[LabPython-Users] R: comments on labpython (WORKING with LV2010/python 2.7.1)

[Enrico S. <enr...@we...>]

>Issue (2) makes it very diffuclt to debug any code, in particular code that works ok in python IDLE but not in Labview (+ labpython).
>I also find the lack of feedback when running a labpython script also limiting (i.e. Print statement doesn't output to anywhere).  It would be great if the print command >and error information could be displayed in a dos window or better in a dedicated window in labview, and even better if this was updated in real time.

>To overcome the issues above, I now use the following as part of my python code.
>
>import sys
># Re-direct stdout
>...

I've elaborated a little on your idea, and send stdout and stderr to python strings with the following variation:

import sys
from StringIO import StringIO
import traceback

# Re-direct stdout
old_stdout = sys.stdout
sys.stdout = stdoutcapture = StringIO() 

# Re-direct stderr
stderrstring=""

try:
    # [insert code here]

except:
    stderrstring=traceback.format_exc()
    print "Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()

sys.stdout = old_stdout
stdoutstring=stdoutcapture.getvalue()

After the Python Execute script node, I can pull the variables  stdoutstring and stdoutstring into labview, and see the result. No realtime, but helps. No hassle of handling files in changing directories and reading them back into LV.
Attached an llb containing two small convenience vi's - one for wrapping the python script, the other for reading back the variables into LV strings.
Enrico