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loadPlugin [-addCallback script] [-allPlugins] [-name string] [-quiet] [-removeCallback script]
string [string...]
loadPlugin is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.
Load plug-ins into Maya. The parameter(s) to this command
are either the names or pathnames of plug-in files. The
convention for naming plug-ins is to use a .so extension
on Linux, a .mll extension on Windows and .bundle
extension on Mac OS X. If no extension is provided then the default
extension for the platform will be used. To load a Python plugin
you must explicitly supply the '.py' extension.
If the plugin was specified with a pathname then that is
where the plugin will be searched for. If no pathname was
provided then the current working directory (i.e. the one
returned by Maya's 'pwd' command) will be searched, followed
by the directories in the MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH environment variable.
When the plug-in is loaded, the name used in Maya's
internal plug-in registry for the plug-in information will
be the file name with the extension removed. For example,
if you load the plug-in "newNode.mll" the name used in
the Maya's registry will be "newNode". This value as
well as that value with either a ".so", ".mll" or ".bundle"
extension can be used as valid arguments to either the
unloadPlugin or pluginInfo commands.
| string[] | the internal names of the successfully loaded plug-ins |
openMayaPref, pluginInfo, unloadPlugin
addCallback, allPlugins, name, quiet, removeCallback
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Argument types |
Properties |
-name(-n)
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string
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Set a user defined name for the plug-ins
that are loaded. If the name is already taken, then a number
will be added to the end of the name to make it unique.
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-allPlugins(-a)
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Cause all plug-ins in the search path specified
in MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH to be loaded.
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-quiet(-qt)
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Don't print a warning if you attempt to load a plug-in that
is already loaded.
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-addCallback(-ac)
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script
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Add a MEL or Python callback script to be called after a plug-in is loaded.
For MEL, the procedure should have the following signature:
global proc procedureName(string $pluginName).
For Python, you may specify either a script as a string, or a Python callable
object such as a function. If you specify a string, then put the formatting
specifier "%s" where you want the name of the plug-in to be inserted. If you
specify a callable such as a function, then the name of the plug-in will be
passed as an argument.
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-removeCallback(-rc)
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script
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Removes a procedure which was previously added
with -addCallback.
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Flag can appear in Create mode of command
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Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
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Flag can appear in Query mode of command
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Flag can be used more than once in a command.
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// Load the plugin named "newNode" into Maya.
//
loadPlugin newNode;
// Load all the plug-ins in the specified directory.
//
loadPlugin "$MYPATH/plugins/*.so";
// Load all the plug-ins found in all the directories that are
// included in MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH.
//
loadPlugin -allPlugins;