Save max file twice

[holycause]

hi guys,

I've a question

I'm trying to create a script which can save my file in 2 different files at the same time.

I just started with it, but i've some problems.

this my code for now

rollout rollout01 "Save Clone" width:223 height:194
(
    GroupBox grp1 "Save As" pos: width:206 height:130    
    button btn01 "File 01" pos: width:186 height:28    
    button btn02 "File 02" pos: width:186 height:28
    button btn03 "Save" pos: width:186 height:28
        
    on btn01 pressed do
    (
        save01 = getMAXSaveFileName ()
    )
    
    
    on btn02 pressed do
    (
        save02 = getMAXSaveFileName ()
    )
    
    on btn03 pressed do
    (
    
    )
)
createDialog rollout01

but it didn't save anything.... :-S

I tried with this code:

actionMan.executeAction 0 "40007"

but it save only one of the 2 files (the last i saved).

so I don't know how to keep in memory the file path for each button.

And when i press on the btn03 button, how can i save the 2 files at the same time????

thx in advance for your help 😉

[Anonymous]

You never defined the save variables outside of the eventhandler (the on pressed part)
As far as your script is concerned they don't exist outside of their handler. If you do define
them like I've done, you need to make sure the data they contain is what you want, hence the
undefined check.

getmaxsavefilename does everything max does when doing "save as"...except the save part.
Why? because you might want to do everything max does, but add some smarty pants scripty
behaviours.

-EDIT- I think I get what you are up to...

Two locations...stored in the variables save01 and save02
Hit the save button and it saves in two places?

rollout rollout01 "Save Clone" width:223 height:194
(
    local save01 = undefined
    local save02 = undefined
    GroupBox grp1 "Save As" pos: width:206 height:130    
    button btn01 "File 01" pos: width:186 height:28    
    button btn02 "File 02" pos: width:186 height:28
    button btn03 "Save" pos: width:186 height:28
        
    on btn01 pressed do
    (
        save01 = getMAXSaveFileName ()
    )
    
    
    on btn02 pressed do
    (
        save02 = getMAXSaveFileName ()
    )
    
    on btn03 pressed do
    (
     if(save01!= undefined) then savemaxfile save01
     if(save02!=undefined) then savemaxfile save02
    )
)
createDialog rollout01 

[holycause]

ok thx a lot for your answer.

[holycause]

It's make me crazy...
Yesterday it was working fine and now I've a error message.

-- Syntax error: at rollout, expected (
--  In line: rollout r

[bhnh]

Sounds like a simple typing error... you've got an odd number of parens, ie you're missing a " ) " or a " ( ".

[Anonymous]

Or you are missing a quote...something else I noticed...outlook and possibly other microsoft
products do a smarty pants replace on the usual double quotes and use open/close double
quotes.

[holycause]

i didn't change anything....

my code:

macroScript SaveClone
    category:"File"
    internalCategory:"File"

rollout rollout01 "Save Clone" width:223 height:194
(
    local save01 = undefined
    local save02 = undefined
    GroupBox grp1 "Save As" pos: width:206 height:130    
    button btn01 "File 01" pos: width:186 height:28    
    button btn02 "File 02" pos: width:186 height:28
    button btn03 "Save" pos: width:186 height:28

    
    on btn01 pressed do
    (
        save01 = getMAXSaveFileName ()
    )
     
    on btn02 pressed do
    (
        save02 = getMAXSaveFileName ()
    )
    
    on btn03 pressed do
    (
     if(save01!= undefined) then savemaxfile save01
     if(save02!=undefined) then savemaxfile save02
    )
)
createDialog rollout01 

[Anonymous]

rollout rollout01 "Save Clone" width:223 height:194
(
    local save01 = undefined
    local save02 = undefined
    GroupBox grp1 "Save As" pos: width:206 height:130    
    button btn01 "File 01" pos: width:186 height:28    
    button btn02 "File 02" pos: width:186 height:28
    button btn03 "Save" pos: width:186 height:28

    
    on btn01 pressed do
    (
        save01 = getMAXSaveFileName ()
    )
     
    on btn02 pressed do
    (
        save02 = getMAXSaveFileName ()
    )
    
    on btn03 pressed do
    (
     if(save01!= undefined) then savemaxfile save01
     if(save02!=undefined) then savemaxfile save02
    )
)

macroScript SaveClone
    category:"File"
    internalCategory:"File"
(
    if rollout01 != undefined do
                    (
                        destroydialog rollout01
                    )        
    createdialog rollout01
)

You need to "wrap" the rollout in the scope of the macroscript. I also added a get rid of the old dialog check.

[holycause]

thx,

but i was the same problem :S

grrrr

if I evaluate the script without the mcr part, It works but otherwise not

[Anonymous]

This seems to work. Drop it into the scripts folder, Open the Macroscript, Eveluate it to check for errors and to register it in Max, Go to customize the UI, drag the Save Clone utility to a quad or toolbar or whatever.

By the way, I didn't change anything, just moved the Macroscript header to the top of the script where it is most commonly placed, and placed the entire rollout inside the body of the Macroscript definision as it really should be.

7038_Zs9J9qmZCvssDmJk5Yg2.zip

[Anonymous]

It's make me crazy...
Yesterday it was working fine and now I've a error message.

-- Syntax error: at rollout, expected (
--  In line: rollout r

How much more obvious could this error message be?!
It says it expected an opening bracket to start the MacroScript body definition, but encountered "rollout" instead which is a bad syntax. Every MacroScript opens a ( and closes with a ).

So your code should have

MacroScript TheMacroName category:"TheMacroCategory"
(--OPEN A BODY DEFINITION!!!

rollout ....

)--CLOSE IT!

🙂

[Anonymous]

By the way, I didn’t change anything, just moved the Macroscript header to the top of the script where it is most commonly placed, and placed the entire rollout inside the body of the Macroscript definision as it really should be.

Is this a preference? or an actual requirement?

I haven't done a huge amount of version checking, but in the past dumping everything into the macroscript
body would cause the dialog to lose it's "handle" and you'd end up with many copies of the dialog window.

[Anonymous]

By the way, I didn’t change anything, just moved the Macroscript header to the top of the script where it is most commonly placed, and placed the entire rollout inside the body of the Macroscript definision as it really should be.

Is this a preference? or an actual requirement?

I haven't done a huge amount of version checking, but in the past dumping everything into the macroscript
body would cause the dialog to lose it's "handle" and you'd end up with many copies of the dialog window.

Understanding how scopes work would help in this case.
If the macro is defined AFTER the rollout definition, the rollout will be in global scope, but evaluating the script will place a copy of the MacroScript body ONLY (!) into the macroscripts folder, making it impossible to use the script after a restart of Max unless the whole script is saved in some autoload/startup folder.

Thus, the better way to deal with this is to put everything into the MacroScript body (inside the parentheses), which of course will make the rollout local to the MacroScript and "hide" its handle from the global scope.
To avoid this, just add the lines

global theRolloutVariableName
try(destroyDialog theRolloutVariableName)catch()

to the beginning of the script right after the MacroScript definition and BEFORE the actual rollout definition, where 'theRolloutVariableName' is the name of the variable used to define the rollout. The second line will attempt to close the dialog if existing.

This setup works great and is the preferred way to define rollouts inside MacroScript.