I like it very much and tried some things after reading the forum.
I saw that some people had problems doing something with the file name you get from the “DirectoryWatcher".
I make some Python code that used the “DirectoryWatcher" and I hope that it can be used by these people.
I am new to Python, so if thing can be done better, let me now.
I have one error in the script that I can't fix, let me explain:
The code takes a file and print the content on a label printer.
It use the “DirectoryWatcher" to get the file and read the content, take that and send it to an automation control (Brother SDK) to print it to the Brother QL-560 printer.
Everyone who puts an file into the directory checked by the “DirectoryWatcher" gets a label from the Brother printer (witch is a non-network, local printer).
That work fine.
The only thing what not works is to delete the file afterwards.
The error I get is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
Python script "10", line 38, in <module>
os.remove(filename)
WindowsError: [Error 32] Het proces heeft geen toegang tot het bestand omdat het door een ander
proces wordt gebruikt: 'C:\\\\test\\\\Testadres.txt'
Translation of the Dutch Error:
The process can not access the file because it is used by another process:
I tried to delete the file in another Python script but that give the same error.
The content of the file is like this:
NAME=Lex Test
ADRESS=Test street no. 65
POSTCODE=3333 AA
CITY=Utrecht
COUNTRY=Netherlands
The Python code is:
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import os, win32com.client
p = eg.event.payload
a = str(p)
a = a.split("'")
filename = a[1]
print 'Filename = ' + filename #for test
file = open(filename, 'r');
name = ""
adress = ""
postcode = ""
city = ""
country = ""
while 1:
line = file.readline()
if line == '':
break
i = line.find("=")
if line[0:i] == "NAME":
name = line[i + 1:]
if line[0:i] == "ADRESS":
adress = line[i + 1:]
if line[0:i] == "POSTCODE":
postcode = line[i + 1:]
if line[0:i] == "CITY":
city = line[i + 1:]
if line[0:i] == "COUNTRY":
country = line[i + 1:]
print name, adress, postcode, city, country # for test
file.close
eg.globals.filename = filename
os.remove(filename)
"""
The code below only works if you have the
Brother SDK and USB printer driver installed.
Brother = win32com.client.Dispatch("BrssCom.Document")
bRet = Brother.open("C:\Program Files\Brother bPAC SDK\Templates\Adreslabel.lbl")
print bRet
if bRet == True:
Brother.SetText(0, name)
Brother.SetText(1, adress)
Brother.SetText(2, postcode)
Brother.SetText(3, city)
Brother.SetText(4, country)
Brother.DoPrint(0, "Label, 1")
#bRet = Brother.close()
"""
