Find Path to Script

[NateLiquidGravity]

I'm trying to find the path to the script instead of having the path coded - so I can load information from an xml file sitting in the same folder. So far all the paths that I can find point to 'C:\Program Files\Alibre Design\Program' or a subfolder of that folder. Any ideas?

from System.IO import Directory
directory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()

 

[idslk]

maybe this helps...
https://www.python-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14326&sid=899acf943ac79a1d480ae20b0710481c#p96283

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

I thought about locating the file by searching the entire hard drive but it didn't seem economical.

 

[simonb65]

Not tried it, but does this work in Alibre Script, it works in python ...

import os
scriptDirectory = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

Nope gives path to Alibre program.

 

[simonb65]

Nope gives path to Alibre program.

Bummer! Sounds like a new feature request, but then again, if the scripts are saved with the part, where are the scripts actually run from??? Yet another question for @ajayre me thinks!

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

Good point.
My intentions were to make this tool save settings per user/pc instead of per assembly/part. I hadn't thought about what I'd do if the script was saved in / run from in the assembly/part. I'll have to add a step to my load/save settings function that uses the GetUserData and SetUserData to check for existing settings in the assembly/part.

 

[ajayre]

print ScriptFileName
print ScriptFolder

Andy

 

[NateLiquidGravity]

print ScriptFileName
print ScriptFolder

Andy

Awesome! This will allow me to determine if the script is run from "in memory" or from a saved location too.

Please add information like this to the Help Reference. Otherwise the only people who know are you and those of us reading everything on the forum.

 

[idslk]

Please add information like this to the Help Reference

I also didn't found CurrentPart(),CurrentAssembly() and AlibreScriptVersion, maybe they could be added to the help too.

Regards
Stefan

 

[ajayre]

These have been added to the AlibreScript manual - thanks for the suggestion.

Andy