[Closed] help MXS read external data

should tell us the problem you get

[color=Red]-- Error occurred in AddKeysFromFile()
--  Frame:
--   x: OK
--   file: "c:\3dsmax11\scripts\feh.txt"
--   ctrl: Controller:Position_XYZ
--   t: 0
--   f: <File:c:\3dsmax11\scripts\feh.txt>
--   a: [-15.7436,9.4353,-11.2804]
-- Unknown property: "value" in OK
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That should be a bit of a hint. The ‘OK’ value here is ‘x’. In your code, you use: “local x = addNewKey ctrl t”. So ‘addNewKey’ is returning an OK value when adding to your ‘ctrl’ (a Position_XYZ controller) instead of what you were expecting (a key value).

Now to figure out why, head to the help file:

If the controller is a compound controller (like a Position_XYZ controller), a value of OK is returned. A single key value can’t be returned, as addNewKey creates a key in each of the sub-controllers.

Well, there you go

You’ll want to either…
A. Set the new keys on the subcontrollers of the Position_XYZ controller
B. Set the key on the Position_CYZ controller (as you do now), but when going to adjust the keys, get them -from- the subcontrollers first.

why are you readvalue 3 times?

local a = [readValue f,readValue f,readValue f] ??

Your basically going through the file, but reading each line as a component of an xyz.

Shouldnt it be:

while (not eof f) do
(
local x = addNewKey ctrl t
local line = filterString (readLine f) “,”
local val = [line[1]as float,line[2] as float,line[3] as float]
ctrl.value = val
t += 10
)

or line = execute (“[” + readLine f + “]”)
ctrl.value = line

something like this roughly

It might be much easier to just enable the with Animate On At Time t contexts and set the position of the object directly instead of setting explicit keys. This way, the type of controllers would not matter…

-- This Script will reset your scene, so save before running it.
resetMaxFile #noPrompt
s = sphere ()
-- Function Definition
fn AnimateObject spaz file=
(
	local f = openFile file
	t=0
	 while (not eof f) do
	(
		with animate on at time t spaz.pos = [readValue f,readValue f,readValue f]
		 t += 10
	)
close f
)		
-- EVALUATE FUNCTION		
AnimateObject s "test.dat"

thanks guys, first I should tell that I am a newer, and I am sorry perhaps some things you said I can’t cacth it , and I tried the code you given, but sorry I got error again
uh , I just want to read the data from the file and to animate the object, and thanks again all of U

hi¡¡
i have a question about this script, how could I move and rotate the sphere?¿, I know how to move the sphere with this spript , but my question is about how to do both things, move an rotate.

thanks

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[left]concourse[i].pos=pos0[i]		   
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[left]rotate concourse[i] y1[i] y_axis
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[left]rotate concourse[i] z1[i] z_axis
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[left][left]just an example, I think you can work out it with this code [/left][/left]