Has anyone had a hard time setting specific XSI_USERROOT?
If I use:
set XSI_USERROOT=\\path\to\users\%USERNAME%
...in my launcher script and then run:
path = XSIUtils.Environment('XSI_USERROOT')
Application.LogMessage(path)
I still get: # INFO : C:\Users\gene.crucean
Thoughts?
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Gene Crucean <[email protected]
> wrote:
> Care to explain a bit further?
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> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Schoenberger <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> **
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>> Note: If you set the workgroups without the prefs file, it is not stable.
>> Depending on the plugins you have installed in your workgroups.
>>
>> Holger Schönberger
>> technical director
>> The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night
>>
>>
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>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ponthieux,
>> Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 10:29 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* RE: Setting workgroups via batch file
>>
>> As Luc-Eric said you can call the setenv anywhere in your bat file, but
>> if you want to do it all in one line try this: ****
>>
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>> call "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013
>> SP1\Application\bin\setenv.bat" & start /min cmd /c "%XSI_BINDIR%\xsi.bat
>> -w \\path\to\workgroup1,\\path\to\workgroup2"****
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>> This kind of command “joining” can be especially useful if executing
>> system commands from Perl ****
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>> --****
>>
>> Joey Ponthieux****
>>
>> LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES)****
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>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gene Crucean
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 3:15 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Setting workgroups via batch file****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Hey guys,****
>>
>> ** **
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>> So I'm trying to set some environment variables via a batch script but
>> this page (
>> http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/xsidocs/EnvVars_EnvironmentVariableReference.htm)
>> doesn't have a workgroup variable to set. ****
>>
>> ** **
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>> I stumbled upon Stephens blog (
>> http://xsisupport.com/2011/11/09/setting-workgroups-at-startup/) which
>> references a *data_management.workgroup_appl_path* variable but then I'm
>> forced to use the SI command prompt and to be honest I'm not even sure how
>> to call that thing from within a bat file since *call "C:\Program
>> Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013 SP1\Application\bin\SIShell.bat" *doesn't
>> seem to work.****
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>> I've tried this which works... ****
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>> echo \\path\to\proj\pipeline\extensions\softimage2013\workgroups\Arnold>
>> "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Autodesk\Softimage_2013_SP1\Data\workgroups.wkg"
>> ****
>>
>> echo \\path\to\proj\pipeline\extensions\softimage2013\workgroups\RGH >>
>> "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Autodesk\Softimage_2013_SP1\Data\workgroups.wkg"****
>>
>> echo \\path\to\proj\pipeline\extensions\softimage2013\workgroups\3rdParty>>
>> "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Autodesk\Softimage_2013_SP1\Data\workgroups.wkg"
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
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>> The problem I have is that if we ever change the workgroup paths, on next
>> launch, Soft holds onto those old paths with Kung-Fu Grip even though the
>> paths in the .wkg file are set properly.****
>>
>> ** **
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>> I can't stand many things in Maya but this is one area it's clearly ahead
>> of Soft.****
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>> ** **
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>> set
>> MAYA_MODULE_PATH=\\path\to\proj\pipeline\extensions\maya2013_5\modules <--
>> done deal****
>>
>> ** **
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>> Btw, I know about xsi -w option but I'm not sure how that would work with
>> a .bat file. My setup is like this...****
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>> File one:****
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>> call \\path\to\setEnvVars.bat****
>>
>> start /min cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013
>> SP1\Application\bin\XSI.bat"****
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>> ** **
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>> File two:****
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>> Sets all envvars.****
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>> ** **
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>> File one calls the file that contains the envvars, those get set, then it
>> launches Soft. If I was to use the -w flag, it would have to go on the end
>> of the second line in the first file and not in the envvar's file.****
>>
>> ** **
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>> So basically, the second line of file one would be something like this:**
>> **
>>
>> start /min cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013
>> SP1\Application\bin\XSI.bat -w \\path\to\workgroup1,\\path\to\workgroup2"
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
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>> ** **
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>> ** **
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>> Will someone that understands this setup please shed some light on this
>> little golden nugget of my day?****
>>
>> ** **
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>> ** **
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>> -- ****
>>
>> -Gene****
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> --
> -Gene
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-Gene
