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# 1 15-12-2011 , 10:09 PM
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python question re: exporting

Is it possible to write a python script that opens (when a gui button is pressed) the "export selection" dialogue box? Basically I just need to create a shortcut so that a user wouldn't have to open the "file" dropdown menu in Maya. Can this be done? If so, how?

# 2 15-12-2011 , 10:18 PM
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# 3 15-12-2011 , 11:13 PM
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Hmm...The article is poorly written but if I understand it correctly, it uses MEL and python to create a shelf button, which isn't quite what I need.

We've got a GUI (just a simple window) with a button labeled "export," and we need this button, when pressed, to open up the "export selection" dialogue box. Basically it would be a shortcut to going file > export selection.

# 4 16-12-2011 , 12:18 AM
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Sorry for getting it wrong, but why the hell would you need a button for that. dont you trust your people to just export selected.............dave




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# 5 16-12-2011 , 12:22 AM
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Normally I would agree, trust me :\ It's just what the assignment calls for.

# 6 16-12-2011 , 07:39 AM
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Assignment? Is this for a class? If not, I can give you the code. Or better yet, I can tell you how to get the code for yourself; that way you can learn how to automate a huge amount of things!


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# 7 19-12-2011 , 03:31 AM
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It was for a class, yes. The command I wanted turned out to be cmds.ExportSelection.

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