Loop through files in folder, add xrefs

[ZeBoxx2]

try something like...

dirName = "D:\3D\Turk_DWG_Out\maxfiles"
for f in (getFiles (dirName+"\\*")) do
(
xrefs.addNewXrefFile f
)

[em3]

works perfectly, thanks ZeBoxx2!!

[em3]

OK now I am trying to save the file after importing all the xrefs. Again this should be simple but the methods I have tried aren't working. They are...


dirName = "D:\3D\Turk_DWG_Out"
myPrefix="s20"
for f in (getFiles (dirName+"\\" + myPrefix + "*")) do
(
xrefs.addNewXrefFile f
)
theOuputFile = dirName+"\\" + myPrefix + "_Master.max"
saveMaxFile theOutputFile


or even


dirName = "D:\3D\Turk_DWG_Out"
myPrefix="s20"
for f in (getFiles (dirName+"\\" + myPrefix + "*")) do
(
xrefs.addNewXrefFile f
)
--theOuputFile = dirName+"\\" + myPrefix + "_Master.max"
saveMaxFile "myMaster.max"


this is the message out of the listener


"D:\3D\Turk_DWG_Out"
"s20"
OK
"D:\3D\Turk_DWG_Out\s20_Master"
-- Error occurred in anonymous codeblock; filename: D:\Documents and Settings\name\My Documents\3dsmax\scripts\AddXrefs.ms; position: 0
-- Unable to convert: undefined to type: FileName

which looks like it's trying to save the script file? yarg..

What am I doing wrong??

[ZeBoxx2]

would help to know what line it highlights when it gives that error, but...

one thing to look out for is this:

dirName = "D:\3D\Turk_DWG_Out"

Always use double-backslashes when specifying filenames and the like, as the backslash is a string escape character in MaxScript strings. Right now that reads... "D:\3D<tab>urk_DWG_Out".

So use..
dirName = "D:\\3D\\Turk_DWG_Out"

( there's also the @"etc." method added in later max versions, but not everything plays nice with that - wish I could remember what, exactly, didn't )

[Piflik]

Using '/' instead of '\' should also work.

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