why does this make maya hang?

[cgbeige]

ya, I'm having a similar problem with my UI that launches the VRay Imap viewer. I'd like to know too.

[NaughtyNathan]

you are passing control to another app... if you simply want to launch a secondary process you could do it like so:
system("load calc");this is all explained pretty thoroughly in the system MEL documentation! ;)

However, "load" is a windows directive, so I'm not sure how you would handle this on a mac..?

:nathaN

[jaydru]

thank you good sir :applause:

[Robert Bateman]

However, "load" is a windows directive, so I'm not sure how you would handle this on a mac..?

iirc.

system("calc&")

[GiantG]

system("start calc") ;)
http://bit.ly/egXfMj

If you wanna do more complex stuff with your OS i recommend to run a batch(*.bat) file

[cgbeige]

thanks - got it now:

global proc launchImapViewer()
{
string $version = `getApplicationVersionAsFloat`;

if ( `about -mac` )
{
system (("/Applications/ChaosGroup/V-Ray/Maya") + $version + ("-x64/bin/imapviewer.exe &"));
}
else if ( `about -linux64` )
{
system (("/usr/autodesk/maya") + $version + ("-x64/vray/bin/imapviewer.exe &"));
}
else if ( `about -win` )
{
system ("load C\:\\Program\ Files\\Chaos\ Group\\V-Ray\\Maya\ " + $version + ("\ for\ x64\\bin\\imapviewer.exe"));
}
}

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