I have a scripted material plugin, in which I have a bitmap.  When I edit the bitmap file outside of Max, the bitmap will automatically update in Max.  Unless it happens to be a .tif.  If it’s a .tif, it won’t update in Max at all.  I can re-select the file and it doesn’t update.  I can reload the max file, and it doesn’t update.  I have to close and reopen Max to get it to update.

I thought of adding a Reload button, but, what should that Reload button do?  I’ve tried calling FreeSceneBitmaps(), and delegate.reloadEffect().  I can’t find any other function that might reload the bitmap.

The Reload button in the standard DirectX Shader works properly.  TIF files don’t update automatically, but when I press their Reload button they are updated.  So what exactly does the Reload button do, and how do I do that from script?

Thanks,

Mike.

What shows in the listener when the Reload button is pressed?

~Dave

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