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# 1 14-07-2006 , 04:19 PM
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Use MEL to specify directory for File Dialog

I am working on a animation short with a group of about 8 people and we have an area where all the master files are stored. I want to keep my project directory in my home area, but I often want to open files in directories in the shared area. Maya provides no way of bookmarking this that I could find. I thought maybe MEL would offer a solution, but there seems to be no way to specify a directory for the "OpenScene" command.

BTW, I am on a linux machine.

Thanks.
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# 2 14-07-2006 , 04:28 PM
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u can just make a GUI

with different set project commands,

i.e. one button could have the command to set to your project dir :
setProject "filepath here" ;


and another button with a differnt project file path.
 
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# 3 14-07-2006 , 05:30 PM
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I don't want to change my project. I just want to bookmark directories. But since maya has no way to do this I wanted to make a shelf button that opens the open file dialog with a specific path.
 
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