opening .ma files in silent mode (without warnings)

[manue154]

Hello all,
i want to batch editing maya scenes, so i need to open them in silent mode, without thoses warnings:
“Reference file not found” warning dialog
As it need an action, how to said to maya the defaut answer to give for this message?
I just know this command: cmds.file( last_file, open=True, force=True )
there's another way than MAYA_IGNORE_DIALOGS 1 ?
By advance, thanks

[RFlannery1 · Accepted solution]

You can use the "prompt" flag of the "file" command.  For example:

promptValue = cmds.file(q=True, prompt=True)
cmds.file(prompt=False)
try:
    for filePath in filesToBatch:
        cmds.file(filePath, open=True, force=True)
        # Process each file here.
finally:
    # Restore the old "prompt" value when you are done.
    cmds.file(prompt=promptValue)

[manue154]

Thank you very much for your answer 🙂