hit another PPG UI Item *** ... All happening under the same Property page.
2012/5/11 Xavier Lapointe <[email protected]> > Hey guys, > > This one really surprised me. I tend to avoid global variable in Softimage > plugins as much as I can, but sometimes it might be convenient. > > So basically, I wanted to use a global variable ( simple Python Dictionary > ) to keep some stuff in reference while interacting with a PPG. I remember > clearly that it was working well under Windows, so > I assume this is a python 2.5 Linux issue (if this is an issue - please > tell me if this is normal under Soft with python 2.5). > > Here's basically what I was trying to do: > > [imports ....] >> >> # Global Scope > >> LAST_SELECTION = { >> 'project': {}, >> 'category': '', >> 'entities': [], >> } >> >> def CustomCommand_Execute(): >> global LAST_SELECTION >> [Do some modifications to LAST_SELECTION] >> > > > Following this pattern: > > - Prompt the PPG > - Interact with the UI > - The custom command is fired - do some modifications to LAST_SELECTION > - hit another PPG UI > - Hell the LAST_SELECTION global is back to the inital value! > > I've been tracing the LAST_SELECTION variable with id(), and it's changing > every time I interact with the UI; showing clearly that there is something > nasty going on under the hood (?) > > Any idea to get this working? > > Alan mentioned the Application.SetGlobal/Application.GetGlobal functions > ... but still, this should be working natively, isn't? > > Thanks! > > -- > Xavier > -- Xavier
