It creates a project object, and will do that by creating the structure (or part of it) when missing, or wrapping an existing one if the path exists and is a complete project.
It's counterintuitively named, but wouldn't call it a bug. CreateOrInitProject would probably be more explicit, but Soft's API is usually not that distinctive and verbose with methods other than in the math objects. On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Alok <alok.gan...@modusfx.com> wrote: > I know it sounds counter-intuitive but this will not create a new > project instead it will set the path to your existing project. May be some > bug . . . > > So you can safely pass the path to your existing project path and it will > set it as your existing project. This works on my machine when I change to > an already existing project. It does not create a new one but simply sets > an existing one. > > > > On 20/02/2013 4:52 PM, Eric Thivierge wrote: > > Well that's the thing, I want to make an already existing project the > active project. > > -------------------------------------------- > Eric Thivierge > http://www.ethivierge.com > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Alok <alok.gan...@modusfx.com> wrote: > >> Just make sure that the path exists beforehand >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Setting active project >> in Python Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:46:14 -0500 From: Alok >> <alok.gan...@modusfx.com> <alok.gan...@modusfx.com> To: >> softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> >> This should work : >> Application.ActiveProject2 = Application.CreateProject( >> "Path\\To\\My\\Project\\") >> >> On 20/02/2013 4:31 PM, Eric Thivierge wrote: >> >> If I remember correctly, there is no way to get this to work in Python. >> >> Application.ActiveProject2 = "Path\\To\\My\\Project\\" >> >> Is this still true? >> >> Getting this error ins 2012.5: >> >> # ERROR : Traceback (most recent call last): >> # File "<Script Block >", line 11, in <module> >> # xsi.ActiveProject2 = >> "C:\\Users\\Eric\\Documents\\projects\\ET_Tools" >> # File "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage >> 2012.SAP\Application\python\Lib\site-packages\win32comext\axscript\client\pyscript.py", >> line 153, in __setattr__ >> # raise AttributeError, attr >> # AttributeError: activeproject2 >> # - [line 11] >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Eric Thivierge >> http://www.ethivierge.com >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2238 / Virus Database: 2639/5618 - Release Date: 02/20/13 >> >> >> >> >> >> > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2238 / Virus Database: 2639/5618 - Release Date: 02/20/13 > > > -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
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