GetDocumentPath not getting full path?

Helper

On 30/05/2014 at 11:02, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I have the following file:

I:\PRJ\0_ADMIN\JESSE\SHOTS\JES_001\ADMIN\JES_001_ADMIN\JES_001_ADMIN_v12_PUB.c4d

However, when I do the following :

doc=c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
fileDir=doc.GetDocumentPath()
fileName=ntpath.basename( doc.GetDocumentName() )
if fileDir and fileName :
filePath=os.path.join( fileDir, fileName )

I get the following path:

0_ADMIN\JESSE\SHOTS\JES_001\ADMIN\JES_001_ADMIN\JES_001_ADMIN_v12_PUB.c4d

Which of course, doesn't exist. Does anyone know why it is not returning the full path for my file?

Also, it seems a bit... Odd? That when I use "GetDocumentName", it doesn't always return just the filename. If I save the fullpath name, the document name is set to the full path, instead of just the file name. Which is kind of non-intuitive.

Helper

On 30/05/2014 at 14:45, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I unfortunately can not reproduce your problem. Could you tell us what "fileDir" and "fileName"
contain separately?

-Niklas

Helper

On 30/05/2014 at 15:14, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Not sure I follow? "fileDir" and "fileName" are set to the return value of the call to c4d.documents.

I figured it out, I had to specifically use "SetDocumentPath" on the document I'm saving, for it to get the directory right when I call it later with "GetDocumentPath", which one would probably expect to be set automatically. It would appear that, even if you use "SetDocumentName", and pass it the full file path, that it doesn't parse that for the directory path, and it doesn't parse it for just the filename either. Instead, it appears that you have to set both the document name, and path, when saving, separately, which is one of the worst file save implementations I've come across so far.

Helper

On 08/07/2014 at 11:39, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

Not sure I follow? "fileDir" and "fileName" are set to the return value of the call to c4d.documents.

Sure, I see that in the code. But I was interested in the actual value of the variables which must
differ from the result I see here on my machine, otherwise I could reproduce your problem. You
didn't mention before that you are using SetDocumentName(), otherwise I could've told you what
you just found out by yourself.

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

which is one of the worst file save implementations I've come across so far.

The method names indicate and the documentation explicitly states how these methods work.
It's just three lines btw.

path, name = os.path.split(filename)
doc.SetDocumentName(name)
doc.SetDocumentPath(path)

Best,
-Niklas