Maxscript Help

[squeakybadger]

I'm trying to get a Max scene to attach xrefs that are listed in a text file (so that file can change externally and the maxscript can be run to update everything)

This is my code, it seems to read the text file but throws up and error and doesn't attach anything:

xrefPath = "c:\\users\\jaime\\desktop\\x\\"
ext = ".max"
 
listArray = #() 
file = openFile "c:\\users\\jaime\\desktop\\x\\xrefs.txt" mode:"r"
while not eof file do
(
lineInfo = readLine file
append listArray lineInfo
)
close file
 
for i in listArray do
(
xrefs.addNewXrefFile (xrefPath + i + ext) i 
)

This is the error in the listener:

"c:\users\jaime\desktop\x\"
".max"
#()
<File:c:\users\jaime\desktop\x\xrefs.txt>
#("temp.max", "vbnv.max", "scriptest.max")
OK
-- Error occurred in i loop; filename: ; position: 314; line: 15
--  Frame:
--   i: "temp.max"
-- Runtime error: Unknown addNewXRefFile argument: "temp.max"

Any ideas on what's wrong?

Thanks.

[Rens]

Hi, remove the last 'i' in the xrefs.addnewxreffile line. It's double and reads as a second argument which the function doesn't accept.

[squeakybadger]

Hi Rens,

That's cleaned up the error, but nothing gets attached in the xref scene dialog.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Rens]

Is the listArray empty or has wrong filenames? You could try a print i in the for loop and see what it outputs. Other than that maybe the XRef window needs to be closed and reopened. You could also try a doesFileExist on the newly constructed filename.

[Dave_Wortley]

I think you've made it more complicated than it needs to be....

You don't need the ext variable at all... as in your text file you have them listed as "temp.max"

xrefPath = "c:\\users\\jaime\\desktop\\x\\"
 
listArray = #() 
file = openFile "c:\\users\\jaime\\desktop\\x\\xrefs.txt" mode:"r"
while not eof file do
(
lineInfo = readLine file
append listArray lineInfo
)
close file
 
for i in listArray do
(
xrefs.addNewXrefFile (xrefPath + i)
)