How to import a textfile

[Ezz]

Hi dear folks!

I wonder if its possible to import a textdocument into houdini and how to acceses it.

The fileSOP does not support anything else than geometryformats - wich is kind of logical.

Thanks a lot

Erik

Edited September 8, 2009 by Ezz

[sam.h]

Hi dear folks!

I wonder if its possible to import a textdocument into houdini and how to acceses it.

The fileSOP does not support anything else than geometryformats - wich is kind of logical.

Thanks a lot

Erik

What about using python?

http://www.penzilla.net/tutorials/python/fileio/

What would you be using it for?

[SpencerL]

What about using python?

http://www.penzilla.net/tutorials/python/fileio/

What would you be using it for?

did this awhile back, check out this thread.

[Ezz]

Thanks for your replies and links.

I have looked at som Python and this code works:

import os

f = os.path.join("c:\\","Documents and Settings","administrator.VFX-3D","My Documents","test.txt")

file = open(f,"r").readline()

print file

My problem is I cant figur out how to implement Python in houdini.

Lets say I wanted a string in an attribute to be read from a file then Im lost

Erik

[sam.h]

How it is implemented depends on where you want to use your string.

Attached an example of one possible way of using a string.

To write a python expression: http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini9.5/hom/expressions

[sam.h]

I can't edit my last post, so here is the file I forgot to attach

textOnPoints.hip

[Ezz]

Thanks Sam.

I´ll look into it.

Cheers

Erik

[Ezz]

Hi again.

I figured it out thanks to Sams post.

I even managed to count the number of words in a text, so its 100% procedural.

Thanks a lot everyone :-)

Erik

textOnPoints.hip