How to query Maya in script for supported file translator plugins?

Question

I'm trying to specify an FBX file in MEL using the command file -f -pmt 0 -options "v=0;" -typ "FBX" -o

on one computer this works great. On another, it fails but DOES work if I use -typ "Fbx"

I think I'd like to query for the supported translators in my script, then either select the correct one or report an error. Is this possible? Am I mis-diagnosing the problem?

Answer 1

MEL has a command called pluginInfo. You could write a simple function that will return the proper spelling based on that. pluginInfo -v -query "fbxmaya"; will provide the version of the fbx plugin. I haven't used MEL in a while so I'm not gonna try to make this perfect but maybe something like if(pluginInfo -v -query "fbxmaya") ) string fbxType = "FBX" else( string fbxType = "Fbx"). Then just plug that var into file -f -pmt 0 -options "v=0;" -typ $fbxType -o.

Answer 2

It might be a different version of fbx. You'd have to provide another line which determines the version of fbx on that particular machine and pipes in the correct spelling.