Here ya go: <maya.OpenMaya.MObjectPtr; proxy of C++ MObject instance at _a8d6b90f_p_MObject> <class 'maya.OpenMaya.MObjectPtr'>
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Matthew Chapman <chapman...@gmail.com>wrote: > would you mind posting what this returns? > > dataHandle = dataBlock.inputValue( readBandedImageNode.filename ) > data = dataHandle.data() > print data, type(data) > > I am wondering what instance is returned from a '.data()' call for a > string. > Matt > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:04 AM, John Riddle <jbrav...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The MPlug method that you posted is what works for me. The MFnStringData >> bit still throws an error. >> >> NotImplementedError: No matching function for overloaded >> 'new_MFnStringData' // >> >> But hey, I got a string I can work with! Haha >> >> Thanks a lot for your help Matt and Dean. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Matthew Chapman >> <chapman...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> Let me know if these are wrong I am not able to test this wight now. >>> >>> # Somthing like this for MPlug I think >>> node = self.thisMObject() >>> plug = api.MPlug(node, readBandedImageNode.filename) >>> strData = plug.asString() >>> >>> # I am wondering if this might work >>> dataHandle = dataBlock.inputValue( readBandedImageNode.filename ) >>> data = dataHandle.data() >>> strData = api.MFnStringData(data).string() >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:59 AM, John Riddle <jbrav...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > I'm sorry but I'm still very new to the API and can't seem to get the >>> syntax >>> > right. I'm doing: >>> > >>> > dataHandle = dataBlock.inputValue( readBandedImageNode.filename ) >>> > filenameStr = dataHandle.asString() >>> > >>> > and getting filenameStr as an MString object. Dean mentioned above I am >>> > going to need use MPlug to get the string instead. What would be the >>> syntax >>> > for pulling a string from an MString object? >>> > >>> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Matthew Chapman <chapman...@gmail.com >>> > >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> I don't have a way to test this right now but I was wondering if you >>> >> could get the MObject of the string data from the dataBlock and pass >>> >> it to MFnStringData and call MFnStringData.string()? >>> >> >>> >> Matt >>> >> >>> >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Dean Edmonds <dean.edmo...@gmail.com >>> > >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 15:20, John Riddle <jbrav...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> Woot! Didn't notice you had responded here as well! You're all over >>> the >>> >> >> place with the answers Dean. Thanks a ton! >>> >> >> >>> >> >> If someone needs a filename as an input, is string not the way to >>> go? >>> >> >> Is >>> >> >> there something more appropriate? >>> >> > >>> >> > String is the way to go. >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > -deane >>> >> > >>> >> > > >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
