Determine type of resource from uuid

[Xxaxx Constantine]

I am creating a texture changer.

I have found how to determine whether a uuid is valid or not.

 

if((key)uuidstr){
     //do something
}

From: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:LSL_Key

"will only return true if it is supplied a key that is both (A) valid, and (B) NOT a NULL_KEY."

I would like to take my sanity checks one step further and determine if that uuid is for a graphic.

Is that even possible?

[Rolig Loon]

That depends on where it is.  If the item is in the object 's inventory, you can ask

if (llGetInventoryType((key)uuidstr) == 0){    llSay(0,"This is a texture");}

 

 

 

[Xxaxx Constantine]

Thanks for the suggest.

In this case the texture is not in the prims inventory.

Nice to know the llGetInventoryType function exists. But, I don't think it will help in this particular case.

I suppose I will just let the llSetTexture function fail silently if the UUID is not a texture.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

It doesn't throw an error but it will set the prim to a dull grey texture if the key is not that of a texture, so best to avoid that if you can.

[Xxaxx Constantine]

Yes, we agree on that. The dull grey is not the most enticing for the pictures.

Which explains the hunt for a way to detect the type of resource so that this grey can be avoided.