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Sometimes, for example, to maintain compatibility, it's essential to know the current C4DtoA or Arnold version in a python script.
Message
To do this, you have to send a message to the Arnold scene hook registered by the plugin. If the scene hook does not exist it means C4DtoA is not installed.
| Message id | C4DTOA_MSG_GET_VERSION = 1040 |
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| Parameters | - |
| Return values | C4DTOA_MSG_RESP1 = 2011 (String): C4DtoA version string. C4DTOA_MSG_RESP2 = 2012 (String): Arnold version string. C4DTOA_MSG_RESP3 = 2013 (Int32): C4DtoA c++ API version number. 3000 (Int32): C4DtoA arch version number. 3001 (Int32): C4DtoA major version number. 3002 (Int32): C4DtoA minor version number. 3003 (Int32): C4DtoA fix version number. 3004 (String): C4DtoA dev version token. Does not available in release builds. 4000 (Int32): Arnold arch version number. 4001 (Int32): Arnold major version number. 4002 (Int32): Arnold minor version number. 4003 (String): Arnold fix version. |
Example
The following example shows how to access the version string or numbers:
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