You should be able to use the FileReference object directly: ref.importContents() #Where ref is derived from pm.listReferences()
- Ofer www.mrbroken.com On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 12:32 AM, John Creson <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe, in the mel, the refNode at the end is the object of the > command, not the value being passed to the flag. > > You might try: > > pm.cmds.file(ref.refNode, referenceNode=True, importReference=True) > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Justin Rosen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Has anyone else noticed a discrepancy between the file command in mel and > in > > python in relation to importing file references? > > pm.cmds.file(referenceNode=ref.refNode, importReference=True) #Where ref > is > > derived from pm.listReferences() > > > > # Traceback (most recent call last): > > > > # File > > > "/tmp/TOOLS_INSTALL/cent5_x86_64_py26/MayaAssets-Project/MayaAssets/library/maya/python/importComponentReference.py", > > line 127, in importComponentReferences > > > > # pm.cmds.file(importReference=True,referenceNode=ref.refNode) > > > > # TypeError: Flag 'referenceNode' must be passed a boolean argument > > > > Is Pymel a bit stricter now? I could of sworn this used to work. I have > to > > resort to the following mel > > > > pm.mel.eval("file -importReference -referenceNode " + ref.refNode) > > > > The docs say it takes a boolean, but the mel code for importing a > reference > > within the reference editor uses a reference node name > > scripts/others/referenceEditorPanel.mel > > > > if ( $numNodes >= $numFiles ) { > > int $i = 0; > > for ( $i = 0; $i < $numNodes; $i++ ) { > > if ( size($selRefNode[$i]) > 0 ) { > > file -importReference -referenceNode $selRefNode[$i]; > > } > > } > > } else { > > int $i = 0; > > for ( $i = 0; $i < $numFiles; $i++ ) { > > if ( size($selFileReal[$i]) > 0 ) { > > file -importReference $selFileReal[$i]; > > } > > } > > } > > > > Justin > > > > -- > > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
