[Closed] 3DSMax open file for read and file path

	  -- to open a .txt file from a window and store each line in a variable
 	  fName = getOpenFileName types:"Blah Blah (*.txt)|*.txt|"	 
 	  txtFile = openFile fName mode:"r"
 		   while not (eof txtFile) do
 			(
 			 tmp = readline txtFile
 			 ...
 			 ...
 			)
 
 	  -- to find the directory of a .bmp file in maxroot  + "UI/Icons" path
 	  (getdir #maxroot+"UI\Icons\myIconFile.bmp")

Look at: [color=white]How To … Output Geometry Data To Text File
[/color]at the reference file

Actually, both “/” and “” are supported by MAXScript in file names (although Windows does not support / in general, MAXScript does). You can either use / or, if entering your own path, enter “\”. But when reading single backslashes from a text file, you do NOT have to do anything special.

If c:\example.txt is where the FBX path is, you can say

(
theFileHandle = openFile "c:\\example.txt" --open the file for reading
theLine = readLine theFileHandle --reads first line, assuming that's where the path is
close theFileHandle --close the file
if doesFileExist theLine do importFile theLine #noPrompt --if the FBX exists, import it silently
)

If you have to set up the FBX Import settings before importing, take a look at the “FBX Import Dialog Access” topic in the MAXScript Reference which shows how to do that.

Thanks alot,