Setting VRIMG via maxscript results in 2 files

[Morne]

Hi all

If I set the vrimg file via maxscript (no matter if such a file currently exist or not), it creates 2 vrimg files with almost the same name
for example myfile will save as
myfile.vrimg (only 1KB big)
and also myfile0000.vrimg (the actual image file)

    RAWFile = getSaveFileName caption: "Save V-Ray image file" \
    filename: "C:/_VRay RAW Renders/" \
    types:"V-Ray image files (*.vrimg)|*.vrimg"

    if RAWFile!=undefined then
        (
            rc=renderers.current
            rc.output_saveRawFile=true
            rc.output_rawFileName = RAWFile
         )

[vlado]

Hmm. When is the myfile.vrimg created?

Best regards,
Vlado

[Morne]

I do
max quick render
directly after that code

and the 1kb file gets created just before the render starts it seems
the other actual file gets created when the render starts and increase as usual in size as the render progress

[yavor.rubenov]

Hello

The first file is created because of the line:

tmpbm = Bitmap 10 10 fileName:RAWFile

in the example I sent you in the other topic. It was part of a script I wrote a while ago and I see now that later after the rendering I do:

deleteFile outName

which deletes the small file and leaves only the one with the frame number. Probably I should look for some better solution to the first problem..

[Morne]

Hello

The first file is created because of the line:

tmpbm = Bitmap 10 10 fileName:RAWFile

in the example I sent you in the other topic. It was part of a script I wrote a while ago and I see now that later after the rendering I do:

deleteFile outName

which deletes the small file and leaves only the one with the frame number. Probably I should look for some better solution to the first problem..

OH OK I didnt realise they were related
Thanks for now I will go with the

deleteFile outName

option

[Morne]

hmmm

deleteFile RAWFile

only worked one time, then it stopped deleting the file for any further renders