Share inputs between event handlers

[oyvindTMNSU]

I want to hover over a face and getting the point the the mouse pointer is over at every moment. 
I have been able to do that by using the preselectMouseMove handler. I can print the cursor position to the console. Works perfectly. 
but how can I get that input values into the changed input handler to make a text box update live with the values of the position?

so what I really ask for: how can I access variables/inputs from one event handler in another event handler? Anyone?

@BrianEkins @boopathi.sivakumar @BrianEkinsADSK  

[oyvindTMNSU]

No one that can point me in the right direction?

[BrianEkins · Accepted solution]

You can have global variables in your program. These are defined outside of any functions and that single variable is available within the functions. To set the value of a global variable you need to declare it within the function that will be changing it by using the "global" keyword.

lastPoint: adsk.core.Point3D = None

def getPoint():
    global lastPoint
    lastPoint = adsk.core.Point3D.create(1, 2, 3)


def usePoint():
    app.log(f'The point coords are {lastPoint.x}, {lastPoint.y}, {lastPoint.z}')

[oyvindTMNSU]

Thank you for answering! I thought I read something that global variables should be avoided. But if that’s the intended way I’ll use that. 

[BrianEkins · Accepted solution]

Global variables have their place, and they're often misused, but this is a good case where they make sense. Where you need to share a value between different functions.

[oyvindTMNSU]

What i want to do is to get the coordinates on a face when hoovering over with the mouse. I get that by doing this and it prints out the position perfectly in the debug console. 

# Event handler for the preSelectMouseMove event
def command_preSelectMouseMove(args: adsk.core.SelectionEventArgs):
    # Code to react to the event
    inputs = args.selection
   
    hoover_test: adsk.core.SelectionCommandInput = args.selection
    hoover_point = inputs.point
    # print(f'{inputs.entity}')
    print(f'{hoover_point.x:.2f}')

Now I want to display the hoover_point readings (live as the mouse moves) in a dialog box as a text. Meaning I need to transfer the hoover_point variable over to def command_inputChanged

# This function will be called when the user changes anything in the command dialog.
def command_inputChanged(args: adsk.core.InputChangedEventArgs):
    changed_input = args.input
    inputs = args.inputs
    futil.log(f'{CMD_NAME} Input Changed Event fired from a change to {changed_input.id}')


    start_point_selection_input: adsk.core.SelectionCommandInput = inputs.itemById('spline_start')
    position_box: adsk.core.TextBoxCommandInput = inputs.itemById('position_box')
    type_box: adsk.core.TextBoxCommandInput = inputs.itemById('type_box')

But I don’t get it to work, even if I make the hoover_point variable global. Maybe I do something wrong when I set up the global variable?🤷 would really appreciate an answer on this. Feels like this is a part of the add writing I just don’t get 100%.