hda Tools/script access question

[holycause]

hey guys,

I'm writing an otl with multiple tools.

And I would like to use one of the tools to store functions I will need in all the other tools.

If you look at the screen capture, I have a "test" function in the hda_functions tool. I would like to call that function from any other tool, ie from the load_preset tool.

I've been trying to figure that out for a while today and couldn't find the solution.

Is it even possible?

cheers

 

[anim]

I'd store all necessary functions in PythonModule section of the asset instead of a tool

then to access them from any tool just call

hda = hou.nodeType(hou.sopNodeTypeCategory(), '$HDA_NAME')
hda.hdaModule().test()

and of course adjust type category to fit the category of the asset you are defining tools in

Edited March 9, 2016 by anim

[holycause]

cheers

I tried something similar, but am getting that same error I had

 'module' object has no attribute 'test'

[anim]

seems to work for me

test.hda

[holycause]

I see, that make sense, I didn't put my test function inside the python module but inside another tool.

still wondering if I can access it from another tool.

will do like this for now.

cheers

[anim]

since Tools section is stored in hda in the format of XML shelf file, and accessing code of the functions from within is possible through parsing, It wouldn't be very practical. What advantages it would have over PythonModule or over Extra Files section?