Save a Render Settings Preset

Below is an example demonstrating how you can use script accessible settings to control the saving of a Render Settings Preset..., without causing the output options or file save dialogs to be displayed.

• DzApp
• DzAssetIOMgr
• DzFileIO
  • DzAssetIOFilter
• DzSettings
  • DzFileIOSettings
• DzMessageBox
• String
• Number
• Global
• QObject

Click the name of the example below to save it as a file.

Save_Render_Settings_Preset.dsa

// Get the asset IO manager
var oAssetIOMgr = App.getAssetIOMgr();
// Define the class name of the asset filter we want to use
var sClassName = "DzRenderSettingsAssetFilter";
// Find the index of the asset filter with the class name we want
var nAssetIOFilter = oAssetIOMgr.findFilter( sClassName );
// If we've found an asset filter with the class name we wanted
if( nAssetIOFilter > -1 ){
	// Get the asset filter at the prescribed index
	var oAssetIOFilter = oAssetIOMgr.getFilter( nAssetIOFilter );
	// If we have a valid asset filter
	if( oAssetIOFilter ){
		// Create a settings object
		var oSettings = new DzFileIOSettings();
 
		// Get the default settings
		//oAssetIOFilter.getDefaultOptions( oSettings );
 
		// Get the content manager
		var oContentMgr = App.getContentMgr();
 
		// Get the base path - the first mapped content directory
		var sBasePath = oContentMgr.getContentDirectoryPath( 0 );
 
		// Get the default/saved options for the asset filter,
		// without displaying the options dialog (if any)
		if( oAssetIOFilter.getOptions( oSettings, false, "" ) ){
			// Don't compress the file
			oSettings.setBoolValue( "CompressOutput", false );
 
			// Don't show the file save dialog
			oSettings.setBoolValue( "RunSilent", true );
 
			// Inspect the settings that will be passed to the asset filter
			print( oSettings.toString() );
 
			// Use the asset filter to save a test file, using the defined settings.
			//oAssetIOFilter.doSave( oSettings, String("%1/%2 Test").arg( sBasePath ).arg( sClassName ), sBasePath );
 
			oAssetIOMgr.doSaveWithOptions( oAssetIOFilter, oSettings, false,
				String("%1/%2 Test").arg( sBasePath ).arg( sClassName ), sBasePath, "" );
		}
	}
// We didn't find an asset filter with the class name we wanted
} else {
	// Inform the user
	MessageBox.critical( String("An asset filter with the class name \"%1\" " +
		"could not be found.").arg( sClassName ), "Not Found", "&OK" );
}