getScriptFileName() alternative?

Dafa

Is there an alternative to getting the current script file name? Because getScriptFileName() keeps returning an empty string.

Dafa

Nevermind. 

For some reason, if you don't assign it to a variable it won't return anything.

It doesn't return anything until the script is evaluated...rats! I can't call it at the start of my script!

Dafa

Ok, now I officially figured it out.

So um... don't have anything else in the first line, not even comments. :\

// I'm a baloney// DAZ Studio version 4.15.0.2 filetype DAZ Scriptconst x = getScriptFileName();print(x); // returns ""

 

Omniflux

I'm not sure how you are testing, but IIRC, getScriptFileName() works on scripts that are either loaded or saved  -  but not modified.

I don't know what's happening inside DS, but from the outside it looks like once you modify a script in the script pane, a new anonymous DzScript object is created for you to work with, until you save, at which point this function should work. Once you make a change, it is once again duplicated into a new anonymous DzScript object.

Does this match with what you are seeing?

Omniflux

Here is a thread where the issue is discussed: Bug since DS v4.11.0.236 DzSIReloadAction: Sets getScriptFileName() == ""​

Dafa

Omniflux said:

I'm not sure how you are testing, but IIRC, getScriptFileName() works on scripts that are either loaded or saved  -  but not modified.

I don't know what's happening inside DS, but from the outside it looks like once you modify a script in the script pane, a new anonymous DzScript object is created for you to work with, until you save, at which point this function should work. Once you make a change, it is once again duplicated into a new anonymous DzScript object.

Does this match with what you are seeing?

I tested the function in another script - and it initially didn't work (which is why I commented); but after reloading the script in the Script IDE, it returned the script's absolute path. What I ended up doing after crying a river - was copying and pasting the code into a new file and hit Execute, and all of a sudden it worked. I did a file comparison to see what was different between the two scripts, the only difference was the ASCII Daz Header at the top.

So, what I originally had was something like this:

// I'm a baloney// DAZ Studio version 4.15.0.2 filetype DAZ Scriptconst x = getScriptFileName();print(x); // returns ""

As you can see, it returns nothing if you try to execute it in the Script IDE, Debugger, or any other way.

But when I did this:

// DAZ Studio version 4.15.0.2 filetype DAZ Scriptconst x = getScriptFileName();print(x); // returns script absolute path - YAY!

It worked.

 

Yes, I did notice that the function would return nothing if you executed the script while the file was modified outside of DAZ or not saved; but not updated in the Script IDE. However, if you opened in (for example) the Content Library, it would work like it's supposed to.

I just tested it again today and all of this still applies. It's amazing what a comment can do ;D

cridgit

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