Executing a script within a script

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On 30/07/2018 at 12:31, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to figure out how I can make this bit of code work to open an existing script within a different script?

import c4d
from c4d import gui
import os
  
  
  
    
    
def main('C:\Users\Benjamin\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R18_62A5E681\library\scripts	est1.py') :
   
    fl = open('C:\Users\Benjamin\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R18_62A5E681\library\scripts	est1.py', 'rb')
    
    code = compile(fl.read(), 'C:\Users\Benjamin\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R18_62A5E681\library\scripts	est1.py', 'exec')
    
    scope = {'__file__': 'C:\Users\Benjamin\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R18_62A5E681\library\scripts	est1.py', '__name__': '__main__'}
  
  
    exec code in scope
  
  
  
if __name__=='__main__':
    main()
  
  

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On 31/07/2018 at 02:40, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

To execute a script from a file one can use execfile().

Note the user library directory can be retrieved calling c4d.storage.GeGetC4DPath(c4d.C4D_PATH_LIBRARY_USER).

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On 31/07/2018 at 19:55, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks Yannick

That worked well. I ended up using this

    execfile(c4d.storage.GeGetC4DPath(c4d.C4D_PATH_LIBRARY_USER)+os.sep+"scripts"+os.sep+"VolumetricSwitch.py")