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[solved] Python UI control callbacks?
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problem:

import maya.cmds as cmds

def exampleWindow():
    lWindow = cmds.window()
    cmds.columnLayout()
    lTextCtrl = cmds.text( label = "click-me" )
    cmds.button( command = "exampleFunction( %s )" % lTextCtrl )
    cmds.setParent( ".." )
    cmds.showWindow( lWindow )

def exampleFunction( lTextCtrl ):
    cmds.text( lTextCtrl, edit = True, label = "works" )

exampleWindow()
# Error: NameError: file <maya console> line 1: name 'window1' is not defined #

workaround:

import maya.cmds as cmds

def exampleWindow():
    lWindow = cmds.window()
    cmds.columnLayout()
    lTextCtrl = cmds.text( label = "click-me" )
    mel.eval( "$tmpTextCtrl = \"%s\"" % lTextCtrl )
    cmds.button( command = "exampleFunction( \"$tmpTextCtrl\" )" )
    cmds.setParent( ".." )
    cmds.showWindow( lWindow )

def exampleFunction( lVarName ):
    lTextCtrl = mel.eval( "$tmp = %s" % lVarName )
    cmds.text( lTextCtrl, edit = True, label = "full" )
    
exampleWindow()

basically i am using a mel global variable for editing a control via a python callback.


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I was just testing your script ... the mel - line isn´t working for me. I get :
# Error: global name ‘mel’ is not defined
# Traceback (most recent call last):
# File “<maya console>”, line 16, in <module>
# File “<maya console>”, line 7, in exampleWindow
# NameError: global name ‘mel’ is not defined #

did you define mel earlier?

Author: seedthomas
Replied: 08 March 2012 04:37 AM  
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I got it working:
import maya.mel as mel
was missing


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