Thanks François, I'll check the pickle module out.
Bernard
On 5/5/06, Francois Lord <francoislord(at)gmail.com> wrote:
I did exactly that recently (having invisible params to store data in
PPG). I'm using pickle so I can store any kind of object in it (list,
dictionary, object). Pickle is your friend, Bernard.
Bernard Lebel wrote:
> During the Define callback, all parameters are added to the property.
> One of these parameters is the "project", wich is later presented as a
> series of choices in a combo. Even though the combo is not added to
> the layout at this stage, I still need a "default" value for the
> "project" parameter. An empty string is not acceptable for me :-)
> Like I said, I never know in advance the list of projects, that list
> is built by calling a custom command. But to get a reliable default
> value, I need that list right away so I can get the first item.
>
> Later, during the custom rebuild function, the combo is added to the
> layout, using the list previously created during the Define callback.
> Since names bound in a scope are generally exclusive to that scope, I
> needed a way to propagate my list from the Define callback to the
> custom rebuild function.
>
> I first tried typical globals (names bound in the top-level of the
> plugin file), but it seems it is not a good idea! So instead I
> implement these global as parameters of the property.
>
>
> Does that make sense?
>
>
> Berrnard
>
>
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