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load a file?

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#1

hey guys, - sorry for my english I’m italian.

I’d like to know if it is possible to automatically load an UI file (preferences->config->load ui) at startup? I read about macro but it only opens up the file launcher but doesn’t select the file…

//ZBRUSH MACRO - Recorded in ZBrush version 4.31
[IButton,???,“Press to run this macro. Macros can be aborted by pressing the ëescí key.”,
[IShowActions,0]
[IConfig,4.31]
[IPress,Preferences:Config:Load Ui] // and nothing more…
]

I would like zbrush to open the exact same UI file (at the exact same location) everytime it starts. I know about the “store ui” button but i want to do it with a macro/script/.

does anybody know how i could do it? I’m running on zbrush 4r3 by the way.

thank you very much!!

#2

Is there a reason you haven’t upgraded to 4R5, OS related maybe?

#3

no this is the version my school is using and to avoid compatibility issue i am working on 4r3 at home as well.
Is my problem solvable with 4r5 but not 4r3? oO

#4

Once you save your config(UI), it should open that way. Menus are context sensitive so you might not see all you want. If you open a .zpr file you have been working on, does it not open as you expect?

#5

i already know that and I want to do it with a script or a macro, it’s for a personnal project. if it would have been for the ui only of course i would have already done it that way. :wink:

#6

You can use the [FileNameSetNext] command to specify the file before the macro presses the ‘Load Ui’ button:


[FileNameSetNext,"MyConfig.cfg"]
[IPress,Preferences:Config:Load Ui]

In my code snippet the config file must be in the same folder as the macro, so if you save your macro to the ZBrush /ZStartup/Macros/Misc/ folder then the MyConfig.cfg must be in there too, otherwise the macro won’t be able to find it.

#7

this is exactly what i was looking for.

thanks a lot marcus!

#8

No this is the version my school is using and to avoid compatibility issue.