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Install dialogScript (*.ds) files using python/hscript

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Jonathan de Blok
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In the parameter interface editor you can export/import selected parms to a dialogscript (.ds) file. But I can't find any documentation, besides a few vague mentions, on how to do this with python/hscript.

Any clues?
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You could create an empty hou.ParmTemplateGroup and then use setToDialogScript() to load the saved parameters. After that you can get the entries and add them to the parm template group of the node/definition you're trying to install them to.
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nevermind..

hou.ParmTemplateGroup.setToDialogScript(dialog_script)
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You could create an empty hou.ParmTemplateGroup and then use setToDialogScript() to load the saved parameters. After that you can get the entries and add them to the parm template group of the node/definition you're trying to install them to.

Thanks, didn't see your reply until after I posted my own answer
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and for future reference:

import hou

#target node
node = hou.node('/obj/box1')
cur_group=node.parmTemplateGroup()

#load and use scriptdialog file
ds_file="e:/test.ds"
new_group = hou.ParmTemplateGroup()
new_group.setToDialogScript(hou.readFile(ds_file)) 


#add all groups from dialogfile to node
for index, group in enumerate(new_group.parmTemplates()):

    #tag them with ds file and index so we can detect if they are already added
    tags=group.tags()
    tags["ds_file"]=f"{ds_file}_{index}"
    group.setTags(tags)
 
    #check current groups if they already have a group with this tag, if so don't add again
    if not len([i for i in cur_group.parmTemplates() if  "ds_file" in i.tags() and i.tags()["ds_file"]==f"{ds_file}_{index}"]):
        cur_group.append(group)

#finally apply group to node       
node.setParmTemplateGroup(cur_group)
Edited by Jonathan de Blok - 2024年6月19日 17:49:09
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