Re: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-29 Thread Andy Nicholas
Hi Gene, Have you tried using a WKG file that references environment variables instead? This is something I was investigating a while ago, and from the tests that I did, it seemed to work okay. I think you should be able to do something like this inside the WKG file: $MYWORKGROUP_PATHA

RE: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-27 Thread Schoenberger
...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:29 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Setting workgroups via batch file As Luc-Eric said you can call the setenv anywhere in your

Re: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-27 Thread Gene Crucean
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* RE: Setting workgroups via batch file As Luc-Eric said you can call the setenv anywhere in your bat file, but if you want to do it all in one line try this: ** ** ** ** call C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013 SP1\Application\bin

Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-26 Thread Gene Crucean
Hey guys, So I'm trying to set some environment variables via a batch script but this page ( http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/xsidocs/EnvVars_EnvironmentVariableReference.htm) doesn't have a workgroup variable to set. I stumbled upon Stephens blog (

Re: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-26 Thread Alan Fregtman
Hey Gene, The easiest and most reliable way to have complete control over workgroups is to rewrite your *default.xsipref* file before launching. You'll find in your program root under /Data/Preferences/default.xsipref The format is pretty straightforward. At work we made a 50 line module to

Re: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-26 Thread Steven Caron
we are using the same method, change the xsipref file before starting up. its still a shame that all the options available for setting workgroups still fall short of what we actually need! On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Alan Fregtman alan.fregt...@gmail.comwrote: Hey Gene, The easiest and

Re: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-26 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
but then I'm forced to use the SI command prompt and to be honest I'm not even sure how to call that thing from within a bat file since call C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013 SP1\Application\bin\SIShell.bat doesn't seem to work. The SI command prompt is just a normal command prompt

RE: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-26 Thread Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
workgroups via batch file Hey guys, So I'm trying to set some environment variables via a batch script but this page (http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/xsidocs/EnvVars_EnvironmentVariableReference.htm) doesn't have a workgroup variable to set. I stumbled upon Stephens blog (http://xsisupport.com

Re: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-26 Thread Gene Crucean
So echo data_management.workgroup_appl_path=\\tela\trsam\facility\pipeline\extensions\softimage2013\workgroups\Arnold %XSI_USERHOME%\Data\Preferences\workgroups.xsipref seems to work pretty good but does anyone how that is supposed to work with multiple workgroup paths? If I add that line

Re: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-26 Thread Steven Caron
i believe you want semi-colons s On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Gene Crucean emailgeneonthel...@gmail.comwrote: So echo data_management.workgroup_appl_path=\\tela\trsam\facility\pipeline\extensions\softimage2013\workgroups\Arnold %XSI_USERHOME%\Data\Preferences\workgroups.xsipref seems

Re: Setting workgroups via batch file

2013-04-26 Thread Gene Crucean
Haha whoops. Thanks Steven! On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Steven Caron car...@gmail.com wrote: i believe you want semi-colons s On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Gene Crucean emailgeneonthel...@gmail.com wrote: So echo