[Closed] Batch file import creates new layers

Something like this:

(
	filesToImportArr = #(filePath1, filePath2, filePath3)
	
	for f in filesToImportArr do
	(
		importFile f
		fileName = getFilenameFile f
		if layerManager.getLayerFromName fileName == undefined do
		(
			layerManager.newLayerFromName fileName
		)
		
	)
)

Hey miauu.

Thank you again for your help.

So basically I can add this lines at the end of any batch import script formulas?

I’m a noob.
I don’t know much about how maxscript works. But with that, I blindly managed to complete some time consuming tasks by researching maxscript functions from different scripts or by asking great developers or people that knows how to do it.
I’m not a maxscript developer at all.

I will try to attach your lines to the sample script I posted.
The original OFIO script had single import file function. Meaning if you want to import 1000 *oft files , you need to do it manualy… one by one.

Here is the original part of the OFIO Script

group " \\ FRAGMENTS \\ OFT " 
(
	button btn_IV_FT_Import "Import Single" width:120 align:#center
	button btn_IV_FT_Export "Export Single" width:120 align:#center
	label margin_IV_FT "" height:0 
)	

on btn_IV_FT_Import pressed do
(
	local input_oft_file_name = getOpenFileName caption:"Select GTA IV *.oft file" types:"gta iv open formats fragments (*.oft)|*oft"
	if (input_oft_file_name != undefined) and (getFileSize input_oft_file_name) > 0 then
	(
		with undo off
		(
			with redraw off
			(
				local oft = ofio_iv_oft()
				ofioLog.start()
				try ( 
					local start_time = timeStamp()
					ofioLog.print "reading input file"
					oft.read(input_oft_file_name)
					ofioLog.print "building"
					oft.build()
					ofioLog.print ("oft import succeed, elapsed " + ( ( (timeStamp() - start_time) / 1000.0 ) as String ) + " seconds")
					gc()
				) catch
				(
					ofutils.showException()
					oft.cleanup()
					ofioLog.print "IMPORT ERROR !"
				)
				ofioLog.finish()
				oft = undefined
			)
		)			
	)		
)	

So I managed to edit this to import from single to multiple *oft files (see the sample I posted in first post).
Now, I wanted to create a layer for each file is imported.

Using your lines, I managed to insert some of your lines without errors.
It looks like this.

on btn_IV_FT_Import pressed do
(
	local input_oft_dialog = dotNetObject "System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog" --create a OpenFileDialog
	input_oft_dialog.title = "Select One Or More .oft Files" --set the title
	input_oft_dialog.Multiselect = true --allow multiple files to be selected
	input_oft_dialog.Filter = "OFT Files (*.oft)|*.oft|All Files (*.*)|*.*" --specify the filter
	input_oft_dialog.FilterIndex = 1 --set the filter drop-down list to OFT Files
	local input_oft_dialog_result = input_oft_dialog.showDialog() --display the dialog, get result into variable
	input_oft_dialog_result.ToString() --when closed, convert the result to string
	input_oft_dialog_result.Equals input_oft_dialog_result.OK --returns TRUE if OK was pressed, FALSE otherwise
	input_oft_dialog_result.Equals input_oft_dialog_result.Cancel --returns TRUE if Cancel was pressed, FALSE otherwise
	local input_oft_file_names = input_oft_dialog.fileNames --the selected filenames will be returned as an array

	--local input_oft_file_name = getOpenFileName caption:"Select GTA IV *.oft file" types:"gta iv open formats fragments (*.oft)|*oft"
	for input_oft_file_name in input_oft_file_names do
	if (input_oft_file_name != undefined) and (getFileSize input_oft_file_name) > 0 then
	(
		if layerManager.getLayerFromName input_oft_file_name == undefined do
		(
			layerManager.newLayerFromName input_oft_file_name
		)
		
		with undo off
		(
			with redraw off
			(
				local oft = ofio_iv_oft()
				ofioLog.start()
				try ( 
					local start_time = timeStamp()
					ofioLog.print "reading input file"
					oft.read(input_oft_file_name)
					ofioLog.print "building"
					oft.build()
					ofioLog.print ("oft import succeed, elapsed " + ( ( (timeStamp() - start_time) / 1000.0 ) as String ) + " seconds")
					gc()
				) catch
				(
					ofutils.showException()
					oft.cleanup()
					ofioLog.print "IMPORT ERROR !"
				)
				ofioLog.finish()
				oft = undefined
			)
		)			
	)		
)	

Now here the layers are created for each imported file. But with two problems:

1. Imported objects remains in the default layer… and the new ones are created as empty (without the objects)
2. The layer name takes “the *oft name along with full path where the *oft file is located”. Not just the *oft file name.
   Also, I don’t think I inserted the lines in the right place.

One more thing. This script doesn’t use the Max basic import function. But an open file trough a dialog from Utilities Panel. (not sure if matters. I thought is good to be known). And I think uses another script to decompile the *oft into multiple objects.

Many thanks for your reply Serejah.
I will give it a shot.

So, for this particular example script… I managed to make it work with this lines:

	(
		if layerManager.getLayerFromName (filenameFromPath (getFilenameFile input_oft_file_name)) == undefined do
		(
			layerManager.newLayerFromName (filenameFromPath (getFilenameFile input_oft_file_name))
			(LayerManager.getLayerFromName (filenameFromPath (getFilenameFile input_oft_file_name))).current = true
		)