LoadDocument returns nil and not a MohoDoc

[mminsel]

Hi,
I have the following issue:
When I run the following code:

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print(moho.document:Path())
local newDocument = moho:LoadDocument("C:/path/to/file.moho")
print(moho.document:Path())
print(tostring(newDocument))

I'll get the following printouts:

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""
""
nil

Moho opened the document, but the moho object is now outdoated and in addition LoadDocument is not returning anything.
Actually I wanted to open a document, do stuff, save and close it again. But this doesn't seem to be possible.

Does anyone have had this issue before? Do you have an idea on how to work around this?

[hayasidist]

if you have a new (unnamed) document as the active tab when you run the script, you'll get the empty string back.

also load returns a document object, so you'll need print(newDocument:Path()) not print(tostring(newDocument))

[mminsel]

if you have a new (unnamed) document as the active tab when you run the script, you'll get the empty string back.

also load returns a document object, so you'll need print(newDocument:Path()) not print(tostring(newDocument))

Hi hayasidist,
Thanks for your reply. The thing is, that LoadDocument returns nil and not a new document.
Which is why print(newDocument:Path()) will raise an error. The first empty string in my example code was expected, while the second empty string looks wrong to me.

[hayasidist]

do you actually have a file to load at the path you gave???

take a look at (e.g.) C:\Program Files\Moho\Resources\Support\Scripts\Tool\lm_scatterbrush.lua -- with focus on function LM_ScatterBrush:LoadDocument(moho, docPath) and the places from which it's called -- the script builds a string for the path and loads existing files with no problems.

[SimplSam]

As already stated the only place I have seen moho:LoadDocument being used is in the Scatter Brush tool (lm_scatterbrush.lua).

I have tried the function in a bit of code, and it seems to work/load OK.

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local doc = moho:LoadDocument("W:/SqrCir.moho")
print(tostring(doc:Name()))

result: SqrCir