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Applying or Connecting Your Custom Operator

Preset-based operators are applied or connected and runtime operators are connected.

To apply your preset-based custom operator

Once the SPDL is installed in XSI, you can instantiate your operator using the ApplyOp command:

   var op = ApplyOp( "<op_name>", "<target>" );

For more information on using the ApplyOp command, see the Scripting Reference guide.

To connect your preset-based custom operator

You can get a pointer to a custom operator via the XSIFactory.CreateObjectFromPreset method. You can then use the Operator.Connect method to connect it:

   var target = ActiveSceneRoot.AddNull();
   var cop = XSIFactory.CreateObjectFromPreset( "<op_name>" );
   cop.Connect( target );

To connect your runtime custom operator

While you are creating your custom operator, you should get a pointer to the CustomOperator object. You can then use the Operator.Connect method to connect it:

   var str = BuildCustomOp.toString();
   var cop = XSIFactory.CreateScriptedOp( "<op_name>", str, "JScript" );
   // ...
   cop.Connect();

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