Get selected Task from Launchpad within Nuke

[mantje]

Hi,

I want to run some scripts in nuke after I start it from launchpad. However, I need to know what task nuke has been launched for.

What would be the preferred way to access this information?

[Mattias Seebergs]

Hi,

 

You can get the task id from the environment variables. See the Environment variables section on this page.

 

Let me know if you have any more questions.

 

Mattias

[georgea]

Hi all,

 

The link on the previous post about environment variables doesn't seem to work,

Is there an updated version of it anywhere?

 

Many Thanks!

 

George

[Mattias Seebergs]

Hi George,

 

No it is not because it has changed, but you can get the task id on the FTRACK_TASKID environment variable.

 

Let me know if you have any more questions.

 

Thanks,

 

Mattias

[Peter Hartwig]

Does that mean that we can change the task by simply changing the FTRACK_TASKID ? Or are there other things that need changing as well?

[lorenzo.angeli]

Hi, if you need to set JUST the context, having the environment is correct and enough.

If you want to have your interface refreshing (eg: ftrack-connect-maya, ftrack-connect-nuke) you can try doing this once you set the env.

``` python
       from ftrack_connect.connector import panelcom
       panelComInstance = panelcom.PanelComInstance.instance()
       panelComInstance.switchedShotListeners()
```
My2C
Cheers.

L.