Bug in the 3dsmax MAXscript exporter [solved]

[Oogst]

I think I found an actual bug in the MAXscript-exporter for 3D Studio MAX. If a name of an object to be exported contains a '.' or a '-', the exporter crashes on this line in the file "ogreToolbar.mcr":

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m = execute ("$" + (replaceSpaces editObject.text));

The cause seems quite simple: execute uses the string it is given as a line of program-code, so for instance the object-name "piet-jan" would give this string to evaluate as a line of code:

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$piet-jan

Now MAXscript wonders how it can subtract two strings. I think the solution for this is very simple to implement, so I could take a look and fix this. First however, I would like to know whether this is really a bug or whether I am stupid (again) and overlooking something.

If it is a bug, where can I find the procedure for commiting fixes and would I be allowed to give the material-exporter and overhaul as well, while fixing this?

I know that a new exporter is in development, but the MAXscript-exporter is still the standard at the moment, right?

[sinbad]

Please send any fixes to the patch list (Click 'Developers' on the main site)

[Oogst]

I tried to create a patch, but it seems the same problem is in a lot of places of the script. I found 18 other lines similar to this one. Would it be a good idea to replace all of them with something like this?

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m = getNodeByName editObject.text;

[Oogst]

OK, I commited a patch.