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Dmaxer
09-20-2005, 06:48 PM
I would like to know how I could make this line in my script change if max is installed on a different drive

I need it to read the whole path so if Max is installed on drive D it will read this



shellLaunch "D:/3dsmax7/scripts/Xmax/M.exe" " temp.wav "




or if 3Dmax was installed on my C drive and the max dir is 3Dmax7 not 3Dsmax the line will read this



shellLaunch "C:/3dmax7/scripts/Xmax/M.exe" " temp.wav "


the reason is , my script uses a small Dos program and this will be installed into a folder inside maxes script folder , so my script needs to know where it is on the host computer .
is this possible ? if so can someone show me how to go about it
PEN
09-20-2005, 07:37 PM
I would like to know how I could make this line in my script change if max is installed on a different drive

I need it to read the whole path so if Max is installed on drive D it will read this



shellLaunch "D:/3dsmax7/scripts/Xmax/M.exe" " temp.wav "




or if 3Dmax was installed on my C drive and the max dir is 3Dmax7 not 3Dsmax the line will read this



shellLaunch "C:/3dmax7/scripts/Xmax/M.exe" " temp.wav "


the reason is , my script uses a small Dos program and this will be installed into a folder inside maxes script folder , so my script needs to know where it is on the host computer .
is this possible ? if so can someone show me how to go about it

Look up getDir command.

pathVr=(getDir #scripts)
shellLaunch (pathVr+"/M.exe") " temp.wav"

Off the top of my head and it isnt' tested.
Dmaxer
09-20-2005, 07:47 PM
Thanks paul I was not sure what to look for . Thanks again for the reply
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