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class MaxApplication(object): """ This class contains useful methods for working with the 3ds max Application object. """ @staticmethod def executeMAXScriptFile(path, **kwargs): """ This method will parse a MAXScript msFile and execute it from the python interpreter. Keyword arguments can be specified in order to be replaced in the MAXScript file during execution time. If the buffer cannot be written to, the MAXScript will be parsed and executed directly from the Listener. :param path: string to path of *.ms (MAXScript) msFile :param kwargs: keywords args that can be passed in to replace command string before it is executed in MAXScript :return: string containing msFile contents """ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) # read the msFile with open(path) as msFile: data = msFile.read() assert isinstance(kwargs, dict), \ '### Invalid data format specified! Arguments passed must be ' \ 'in the form of a dict() {0}'.format(kwargs) # replace keyword args if kwargs: for key, value in kwargs.items(): logger.debug('Replacing {0} with {1}...'.format(key, value)) # add identifier character check key = '{'+key+'}' try: data = data.replace(key, value) except TypeError, e: logger.error('### Could not replace keyword: {0} argument: ' '{1} correctly!\n {2}'.format(key, value, e)) raise TypeError dirname, basename = os.path.split(path) # create temp buffer file, set auto-delete to false so that can release file handle bufferFile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix=basename, dir=dirname, delete=False) try: # write output to temporary buffer bufferFile.write(data) # rewind file handle bufferFile.seek(0) logger.debug('Wrote MAXScript to temporary buffer at: \n{0}'.format(bufferFile.name)) # release file handle for access bufferFile.close() except IOError, e: logger.error('Could not write to buffer, attempting fallback ' 'execution via Listener...\n{0}'.format(e)) # evaluate command via manual MAXScript eval try: MaxPlus.Core.EvalMAXScript(data) logger.debug('Script: {0} successfully executed!'.format(path)) except: logger.error('### Could not execute MAXScript file!\n{0}\n' '### Command:\n{1}'.format(data, sys.exc_info()[0])) raise RuntimeError # execute MAXScript file via fileIn() to ensure file-specific procs within # MAXScript will function correctly # format command str commandStr = 'fileIn(\"{0}\")'.format(bufferFile.name) try: MaxPlus.Core.EvalMAXScript(commandStr) logger.debug('Script {0} successfully executed!\n'.format(path)) except: logger.error('### Could not execute MAXScript buffer file!\n{0}\n' '### Command:\n{1}'.format(commandStr, sys.exc_info()[0])) raise RuntimeError finally: # delete the temp file os.remove(bufferFile.name) return data