load a Hip file trough a "houxmlrpc" proxy server

[MrGAG]

Hello everyone,

I trying to explore houdini python scripting capabilities, mostly regarding controlling a remote computer running houdini.

For that, I tried using houxmlrpc module. I followed online examples using this module and I have been able to modify some parameters through the network : pretty cool !!

but it doesn't work that well when I use hipFile module :

import houxmlrpc

s = houxmlrpc.ServerProxy('http://computer:8888')

hou = s.hou

hou.hipFile.load("C:\\myFile.hip",True)

it does nothing on remote computer, and gives me a bunch of warning messages on local computer

hou.hipFile.load("C:\\myFile.hip",True) works fine when triggered localy, but not through xmlrpc module

What am I doing wrong ?

I am also confused by the "self" parameter I see a lot in HOM references, what is that ?

Edited February 4, 2009 by MrGAG

[MrGAG]

I read that many python modules are not implemented yet.

Maybe I can do it with Hscript ?

I guess it's possible to embed Hscripts in python, I don't know how yet ... but I will figure it out