re: Scripting - accessing Partition materials in non active Passes

["briand(at)hatchling.com" <briand(at)hatchling.com>]

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function InspectOverride(inPartition)
{
  // if nothing pass as argument use first selected object
  //
  if(!inPartition) inPartition = selection(0);
  if (inPartition) {
    // filter out non Group Selection
    //
    if (classname(inPartition) != "Group") {
      var rtn = XSIUIToolkit.Msgbox( "Not a Partition/Group", 
          siMsgOkOnly, "Override Inspector" ) ;
    }
    else {
      // Get Local properties as properties collection object
      //
      var partOvdColl = inPartition.LocalProperties;
      for (var o = new Enumerator(partOvdColl); !o.atEnd(); o.moveNext())
      {
        oPartOvd = o.item();
        // filter out "VisibilityOverride"
        //
        if (oPartOvd.Parameters("Name").Value != "VisibilityOverride")
        {
          inspectObj(oPartOvd, null, "Override_Inspector", true);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

InspectOverride();

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From: "Adam Seeley" <adam.seeley(at)clearpost.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:25 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Scripting - accessing Partition materials in non active Passes


Hi,

(in a nutshell)

Is there any way to access a Partitions Material when the Pass it belongs to isn't the Active one? 



(not in a nutshell)

I'm creating a script that finds a the Material that has been assigned to a Partiton.
It's fine if the Pass is the current Pass, but is it possible to access a Partions Material if the Pass isn't the current one?

E.g. 
Select a Partion in the current Pass with a Material applied and run 

Set oSelection = application.selection(0)
logmessage "mat : " & oSelection.Material.Name

It will give you the Material name.
If you select a Partition that has a Material applied but it's Pass is not the current one, then the Material doesn't register (as per the Explorer view).

I could Set each Pass to Current as I go through them but that would slow the script a tad!


Thanks,

Adam.

(P.s. Still in VB land, but it probably won't matter.)


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