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Subject: Poser 6 PoserPython: DialogFileChooser() - parentDialog ?
Checked some of the scripts that come with Poser6 and found these variants which both work:
getOpenFile = poser.DialogFileChooser(type=poser.kDialogFileChooserOpen, message="Dialog title text goes here", startDir="nothing");
getOpenFile = poser.DialogFileChooser(type=poser.kDialogFileChooserOpen, message="Dialog title text goes here");
The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.
*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).
Thanks - I've also seen root used somewhere (not sure where) so tried a couple of variations. These four all work...
selFile = poser.DialogFileChooser(type=poser.kDialogFileChooserOpen, message="Select Tattoo Mask Image To Match Your Figure"); # As per second post
selFile = poser.DialogFileChooser(poser.kDialogFileChooserOpen**, 0,** "Select Tattoo Mask Image To Match Your Figure (0)"); # Use 0
selFile = poser.DialogFileChooser(poser.kDialogFileChooserOpen**, root,** "Select Tattoo Mask Image To Match Your Figure (root)"); # Use root
selFile = poser.DialogFileChooser(poser.kDialogFileChooserOpen**,** "Select Tattoo Mask Image To Match Your Figure ()"); # Miss it out
The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.
*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).
The word "root" in your 2nd example should be the name of a Dialog object. In that script, do you see a line somewhere like "root =poser.Dialog(...)" ?
If not "root" will simply be initialized with a zero value, which means it's the same as #use 0
You can check my P6 SpawnCharacter script in freestuff: I seem to remember to have used the dialog root in that script. It opens a dialog, but some buttons open "sub"dialogs with the root set to the main dialog.
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter
Not sure where I saw 'root' used so I can't go back and check - I should've checked when I first found it, but I was probably half-asleep!
What puzzles me more is why the third one (missing it out) works? Maybe I'll have to actually look at some actual documentation regarding Python functions... ! 
(they don't seem to work the same way as C...)
The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.
*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).
Not that surprlising. C++ has overloaded functions, so does Python.
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter
Ah yes... that would be it... my brain's rustier than I thought! :lol:
The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.
*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).
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From the manual:
DialogFileChooser( type,
parentDialog, message,
startDir)
What do I use for 'parentDialog' ? The manual doesn't give any clues (Poser 9 manual neither).
The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.
*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).