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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

You have assigned the following project variable,

 

Project.Variable.Obj1 = Some Object

 

Then somewhere below, you want to assign Project.Variable.Obj1 to something else, using

 

def foo(projVarObj, propNames=[], propValues=[])):
  projVarObj = MainWindow.Find(propNames, propValues, 1000, True)

 

 

projVarObj is different to Project.Variable.Obj1. If projVarObj is None, then it means the Find method was not able to find the object based on the criteria given for propNames and propValues.