Get latest open file?

[rdg]

Reading the INI file was my first thought, too.
It is pretty straight forward as you don't have to compile paths and bother about max versions [... maybe ...].

[MerlinEl]

actionMan.executeAction 0 "203"

[f97ao]

I used used the INI file like this:

lastFileName=getINISetting (getDir #maxRoot+"3dsmax.ini") "FileList" "File1"
shortFileName=getFilenameFile lastFileName


/Andreas

[MerlinEl]

--First get autoback files:

backup_files = getFiles((GetDir #autoback)+"\\*.*")
autoback_files = for i in backup_files where (findString i "Autobak" != undefined) collect i


--Second Use a loop to compare flies modification date:

getFileModDate <filename_string>

[f97ao]

--First get autoback files:
--Second Use a loop to compare flies modification date:
getFileModDate <filename_string>


Is there a simple way of comparing the dates? Right now the date is just a string and it's not formated well, so it takes quite some code to handle. For example it may say "5/1/1" as the date and later on it says 5/11/11. so the days can be both one or two letters long for example.

/Andreas

[MerlinEl]

I made this for open last autoback. Its from my first begginer scripts.
I have no time to remake it , but for now is ok;)

Mabe you find some usefull there:



(--Start:
--> collect all autoback files
BackupFiles = (getfiles ((GetDir #Maxroot) + "\\autoback\\Autobak?.*"))
--> get the date on each file
if BackupFiles.count != 0 do
(
Files_Date = #()
Array_Date = #()
Array_Year = #()
Array_Month = #()
Array_Day = #()
Array_Hour = #()
Array_Minute = #()
Final_Check = #()
for i in 1 to BackupFiles.count do
(
--get file date => "7/13/2005 11:39:22 PM"
Files_Date[i] = (GetFileModDate BackupFiles[i])
--break date to parts => #("7", "13", "2005", "11", "39", "22", "PM")
Array_Date[i] = filterString Files_Date[i] "/ . :"

Array_Year[i] = (Array_Date[i] [3])--collect all years
Array_Month[i] = (Array_Date[i] [1])--collect all months
Array_Day[i] = (Array_Date[i] [2])--collect all days
Array_Hour[i] = (Array_Date[i] [4])--collect all hours
Array_Minute[i] = (Array_Date[i] [5])--collect all minutes
Final_Check[i] = (Array_Date[i] [5])--collect all minutes for final check
)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
--> function for remove lower "date items" from array
fn DeleteLowerItemsIn arr =
(
maximus = arr.count
while maximus > 1 do
(
if (arr[1] as float) < (arr[maximus] as float) then
(
if Array_Year.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Year 1)
if Array_Month.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Month 1)
if Array_Day.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Day 1)
if Array_Hour.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Hour 1)
if Array_Minute.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Minute 1)
maximus -=1
)
else if (arr[1] as float) > (arr[maximus] as float) then
(
if Array_Year.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Year maximus)
if Array_Month.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Month maximus)
if Array_Day.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Day maximus)
if Array_Hour.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Hour maximus)
if Array_Minute.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Minute maximus)
maximus -=1
)
else if (arr[1] as float) == (arr[maximus] as float) do
(
maximus-=1
)
)
)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
--> delete lower "date items" from array one by one
DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Year
DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Month
DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Day
DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Hour
DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Minute
--> load last autoback file
Final_Pos = findItem Final_Check (Array_Minute[1]) --find the number pos in array
try (loadMAXFile (BackupFiles[Final_Pos]) )
catch (MessageBox "Open Autoback File is Failed" title:"Micra")
)--if BackupFiles.count != 0 do
)--End:

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