

   return true;
}

void DtPluginInformation(DtVrfPluginInformation& info)
{
   info.pluginName = "Modify Task";
   info.pluginDescription = "This example shows how to modify an existing task dialog (Move To Waypoint...) to add your own functionality.";
   info.pluginVersion = "1.00";
   info.pluginCreator = "MAK Technologies";
   info.pluginCreatorEmail = "sales@mak.com";
   info.pluginContactWebPage = "www.mak.com";
   info.pluginContactMailingAddress = "150 Cambridge Park Drive 3rd Floor - Cambridge, MA 02140 USA";
   info.pluginContactPhone = "(617) 876 8085";
}