Sub folder help

Submitted by johncrawshaw on Mon, 2012-12-03 16:15

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a project startup ui which reads the folders from a directory, so I can access my xrefs,scenes, assets etc on a specific job. I'm starting with the main part of the script which would be to read the scene folders. Here is what I have so far:

paths = "C:\\V01_Bathroom"
dir_array = GetDirectories (paths+"\*")

for c = 1 to dir_array.count do (
tokens = filterString dir_array[c][1] "C:\\"
)

--tokens = filterString dir_array "C:\\"
print tokens

try(DestroyDialog Save_Lib)catch()
rollout Save_Lib "Project Manager" width:425 height:173
(
dropDownList ProjectList "Project" height:250 width:99 pos:[13,70] items:tokens
) createDialog Save_Lib

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Submitted by br0t on Tue, 2012-12-04 12:15.

Your path is wrong and you

Your path is wrong and you are using filterString on the first element of the current element of dir_array, but that does not exist because dir_array contains strings, not arrays. If I get it right you are trying to get all subfolders of your project folder and display their names in the dropdownlist, maybe like so:

paths = @"C:\\Users\\YourName"
dir_array = GetDirectories (paths+"\\*")
 
tokens = #()
 
for c = 1 to dir_array.count do (
	folders = filterString dir_array[c] "\\" -- e.g. "C:\\Users\\YourName\\Desktop" will yield #("C:", "Users", "YourName", "Desktop")
	append tokens folders[folders.count] -- append last element, which is the subfolder
)--end for
 
try(DestroyDialog Save_Lib)catch()
rollout Save_Lib "Project Manager" width:425 height:173
(
	dropDownList ProjectList "Project" height:99 width:99 pos:[13,70] items:tokens
) createDialog Save_Lib

And please read this: http://www.scriptspot.com/forums/scriptspot-how-to/how-to-post-code-snip...

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