[sldev] selection manager

[Thomas Grimshaw]

Hi Thomas

After rezzing the object, you would need to wait for the viewer to 
receive an ObjectUpdate packet from the server before the prim is 
selectable.

Hope this helps

Tom

Thomas Schindler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to implement a feature in the realXtend Viewer, which is 
> based on the SL client code and I'm stuck. Maybe someone of you can 
> help me understand, where the problem is.
> I've added a new entry in the menu. If I click it, a new cube appears 
> and after that I want to make some changes and edit parameters 
> automatically. In the source code, I have used the Tool Placer:
>
>         LLToolPlacer lltp;
>         lltp.placeObject(x, y, mask);
>
> That works well and I get a cube in the viewer, which is already 
> selected. To do changes on the cube I need it as a volume object 
> (LLVOVolume), because then, I can call already preexistend methods. I 
> get the volume object via the viewer object. But if I try to get the 
> selected object, it tells me the count is zero. The complete code 
> would be:
>
>         LLToolPlacer lltp;
>         lltp.placeObject(x, y, mask);
>         LLViewerObject *vo = 
> LLSelectMgr::getInstance()->getSelection()->getFirstObject();
>         if(vo)
>         {
>             llinfos << "########## vo works! " << vo << llendl;
>             LLVOVolume *volobjp = (LLVOVolume *)vo;
>             if(volobjp)
>             {
>                 llinfos << "########## volobjp works! " << volobjp << 
> llendl;
>                 // some more code here
>             }
>             else llinfos << "########## volobjp is null " << volobjp 
> << llendl;
>         }
>         else llinfos << "########## vo is null "<< vo << llendl;
>
> This line tells me, that there are no selected objects:
>
>         llinfos << "object count: " << 
> LLSelectMgr::getInstance()->getSelection()->getObjectCount() << llendl;
>
> Does anybody have an idea, where the problem is. Or is there another 
> way to get the volume object I created some lines before?
>
> Thanks for any help
> best regards
> Thomas
>
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