Maya Python: cmds.button( ) with UI passing variables and calling a function?

Question

First of all, this seems to be a great place to learn more about programming. I\'ve written a maya python script, where both functions work, I\'m having trouble getting the

Answer 1

cmds.button(label="Apply", command=superExtrude(extrScaleVal, extrDistVal))

This line calls superExtrude and assigns its return value to command. Since superExtrude doesn't return anything, the button effectively has a commnand of None.

Perhaps you meant to have superExtrude get called when the button is clicked, in which case you ought to wrap it in a lambda to prevent it from being called immediately:

cmds.button(label="Apply", command=lambda *args: superExtrude(extrScaleVal, extrDistVal))