topic How do I get the filepath of a script that is loaded into the script editor? in Maya Programming Forum

How do I get the filepath of a script that is loaded into the script editor?

marten.zanderBH2FZ — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 09:12:53 GMT

Hi fellow Maya Programmers!

I need some help figuring out a script's filepath from within maya using python. I have a certain script file located somewhere on my harddrive. Let's assume the file is called "C:/Users/Username/Desktop/test.py". In Maya's Script Editor I open the script file using "File" -> "Open Script..." Menu. A new Tab in my script editor appears, displaying the content of my test.py. What I am trying to do now, is run the test.py and print the folder location where that file (test.py) is stored.

Is there anyway to extract that path information?

Thanks in Advance!

Re: How do I get the filepath of a script that is loaded into the script editor?

jmreinhart — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 12:46:52 GMT

import maya.cmds as cmds def getScriptEditorPaths(): # Get the name of the scriptEditorPanel allPanels = cmds.getPanel( all=True ) scriptPanel = [x for x in allPanels if 'scriptEditor' in x] if not scriptPanel: return [] scriptPanel = scriptPanel[0] # Step through the layouts of the script editor until we find the tablayout f1 = cmds.layout(scriptPanel, q = True, childArray = True) f1, f2 = cmds.layout(formLayout1, q = True, childArray = True) p1 = cmds.layout(f2, q = True, childArray = True) sf, p2 = cmds.layout(p1, q = True, childArray = True) t1 = cmds.layout(p2, q = True, childArray = True) filePaths = [] for eachChildLayout in cmds.tabLayout(t1, q = True, childArray = True): scrollFieldExec = cmds.layout(eachChildLayout, q = True, childArray = True) filePaths.append(cmds.cmdScrollFieldExecuter(scrollFieldExec, q = True, filename = True)) return filePaths getScriptEditorPaths()

This should work 🙂

Re: How do I get the filepath of a script that is loaded into the script editor?

marten.zanderBH2FZ — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:50:37 GMT

Hey man, thank you for your reply. unfortunately I get an error saying that global name "formLayout1" is not defined.

Re: How do I get the filepath of a script that is loaded into the script editor?

marten.zanderBH2FZ — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:52:24 GMT

Okay, I actually fixed it by myself already. I replaced "formLayout1" with f1[0] :). It's working, thanks a lot!