A few basic script questions...

[_stev_]

In answer to #1, use the "GetSaveFileName" command and assign it to your button. You can store the chosen file name with path in your script with a variable, and display it in at text field.

Stev

[davestewart]

Post the script...

[_stev_]

Here's a small sample:


rollout sakTestRollout "Get Save File" (
local saveFile

button getButton "Get File"
editText getFile_text

on getButton pressed do (
saveFile = GetSaveFileName filename:"*.txt" types:"Text File (*.txt)|*.txt"
getFile_text.text = saveFile
)
)
createDialog sakTestRollout

[ApocX]

on LC_Create pressed do
(
string_LC_Name = LCName.text
string_LC_Model = LCModelName.Text
string_LC_Type = LCType.selected

outputFile = createFile ("c:\\" + LCName.text + ".txt")

format "$modelname %.txt \n" string_LC_Model to:outputFile
format "$% \n" string_LC_Type to:outputFile

close outputFile
)


I'm still just dumping all this stuff down, and pretty new to maxscript, so don't mind the shotty layout :)

Anyways - my second question referred to placing an if statement around:

format "$% \n" string_LC_Type to:outputFile

I have a dropdown at the top that has three options. If I selected "static" then output:

format "$% \n" string_LC_Type to:outputFile

Otherwise output something else.

[_stev_]

You can query the dropdown list selection when output to the file:

on LC_Create pressed do
(
string_LC_Name = LCName.text
string_LC_Model = LCModelName.Text
string_LC_Type = LCType.selected

if (myDropDownList.selection == 1) then (
outputFile = createFile ("c:\\" + LCName.text + ".txt")
format "$modelname %.txt \n" string_LC_Model to:outputFile
format "$% \n" string_LC_Type to:outputFile
)
if (myDropDownList.selection == 2) then (
<something else. . .>
)

close outputFile
)

Getting closer?
Stev

[ApocX]

Thanks for your help stev!

One quick question - I'm having difficulty with the "format" command. I'm trying to out a line like this:

model "root" "root_model.x"

where root model is actually stored as a string - so the code looks something like this

format "model \"root\" % \n" string_LC_BodyModel to:outputFile

That comes out like

model "root" root_model.x

Just missing the last set of quotes around the model file.

Any help on this last bug of mine would be appreciated :)

[HalfVector]

Should look like this:

format "model \"root\" \"%\"\n" string_LC_BodyModel to:outputFile

[ApocX]

awesome - thats it. Thanks for your help!

[ApocX]

Bah! One more problem - seems the compiler doesn't like an absolute path stored so I need to chop the following

modelname "C:\Projects\project\models\props_dev\dev_test.x"

to this:

modelname "props_dev\dev_test.x"

I'm actually storing the model path right now as:

string_LC_Model = LCGen_Common.LCModelName.Text

Searched the forums a bit, but haven't been able to get anything working the way I want it to...

Appreciate any help you guys can offer!

[HalfVector]

Hi.

If you want to trim the full path:

"C:\Projects\project\models\props_dev\dev_test.x"

to:

"props_dev\dev_test.x"

You'll have to specify what the base path is. In this case would be:

"C:\Projects\project\models\\"

So you can write a function like this one:

fn trimPath basePath fullPath = (
if (findString fullPath basePath) != undefined do (
return ( substring fullPath (basePath.count + 1) (fullPath.count - basePath.count) )
)
return undefined
)

And make use of it like this:

basePath = "C:\Projects\project\models\\"
fullPath = "C:\Projects\project\models\props_dev\dev_test.x"
trimPath basePath fullPath

That will return the relative path:

"props_dev\dev_test.x"

Hope it helps.

[ApocX]

Thanks - got it working now.

max8 supports an "initialdir" property when calling getsavepath(). Unfortunately this doesn't port over to max7. I'd like to setup starting directorys for each of the inputs...is this doable in max7?

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