Here is an example of running it through a Mel command that I used for a
button inside a mel script:
string $MelCommand = "python(\"import sys\"); python(\"sys.path.append('" +
> $sourceLocationPath + "')\"); python(\"import
> YOURMODULE\");python(\"YOURMODULE.launchMethod()\");";
Alternatively, you could run the same code as previously stated, except you
should be able to use any path this way.
python("import sys");
> python("sys.path.append('" + $sourceLocationPath + "')");
> python("import YOURMODULE");
> python("YOURMODULE.launchMethod()");
Using a "launchMethod()" in this way will let all of your Python code live
in another file and leaving you to not write an exuberant amount of
"python();" lines.
On Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 1:10:25 PM UTC-6, sam.m...@gmail.com
wrote:
>
> I'd like to run a Maya Python Script (NOT a single Python command) from
> within my userSetup.mel script. The Python script is simple but does use
> some Maya-specific commands. The Pythong script for testing is:
>
> #Python script:
> import maya.cmds as cmds
> Returned=cmds.fileDialog(mode=1, title="Save Layer/Pass list for Miranda:")
>
> The closest I've gotten to running it from MEL is something like:
>
> //Within the MEL Script:
> python (exec("\\Server\MyFolder\SaveLPLFile.py"));
>
>
> I've tried various cnfigurations of \\, \\\\, //, etc to accomodate the
> potential errors of escape characters but nothing seems to have any effect.
> The python/exec command appears to run without error (to the Maya console)
> but the actual script is not running because a cmds.fileDialog() never
> appears. Even when there is a typo in the filename the command appears to
> run.....apparently there is some long-standing bug in python that doesn't
> return an error message properly under some instances.
>
> Any alternatives that might be a better method of running a Python script
> from within MEL?
>
>
>
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