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 parse it to a Python dictionary and back out, but I don't think I have permission to give that out. In there you can set (or make it if unexistant) your * data_management.workgroup_appl_path* (pref) variable to whatever workgroups you need. (Yes, I know using Python is not a 100% pure batch command approach, but it's not too hard to make a commandline utility to call to rewrite the prefs.) Hope that helps ya. Cheers, -- Alan On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Gene Crucean <emailgeneonthel...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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/2011/11/09/setting-workgroups-at-startup/) which > references a *data_management.workgroup_appl_path* variable 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. > > I've tried this which works... > > echo \\path\to\proj\pipeline\extensions\softimage2013\workgroups\Arnold > > "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Autodesk\Softimage_2013_SP1\Data\workgroups.wkg" > echo \\path\to\proj\pipeline\extensions\softimage2013\workgroups\RGH >> > "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Autodesk\Softimage_2013_SP1\Data\workgroups.wkg" > echo \\path\to\proj\pipeline\extensions\softimage2013\workgroups\3rdParty > >> "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Autodesk\Softimage_2013_SP1\Data\workgroups.wkg" > > The problem I have is that if we ever change the workgroup paths, on next > launch, Soft holds onto those old paths with Kung-Fu Grip even though the > paths in the .wkg file are set properly. > > I can't stand many things in Maya but this is one area it's clearly ahead > of Soft. > > set MAYA_MODULE_PATH=\\path\to\proj\pipeline\extensions\maya2013_5\modules > <-- done deal > > Btw, I know about xsi -w option but I'm not sure how that would work with > a .bat file. My setup is like this... > > File one: > call \\path\to\setEnvVars.bat > start /min cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013 > SP1\Application\bin\XSI.bat" > > File two: > Sets all envvars. > > File one calls the file that contains the envvars, those get set, then it > launches Soft. If I was to use the -w flag, it would have to go on the end > of the second line in the first file and not in the envvar's file. > > So basically, the second line of file one would be something like this: > start /min cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2013 > SP1\Application\bin\XSI.bat -w \\path\to\workgroup1,\\path\to\workgroup2" > > > > Will someone that understands this setup please shed some light on this > little golden nugget of my day? > > > > -- > -Gene >
