how to put taskMgr in class

Scripting Issues
1

hi, Im just a newbie one…

  
        from pandac.PandaModules import *
        import Task

        class Timer:  
.................................................
        #in Timer class
        def start(self, t, name):
        if (self.started):
            self.stop()
        self.callback = None
        self.finalT = t
        self.name = name
        self.startT = globalClock.getFrameTime()
        self.currT = 0.0
        #here is my focused function
        taskMgr.add(self.__timerTask, self.name + '-run')
       
        self.started = 1

the original source can do, but I cannot put taskMgr within my created class
can you give me some direction…ThX

2

Why can’t you put taskMgr in your class? Or why would you?
Could you give us some clearer information?

PS. This works fine for me:

        from pandac.PandaModules import *
        import Task

        class Timer: 
.................................................
        def __timerTask(task):
.................................................
          return task.cont 

        #in Timer class
        def start(self, t, name):
.................................................
        #here is my focused function
        taskMgr.add(self.__timerTask, self.name + '-run')
       
        self.started = 1
3

In the document told me that “taskMgr” is global method but
this is my question to ensure

import direct.directbase.DirectStart

I understand that, I need to import this statement above this line before use taskMgr and any other global functions right??
and if you have some suggestion…I appreciate youssssss^^
and above all, if you have some source of information except commercial panda3D (its good but, I just need more information from other sources to make me understand) thank you so much…!

4

Once you imported DirectStart, taskMgr is usable in all your modules. So you don’t need to import DirectStart more than once. It’s a builtin variable, and you should be able to access it over all your modules/classes/functions.