pymel.core.system.translator

translator(*args, **kwargs)

Set or query parameters associated with the file translators specified in as the argument.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
defaultOptions (do)		unicode
	Return/set a string of default options used by this translator.
extension (ext)		bool
	Returns the default file extension for this translator.
fileCompression (cmp)		unicode
	Specifies the compression action to take when a file is saved. Possible values are compressed, uncompressedasCompressed.
filter (f)		bool
	Returns the filter string used for this translator. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
list (l)		bool
	Return a string array of all the translators that are loaded.
loaded (ld)		bool
	Returns true if the given translator is currently loaded.
objectType (ot)		bool
	Returns a list of the file types that can be handled by this translator.
optionsScript (os)		bool
	Query the name of the options script to use to post the user options UI. When this script is invoked it will expect the name of the parent layout in which the options will be displayed as well as the name of the callback to be invoked once the apply button has been depressed in the options area.
readSupport (rs)		bool
	Returns true if this translator supports read operations.
writeSupport (ws)		bool
	Returns true if this translator supports write operations.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.translator

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Returns true if dxf files can be read.
pm.translator( 'dxf', q=True, rs=True )