wip: fix for Alias 2027.1 python api (need to revisit)

Author: staceyoue

plugins/FlowToolkitAliasPlugin.py

@@ -22,28 +22,22 @@
 
 
 @alpy.plugin(
-    name="Flow Toolkit",
-    description="Flow Production Tracking integration for Alias",
+    name="Flow PT for Alias",
+    description="Flow Production Tracking Toolkit integration for Alias",
     author="Autodesk",
     version="0.1",
 )
 class FlowToolkitAliasPlugin:
-    """Register the Flow Toolkit plugin with Alias."""
+    """Register the Flow Production Tracking Toolkit plugin with Alias."""
 
 
-@alpy.continuous_tool(menu=alpy.palette.PICK)
+@alpy.momentary_tool(keep_active_tool=True, attribute_string="fptalias")
 class FlowToolkitTool:
     """Placeholder tool required by Alias plugin parser."""
 
-    @alpy.tool_init(
-        manipulates_pick_list=False, coordinate_type=alpy.COORDINATE_ABSOLUTE
-    )
-    def on_tool_begin(self):
-        pass
-
-    @alpy.tool_cleanup
-    def on_tool_end(self):
-        pass
+    @alpy.on_activate
+    def on_activate(self) -> None:
+        alpy.log_to_prompt("Flow Production Tracking Toolkit for Alias activated")
 
 
 @alpy.plugin_init

plugins/temp/flow_toolkit.py

@@ -14,6 +14,34 @@
 from sgtk.util import is_windows, is_macos, is_linux
 
 
+class _AliasMenuCompat:
+    """Compatibility wrapper for Alias 2027+ menu API.
+
+    Provides the same interface as the old Menu class (add_menu, add_command,
+    clean, remove) but routes calls to the new standalone API functions.
+    The new API uses string-based parent references instead of object handles.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, alias_py, name):
+        self._alias_py = alias_py
+        self._name = name
+
+    def add_menu(self, text):
+        self._alias_py._alpy_make_submenu(self._name, text)
+        return text
+
+    def add_command(self, name, callback, parent=None, add_separator=False):
+        parent_name = parent if isinstance(parent, str) else self._name
+        on_submenu = parent is not None
+        self._alias_py._alpy_make_menu_item(name, parent_name, on_submenu, callback)
+
+    def clean(self):
+        return None
+
+    def remove(self):
+        return None
+
+
 class AliasMenuGenerator(object):
     """Menu handling for Alias."""
 
@@ -65,7 +93,13 @@ def build(self):
 
         if self.alias_menu is None:
             # First, create the Flow Production Tracking menu in Alias.
-            self.__alias_menu = self.engine.alias_py.Menu(self.menu_name)
+            if hasattr(self.engine.alias_py, "Menu"):
+                self.__alias_menu = self.engine.alias_py.Menu(self.menu_name)
+            else:
+                self.engine.alias_py._alpy_make_main_menu(self.menu_name)
+                self.__alias_menu = _AliasMenuCompat(
+                    self.engine.alias_py, self.menu_name
+                )
         else:
             # Make sure we're starting with a fresh menu
             self.clean_menu()

python/tk_alias/menu_generation.py

@@ -150,9 +150,7 @@ def prepare_launch(self, exec_path, args, file_to_open=None):
                 required_env["ALIAS_INTERNAL_PYTHON_SCRIPT_FOLDER"] = os.path.join(
                     self.disk_location, "plugins"
                 )
-                # FIXME default to 0
-                alias_debug = os.environ.get("TK_ALIAS_DEBUG_CONSOLE", "1")
-                required_env["ALIAS_DEBUG_CONSOLE"] = alias_debug
+                required_env["ALIAS_DEBUG_CONSOLE"] = os.environ.get("TK_DEBUG", "0")
 
             # Get the launch app path and args
             app_path, app_args = self.__prepare_launch_args(