Variable issue [Solved]

Scripting Issues
1

Ok so i have a code that i got from the site to control my camera the way i wanted it to move. It has Pan limits built into it though and i need it to change for each map. so is there a way without changing too much code that i can call a variable from another file?

just to show you (File 1):

import direct.directbase.DirectStart
from CameraHandlerClass import CameraHandler
class World(DirectObject):
    def __init__(self):
        #Task to add camera controls for the camera
        camHandler = CameraHandler()
run()

Of course i cut out all my code execpt my current call. This calls CameraHandlerClass.py and in that code there is this (File 2):

from direct.showbase import DirectObject 
from pandac.PandaModules import Vec3,Vec2 
import math 
class CameraHandler(DirectObject.DirectObject): 
   def __init__(self): 
      base.camera.setPos(0,0,50) 
      base.camera.lookAt(0,0,0) 
      # Gives the camera an initial position and rotation. 
       
      self.mx,self.my=0,0 
      # Sets up variables for storing the mouse coordinates 
       
      self.orbiting=False 
      # A boolean variable for specifying whether the camera is in orbiting mode. Orbiting mode refers to when the camera is being moved 
      # because the user is holding down the right mouse button. 
       
      self.target=Vec3() 
      # sets up a vector variable for the camera's target. The target will be the coordinates that the camera is currently focusing on. 
       
      self.camDist = 40 
      # A variable that will determine how far the camera is from it's target focus 
       
      self.panRateDivisor = 20 
      # This variable is used as a divisor when calculating how far to move the camera when panning. Higher numbers will yield slower panning 
      # and lower numbers will yield faster panning. This must not be set to 0. 
       
      self.panZoneSize = .10 
      # This variable controls how close the mouse cursor needs to be to the edge of the screen to start panning the camera. It must be less than 1, 
      # and I recommend keeping it less than .2 
       
      self.panLimitsX = Vec2(-20, 20) 
      self.panLimitsY = Vec2(-20, 20) 
      # These two vairables will serve as limits for how far the camera can pan, so you don't scroll away from the map.

What i want to do is call panLimitsX and Y as well as base.camera.setPos and base.camera.lookAt from the first code is this possible to do this? and if so how do i change the code to do this? I have tried to figure it out and either im just over compicating this or something needs to be added so i can do this

2

ok it was figured out to pass the information i needed.
I used a return function as shown in the code below:

def plCamera(plX, plY):
    return CameraHandler(plX=Vec2(0, 20), plY=Vec2(0, 20))

This allowed me to pass plX and plY to CameraHandler (seperate .py file) class there was a little more that had to be done like in my camera handler call i did:

        camHandler = CameraHandler(Vec2(0, 20), Vec2(0, 20))

and i had to add plX and plY to CameraHanlders class like so:

   def __init__(self, plX, plY):

then lastly I had to setup the transfer into the init def by using this:

      self.panLimitsX = plX
      self.panLimitsY = plY

Once i did those it was all done, and the information passed from my main file to my camera file so i dont have to directly edit the camera file again!