Hi,
I’m new to MaxScript but have been putting together a script from what I have been learning online.
I found this line which has allowed me to look for a .csv file and return the data inside.
adata = (dotnetClass "System.IO.File").ReadAllLines "Job_Log.csv"
The problem is this line looks for the .csv file in the location of the .ms script (Max root dir\scripts).
I want it to look and read it in the location of the .max file, as the .csv file’s information relates to that.
How can I change this line to look in the correct place please.
I’ve tried iterations of dotNet code found in the help pages, and also tried maxfilepath etc with no Luck.
I’m a beginner so its mostly guess work, hope someone with better knowledge is kind enough to help.
Thanks
Can’t see why maxFilePath wouldn’t work.
What kind of errors are you getting?
It’s strange, there was obviously a problem with the file I was testing it on.
Iv’e changed that and also re-insalled Max
So now this code looks in the correct folder (.max file folder location) and reads the .csv file.
However…
When I “run” the script it still looks in the “scripts” folder in the 3ds Max root folders and errors because it’s not there etc.
But if I have the same script from that location opened in script editor and I “evaluate all”, the script runs fine and works perfectly!
I just don’t understand it?
There should be no difference whether a script is being run via Evaluate All or Scripting > Run Script.
Just checked maxFilePath for the heck of it and as expected it works identically in both use cases.
Yeah, I don’t get it either (not that I know MaxScript very well).
How would you write that line then to include maxFilePath? because I tried it all the ways I could think of (again being new to this they probably didn’t make any sense).
Thanks for helping
pathconfig.appendPath maxFilePath "yourfile.csv"Thanks Serejah,
I tried it and got this error (– Argument count error: pathConfig_appendPath wanted 2, got 1)
I put your code in like this;
adata = (pathconfig.appendPath maxFilePath).ReadAllLines "Job_Log.csv"
Because I need it to read the .csv file and assign the contents to “adata” to be used in the script
putting it like this:
adata = pathconfig.appendPath maxFilePath “Job_Log.csv”
Didn’t return an error but did not work…