Hi Gene, Have you tried using a WKG file that references environment variables instead? This is something I was investigating a while ago, and from the tests that I did, it seemed to work okay.
I think you should be able to do something like this inside the WKG file: $MYWORKGROUP_PATHA $MYWORKGROUP_PATHB $MYWORKGROUP_PATHC $MYWORKGROUP_PATHD You can then just set these environment variables at start up. If you don't want the workgroup, you just avoid setting the environment variable and it should work fine. The nice thing about it, is that it won't reconnect to any of the workgroups that you set the last time you invoked, but it still keeps any manually connected workgroups. Like I said, it's been a while since I tried it, but it might fit the bill. A On 26 April 2013 at 20:14 Gene Crucean <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > 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 > <http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/xsidocs/EnvVars_EnvironmentVariableReference.htm> > ) doesn't have a workgroup variable to set. > > I stumbled upon Stephens blog > (http://xsisupport.com/2011/11/09/setting-workgroups-at-startup/ > <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. > > I've tried this which works... > > 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" > > > 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. > > I can't stand many things in Maya but this is one area it's clearly ahead of > Soft. > > set MAYA_MODULE_PATH=\\path\to\proj\pipeline\extensions\maya2013_5\modules > <-- done deal > 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... > > File one: > call \\path\to\setEnvVars.bat > start /min cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013 > SP1\Application\bin\XSI.bat" > > File two: > Sets all envvars. > > 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. > > 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" > > > > Will someone that understands this setup please shed some light on this > little golden nugget of my day? > > > > -- > -Gene > >
