How to avoid Duplicate Material Dialog?

[Geo62]

Hello!

I need a little help in maxscript. Actually I'm using 3dsmax6, and I'd like to xref some objects from a max file (that's my objects library) to lots of other max files. It's working (xrefs.addNewXRefObject.....), but I get a dialog every time, because of duplicate material, so I have to suppress or disable that dialog somehow, otherwise my script almost useless. How can I do this?

Thanks a lot...

[quizzy]

search the maxscript reference on duplicate and then click:

Material Common Properties, Operators, and Methods

 

you have to make a fail-safe out of that.. its do-able...

[Geo62]

Hi Michiel!

 

I've read the proper help section as you suggested, but I don't understand exactly what you mean. So again, my situation is something like this:

1. I have about 60 .max files and I'd like to put some objects (buttons with a letter) to each of them

2. I have an Objects.max file (it's a kind of library of the objects that I use during this project), which contains the objects that I'd like to xref from the above mentioned files

3. When I use xrefs.addNewXRefObject..., then I got that nasty Duplicate Material Dialog

4. So what is your suggestion? Do I have to check the materials before xref-ing those objects? And what can I do after that, remove the material from the scene, or what?

5. Sorry, I'm a newbi in 3dsmax

 

Thanks

György