Hi everyone,
I had written an installer for a group of scripts which added a toolbar to the Max UI by modifying the .cui file identified by cui.getConfigFile() in pre 2013 versions of 3dsMax. Basically it added a bunch of text to that file.
Now that the cui file has changed to XML in 2013 I was wondering if there is a more “correct” way of doing this.
Regards,
AdamM
#1 i prohibit any member of my team to install any third-party scripts because of … including… (see above)
#2 i think that the adding anything to .cui file by script is the one of most unprofessional actions
#3 the most correct way of ‘doing this’ is never do it
So I’ve learnt I’m doing it the wrong way.
And the correct way of making a toolbar of macroscripts?
the right way is:
provide macroscripts with nice icons to launch all or any of your scripts
make clear structure of all coming resources (scripts, macros, icons, bins, etc.)
clearly describe this structure in help file
add recommendation to your help (or readme) file about the best way how organize your scripts
that makes the user happy
Thanks for the advice.
What is it exactly that you detest about modifying the cui file?
i want to tell you a story.
my friend. he is a bibliophile. or maybe more… he is a bibliotaph.
he has a nice library at home. the front wall is the European literature, the right wall is the West, the left one is the New World…
every book knows its own shelf.
one day he ordered a new book… free delivery and free new bookcase as a gift.
coming home my friend found that the book was delivered, and new bookcase was assembled in the middle of his library room. the new book was on this bookcase’s shelf with a company of others:
how to read the Book
why the Book is the best
why you have to love the Book
how to find friends who loves the Book too
where to find books like the Book
and many other are all about the same…
but all his old books were dumped in the corner.
he broke the bookcase on pieces, and burned it with all new books at his backyard. but next morning they all came back. he burned it again and dispelled the ashes… but the next day it came back again. so he had to burn his house.
the question… did he like his new book?
ps. i really know how to modify cui file, i can do it safe and clean. you can find my posts about it on this forum. but i’m absolutely positive that the modifying the cui is bad!