Is it possible to print to the Report window in the Info view?

Question

I wonder if it is currently possible to print or send messages to the Report window in the Info view? this would be quite useful sometimes.

Answer 1

We can always use an operator's report method. Running the following operator:

class RENDER_OT_test(bpy.types.Operator):
    bl_idname = 'render.oha_test'
    bl_label = 'Test'
    bl_options = {'REGISTER', 'UNDO'}

    def execute(self, context):
        self.report({'INFO'}, 'Printing report to Info window.')
        return {'FINISHED'}

prints this in the Info window:

The color depends on the type enum: INFO gets green, WARNING light red, and ERROR dark red. I don't see reference to any direct output to Info window, other than this method.

Answer 2

I needed to display a notification message when running a script in the Text Editor by hitting the 'Run Script' button.

None of the above methods worked for this purpose :/

But this worked, even though it's not the preferred way :)

That is:

import bpy

def oops(self, context):
    self.layout.label("You have done something you shouldn't do!")

bpy.context.window_manager.popup_menu(oops, title="Error", icon='ERROR')

Answer 3

This should be the code: to get popup in mouse event use ERROR instead INFO. see report -'INFO' is lower and 'ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY' is highest level of error type.

def yourfunction(context):
    whatever the function 

class RENDER_OT_test(bpy.types.Operator):
    bl_idname = 'render.oha_test'
    bl_label = 'Test'
    bl_options = {'REGISTER', 'UNDO'}

    def execute(self, context):
        try:
            yourfunction(context)
            return {'FINISHED'}
        except:
            self.report({'INFO'}, 'Printing report to Info window.')
            return {'CANCELLED'}