Newbie: problem with own module

[Anna]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 06:09:50 +0000, Matthias Stern wrote:

> Hi! I have problems building my own modules. This is the a short version
> of the program with all functions (i show here only one) in one file:
> 
> ---
> import WS
> 
> def init(name):
>     	:
> 	WS.SetRunMode(1)
>     	:
>     	:
> 
>  :
>  :
> def main():
> 	init(something)
> main()
> ---
> 
> Now I want to put all the functions like "init()" except main() into a
> module. this look like:
> 
> module "boo.py":
> 
> ---
> def init(name):
>     	:
> 	WS.SetRunMode(1)
>     	:
> ---
> 
> main program:
> 
> ---
> 
> import WS
> import boo
> 
> def main():
> 	boo.init(something)
> main()
> ---
> 
> When I try to run this IDLE reports:
> 
>   File "<snip>\boo.py", line 12, in init
>     WS.SetRunMode(1)
> NameError: global name 'WS' is not defined
> 
> 
> I tried to set a "import WS" command into file boo.py, too. But it didn't
> help. What am I doing wrong?

Um - what's a WS? It's telling you that you never defined WS. You're
trying to do something to it, but I don't see you ever creating it... Or
am I missing something?

Anna