// Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Alias Systems Corp.
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// it will set the paintable node and attribute based on the input,
// if all the inputs are valid, the tool is ready to paint
global proc artAttrPaintInstSelectAllDN(
	string $nodeType,   // specify a paintable node type (e.g. "cluster", "skinCluster")
	string $plug        // specify the plug( e.g. "skinCluster.skinWeights" )
)
{
	// define the paintable obj and attr here
	string $currTool = `currentCtx`;
	string $cmd = ("artAttrCtx -q -asl " + $currTool );
	string $ath = `eval $cmd`;

	if ( $ath != $plug )
	{
		// if the plug is null use a different syntax
		if( $plug == "\"\"" ) {
			$cmd = "artAttrCtx -e -pas \"\" " + $currTool;
		} else {
			// create the nodeType.plug string and set it as attribute selected.
			$cmd = "artAttrCtx -e -pas " + $nodeType + "." + $plug + " " + $currTool;
		}
		eval $cmd;
	}
}