CGTalk - MEL script question

Hullbr3ach

04-10-2002, 02:54 AM

I have written the following script and do not understand why it is not possible to pass string arrays to procedures when selecting a menu item or when pressing the button.
Just copy & paste into Maya, you will see.

proc someProcedure(string $someArray[])

{
// Working on the array in here. Uninteresting for the example.
}

proc createUI ()

{
string $someArray[];
string $window = `window -title "testWindow" -menuBar true myWindow`;

menuBarLayout menuBarMain;
menu -label "File" menuMenuFile;
menuItem -label "Start" -command ("someProcedure($someArray)");
setParent..;
setParent..;

columnLayout -columnWidth 150;
button -label "test" -command ("someProcedure($someArray)");
setParent..;

showWindow $window;
}
createUI;

The array is declared inside the procedure but MEL still complains that it can't find it...
Is there any way around this without using a global string array?

Thanks already!
Markus