After hearing my problem with pm.createReference() is unique, I dug a
bit deeper. Apparently our garbage dump of a tools plugin has a
createReference command. Sooo...my bad.

-Ian


On Mar 11, 4:38 pm, hapgilmore <[email protected]> wrote:
> Method 1)
>
> pm.createReference("C:/full/file/path.mb") - buggy, pops up a
> fileDialog2 no matter what args are used.
>
> Method 2)
>
> pm.mel.file("filepath.mb",r=True) - pymel error:
> # MelError: Error during execution of MEL script: line 1: Too many
> arguments.  Expected 1, found 2.
> # Calling Procedure: file, in Command
> #   file -r True "C:/full/file/path.mb" #
>
> Method 3)
>
> pm.mel.eval("file -r \ "C:/full/file/path.mb\"") works, but adds 6
> commands to the undo queue. Also: having to use pm.mel.eval? wtf?
>
> Environment:
> Maya 2011 x64, Win7
>
> So, what method are you guys using to create a file reference?
>
> -Ian

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