Capturing scriptToShelf Results

[molemansd7]

Hey All,
 I'm having an issue with the scriptToShelf command. I can get the following code to execute correctly:

$label = "Lbl";
$command = "sphere\;";

scriptToShelf ($label, $command, true);

But, I'll ultimately want to get the name of the button created so I can edit it. When I try to do the following:

$newButton = scriptToShelf ($label, $command, true);

I get a syntax error. Any ideas on how to get the name of the button that is created?

The same thing happens with the textToShelf command.

[joojaa]

Its not a command!* Its a mel file located in mayadir/scripts/startup/scriptToShelf.mel

You can change it to return the name or the button now it returns nothing, so change:

global proc scriptToShelf -> global proc string scriptToShelf

on procs first line add:

string $ret="";

shelfButton ... -> $ret=shelfButton ...

end add

return $ret;

*this is sort of important to know, because when its not a command you can go whatIs and look at what the thing ate.

[molemansd7]

So, the final file should read:

global proc string scriptToShelf (string $label, string $script, int $isMEL) {
    string $ret = "";

    global string $gShelfTopLevel;

    if (tabLayout -exists $gShelfTopLevel) {

        string $currentShelf = tabLayout -query -selectTab $gShelfTopLevel;
        setParent $currentShelf;

        string $sourceType = ($isMEL ? "mel" : "python");
        // TODO: get real python shelf command button icon
        string $sourceIcon = ($isMEL ? "commandButton.png" : "pythonFamily.png");
        //  Create the shelf button on the current shelf.
        //  Give it the default MEL script icon,
        //  and set the short label too.
        //
        $ret = shelfButton
            -command $script
            -sourceType $sourceType
            -label $label
            -annotation $script
            -imageOverlayLabel $label
            -image1 $sourceIcon
            -styleshelfLayout -query -style $currentShelf
            -widthshelfLayout -query -cellWidth $currentShelf
            -heightshelfLayout -query -cellHeight $currentShelf;
    return $ret;
    }
}

I'm getting an error when I try to run it now...

[molemansd7]

Eh.. ne'er mind. I was able to use that script to generate my own, new proc. I'm basically running the scriptToShelf command, but in the 'shelfButton' section, I'm adding in the flags that I need. That's what I was looking for... to be able to make the button, then add the user's annotations, etc. to the button. Thanks for the push!