[Closed] Get latest open file?

Reading the INI file was my first thought, too.
It is pretty straight forward as you don’t have to compile paths and bother about max versions [… maybe …].

actionMan.executeAction 0 “203”

I used used the INI file like this:

    lastFileName=getINISetting (getDir #maxRoot+"3dsmax.ini") "FileList" "File1"
    shortFileName=getFilenameFile lastFileName

/Andreas

–First get autoback files:

backup_files = getFiles((GetDir #autoback)+”\.“)
autoback_files = for i in backup_files where (findString i “Autobak” != undefined) collect i

–Second Use a loop to compare flies modification date:

getFileModDate <filename_string>

Is there a simple way of comparing the dates? Right now the date is just a string and it’s not formated well, so it takes quite some code to handle. For example it may say “5/1/1” as the date and later on it says 5/11/11. so the days can be both one or two letters long for example.

/Andreas

I made this for open last autoback. Its from my first begginer scripts.
I have no time to remake it , but for now is ok;)

Mabe you find some usefull there:

(--Start:  
--> collect all autoback files
BackupFiles = (getfiles ((GetDir #Maxroot) + "\\autoback\\Autobak?.*"))
--> get the date on each file
if BackupFiles.count != 0 do
(
	Files_Date   = #()
	Array_Date   = #()
	Array_Year   = #()
	Array_Month  = #()
	Array_Day	= #()
	Array_Hour   = #()
	Array_Minute = #()
	Final_Check  = #()
	for i in 1 to BackupFiles.count do
	(
		--get file date => "7/13/2005 11:39:22 PM"
		Files_Date[i] = (GetFileModDate BackupFiles[i])
		--break date to parts  => #("7", "13", "2005", "11", "39", "22", "PM")
		Array_Date[i] = filterString Files_Date[i] "/ . :"
		
		Array_Year[i]   = (Array_Date[i] [3])--collect all years
		Array_Month[i]  = (Array_Date[i] [1])--collect all months
		Array_Day[i]	= (Array_Date[i] [2])--collect all days
		Array_Hour[i]   = (Array_Date[i] [4])--collect all hours
		Array_Minute[i] = (Array_Date[i] [5])--collect all minutes
		Final_Check[i]  = (Array_Date[i] [5])--collect all minutes for final check
	)	
-----------------------------------------------------------------------		
--> function for remove lower "date items" from array		
fn DeleteLowerItemsIn arr =		
	(
	maximus = arr.count
	while maximus > 1 do
		(
		if (arr[1] as float) < (arr[maximus] as float) then 
			(
			if Array_Year.count   > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Year   1)
			if Array_Month.count  > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Month  1)
			if Array_Day.count	> 1 do (deleteItem Array_Day	1)
			if Array_Hour.count   > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Hour   1)
			if Array_Minute.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Minute 1)
			maximus -=1
			)	
		else if (arr[1] as float) > (arr[maximus] as float) then
			(
			if Array_Year.count   > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Year   maximus)
			if Array_Month.count  > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Month  maximus)
			if Array_Day.count	> 1 do (deleteItem Array_Day	maximus)
			if Array_Hour.count   > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Hour   maximus)
			if Array_Minute.count > 1 do (deleteItem Array_Minute maximus)
			maximus -=1 
			 )
		else if (arr[1] as float) == (arr[maximus] as float) do
			(
			maximus-=1
			)
		)
	)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------	
	--> delete lower "date items" from array one by one	
	DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Year
	DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Month
	DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Day
	DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Hour
	DeleteLowerItemsIn Array_Minute	
	--> load last autoback file
	Final_Pos = findItem  Final_Check (Array_Minute[1]) --find the number pos in array	
	try (loadMAXFile (BackupFiles[Final_Pos]) ) 
	catch (MessageBox "Open Autoback File is Failed" title:"Micra")
	)--if BackupFiles.count != 0 do			
)--End: