Custom Data Dam

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on November 10, 2013 at 7:48am

Hi Fourteam,

is this a VB script component or are you using Visual Studio to develop this?

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Tirol, Austria

Permalink Reply by Fourteam on November 10, 2013 at 8:47am

Hi David, nice to talk to you. No, it´s not a VS project, my knowledge about vb.net is quite limited, Im trying to write a VB component, having previously seen some forum threads related to this, but without any success... The goal is to take control (as an input of that component) of the time delay, in order that it starts/ends when i need it.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on November 10, 2013 at 10:43pm

Since you're not using Visual Studio, you probably shouldn't be overriding the attributes of an object, so it can never look like the Data Dam. It is however possible to put a delay on a component.

However note that VB/C# components operate on 'safe' data, meaning that if you use the input arguments instead of collecting everything from source data it won't work the same as a native component. I can write up a component but it'll have to be after breakfast...

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Tirol, Austria

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on November 11, 2013 at 12:20am

Actually I just realised this is pretty difficult within the context of a VB component as you cannot override the base component expiration logic. 

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Tirol, Austria

Permalink Reply by Fourteam on November 12, 2013 at 10:49am

Oh, I'd want it to be easier, i need the delay-time value as an external input, or at least allow the constant computing to be switched on/off, what may be not that complex?..is it? Thanks for your time.