save this as myofile.ngc is a path described in the INI's PROGRAM_PREFIX or SUBROUTINE_PATH
Code:
(filename myofile.ngc)
o<myofile> sub
;py,from interpreter import *
;py,import os
;py,from qtvcp.lib.preferences import Access
; find and print the preference file path
;py,CONFPATH = os.environ.get('CONFIG_DIR', '/dev/null')
;py,PREFFILE = os.path.join(CONFPATH,'qtdragon.pref')
;py,print(PREFFILE)
; get an preference instance
;py,Pref = Access(PREFFILE)
; load a preference and print it
;py,this.params['toolToLoad']=Pref.getpref('Tool to load', 0, int,'CUSTOM_FORM_ENTRIES')
;py,print('Tool to load->:',this.params['toolToLoad'])
; return the value
o<myofile> endsub [#<toolToLoad>]
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