title: maya python print state of checkbox?
body: <p>I'm trying to get the state of a checkbox in a maya UI using python. I was wondering if someone would help me. currently when the user hits the Distribute button, it calls a function which should print the true/false state of the 'x' checkbox.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import maya.cmds as cmds
  
  class createMyLayoutCls(object):
      def __init__(self, *args):
          pass
  
      def show(self):
          self.createMyLayout()
  
      def createMyLayout(self):
  
          #check to see if our window exists
          if cmds.window('utility', exists = True):
              cmds.deleteUI('utility')
  
          # create our window
          self.window = cmds.window('utility', widthHeight = (200, 200), title = 'Distribute', resizeToFitChildren=1, sizeable = False)
  
          cmds.setParent(menu=True)
  
          # create a main layout
          mainLayout = cmds.columnLayout(w = 200, h = 200, cw = 10, rs = 8, co = ['both',2])
  
          # X Control
          self.xAxis = cmds.checkBox('X')
  
          # Distribute Button
          btnDistribute = cmds.button(label = 'Distribute', width = 200, height = 40, c = self.GetSelectedNodes)
  
          # show window
          cmds.showWindow(self.window)
  
      def GetSelectedNodes(self,*args):
          cal = cmds.checkBox(self['X'],q = True, v = True)
          print cal
  
  b_cls = createMyLayoutCls()  
  b_cls.show()
  </code></pre>