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ianlop
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3 years ago

Changing the value of a project variable through scripting

Hello   I'd like to change the value of a project variable through a script that has already been set as some value at some time at the beginning of execution. So at the beginning of my python scr...
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rraghvani
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3 years ago

Ah ok.

 

Since you're using a project variable, you can just do this

Project.Variables.Var1 = "Hello World"

def update():
    Log.Message(Project.Variables.Var1)
    Project.Variables.Var1 = "Goodbye World"

def main():
    update()
    Log.Message(Project.Variables.Var1)

If you run main() the following result is shown

 

See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/986006/how-do-i-pass-a-variable-by-reference for more information.