(SOLVED)Houdini Menu <ScriptPath> run specific function in Py Script.

[shadowst17]

Hello,

I'm trying to add a few buttons in the menu when you right click a node. I could just make separate scripts but I'm curious if it's possible to add something that will allow me to run a specific function and it's required parms in the python file I have supplied it with?

 

<menuDocument>
    <menu>
		<separatorItem/>
		<subMenu id="otl_manager">
			<label>OTL Tools</label>
			<scriptItem id="create_otl">
				<label>Create OTL</label>
				       <scriptPath>E:\...\create_otl_v02.py</scriptPath>
			</scriptItem>
        </subMenu>
    </menu>
</menuDocument>

 

EDIT: I'm an idiot, I somehow overlooked a very obvious line about how to do this. 
 

Quote

<scriptArgs>

(Optional) An argument string to pass to the script when it’s called. In the script you can retrieve these arguments using the sys.argv list.

This lets you use a single script for multiple menu items and vary its behavior based on the parameters.

menuDocument>
    <menu>
		<separatorItem/>
		<subMenu id="otl_manager">
			<label>OTL Tools</label>
			<scriptItem id="create_otl">
				<label>Create OTL</label>
				<scriptPath>E:\...\create_otl_v02.py</scriptPath>
              	<scriptArgs>-ma</scriptArgs>
			</scriptItem>
        </subMenu>
    </menu>
</menuDocument>

I just needed to approach my scripts differently by importing "sys" and storing sys.argv in a list which will put each spaced string in it. First one being the path of the script.

Edited October 11, 2022 by shadowst17