Maxscript Scope Issues?

jeremiah_bigley

To be frank... I understand almost nothing about scope. It theory makes sense but I don't know when it needs to be applied.

That aside... I have an issue and I think it is related to it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

modpanel.setcurrentobject $.baseobject

The above code works fine until I use it in a case statement like this...

    case bigley_modkey() of
    (
        #none: modPanel.setCurrentObject $.baseObject
    )
    

It gives me a syntax error when it is within the case statement. This very well could have nothing to do with scoping and if so... sorry so noob.

jeremiah_bigley

*sigh* sorry. I figured it out... I really have been trying for a couple of hours before resorting to posting a thread and it really was just a syntax error... The above code actually works.. -___-'

Jedi

Its unbelievable that max doesnt even have python scripting in 2012, almost 2013.

amisima

This article and the entire blog is awesome: http://davewortley.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/lesson-7-scopes-why-has-my-script-stopped-working/

cw

Watch out for the $ as well.

You're relying on having something selected, so maybe that is part of it?