Usersetup.py

[twilightened]

Hi,

     What is the python way of creating a new menu in the maya main menu ($gmainWindow).

I have tried the following, it works when I execute it thru the python script editor within maya. The moment it runs thru a usersetup.py it does not work. maya says "Failed to execute userSetup.py". Layout must be a menuBarLayout. How may I run this script successfully.

BRgds,

kNish

import maya.cmds as cmds
import maya.mel
maya.mel.eval('global string $gMainWindow; global string $temp =$gMainWindow;')
cmds.optionVar('defaultFileSaveType','mayaAscii')
cmds.optionVar('workingUnitLinearDefault','cm')
cmds.updoInfo(state=True,infinity=True)

showMyMenuCtrl = cmds.menu(parent=myPythonVariable, tearOff = True, label = name)
cmds.menuItem(parent=showMyMenuCtrl,label='Model')
cmds.menuItem(parent=showMyMenuCtrl,label='texture')
cmds.menuItem(parent=showMyMenuCtrl,label='Rigging')
cmds.menuItem(parent=showMyMenuCtrl,label='Render')
cmds.menuItem(parent=showMyMenuCtrl,label='Animation')

[masternull]

The usersetup.py is executed before the maya window is created, so you can't modify UI element directly in this script.

What you can do is but create your python script that create menu and such and in the usersetup.py use the evalDifered mel command

from maya.utils import executeDeferred
import customMenus
executeDeferred("customMenus.createFooMenu()")

[john-creson]

Check out the userSetup.py and pythonScripts.py scripts available in devkit/other/PyQtScripts.

You don't need to use Qt or PyQt to take advantage of these scripts.
If you drop them in your maya/scripts folder, they will build a pythonScripts menu with your personal scripts inside. If you put your scripts in new folders within your maya/scripts folder, maya's menu will cascade through the folder structure. So organizing your scripts menu is as easy as organizing your scripts folder. If you name your main function the same name as your script file, (sans .py)the menuItems created will import, reload, and execute your script.script()

The reload is good for editing a script and then executing it in Maya, and back and forth and back and forth. If your scripts are not changing you can edit this reload out of the pythonScripts script.

[twilightened]

Hi John,

      thank you for the reply. How if so is it possible to add a mel file to the python script menu. That is using the pythonscripts, how to add a mel file in the menu.

BRgds,

kNish