Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
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# 1 10-07-2003 , 01:56 PM
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Starting MAYA from c#

Hi,

I'm trying to start MAYA 5.0 from a windows C# application. I can make it start ok (I used the System.Diagnostics.Process class) but what I really want to do is to make it run a MEL script on startup so I can pass in a scene to load and various other stuff.

I tried the 'Arguments' property to pass in the script name and / or scene filename but it doesn't seem to do anything, so I guess maybe MAYA doesn't fully support being called like this ?

Any ideas / alternative suggestions anyone ? Sorry if this is the stupidest question ever, I'm more of a programmer than an Animator.

Thanks in advance.


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# 2 10-07-2003 , 04:37 PM
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To be honest, I know nothing about c# but how about waiting until Maya has started up and then sending it key strokes?

` -key will activate the command line and after that you can send the mel commands you need. Lastly send [enter] key to exectute the commands...

... just an idea...


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# 3 11-07-2003 , 03:36 PM
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Thanks, I'll have a crack at that. I'm also going to try messing about with the userSetup.mel script to pass things into it.

Cheers.

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