Aha! Yes I was trying to run it from the script editor. It now works if I run it from a module. Thanks.
On Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 1:57:15 AM UTC-7, Justin Israel wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:39 PM jettam <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> When I run this code I get this error. Could someone help me figure this >> error out. >> Its part of a video tutorial series that explains how to load UI's >> >> # Error: name '__file__' is not defined >> # Traceback (most recent call last): >> # File "<maya console>", line 1, in <module> >> # NameError: name '__file__' is not defined # >> >> import os >> from PySide2 import QtWidgets, QtCore, QtUiTools, QtGui >> from shiboken2 import wrapInstance >> import maya.cmds as mc >> import maya.OpenMayaUI as omui >> >> def getMayaWindow(): >> ''' pointer to the maya main window ''' >> ptr = omui.MQtUtil.mainWindow() >> if ptr: >> return wrapInstance(long(ptr), QtWidgets.QMainWindow) >> >> def run(): >> ''' builds our UI ''' >> global win >> win = GeometryGenerator(parent=getMayaWindow()) >> win.show() >> >> class GeometryGenerator(QtWidgets.QDialog): >> >> def __init__(self,parent=None): >> super(GeometryGenerator,self).__init__(parent) >> loader = QtUiTools.QUiLoader() >> currentDir = os.path.dirname(__file__) >> print("currentDir: {0}".format(currentDir)) >> currentDir = os.path.dirname(__file__) >> print("currentDir: {0}".format(currentDir)) >> > > > How are you going about executing this code? Are you doing it from an > imported module on your PYTHONPATH, or from within your Script Editor? If > it is from the script editor, then the magic __file__ variable won't be > set, as there is no file; just evaluated code. > > >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/18922585-840e-4ad7-ba40-9a695cd8d4af%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/18922585-840e-4ad7-ba40-9a695cd8d4af%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/d508fa3b-8da9-4f0d-97d6-4c61a4d4223c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
