Since this sort of thing pops up often, I created a set of wrappers that simplify this stuff, and allows you to directly use functions in your script modules. The wrappers take care of stuffing the arguments you supply into a temporary fuction’s default argument.
For your case, try assignLater(). Nick’s example becomes:
# In a script module in your project:
import shutil
def fileTransfer(label):
path = system.file.openFile()
newPath = "F:\NewFolder"
shutil.copy2(path, newPath)
shared.assignLater(label, "text", "Step one done")
# In your button event
label = event.source.parent.getComponent("Label")
shared.later.callAsync(project.module.fileTransfer, label)
later.py (12 KB)
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