Hi @johnm, I think global variables defined in an external script file can also be used in Startup/Shutdown script in a workspace. Can you show us some code snippets to clarify the followings?

• How did you define the global variable in "StartupPython.py"?
• How did you use the variable in the Startup and/or Shutdown script in the workspace?

Hi @takashi I have attached the startup and shutdown scripts which would have a .py extension if imported in the Workspace. They originally came from your code when I was trying to grab all the Errors from the log file when the Workspace is running. They work well when they are copied in as text but when they are imported as .py files, the shutdown script fails to recognise the global 'errors' variable. Thanks again for your help on this. Regards, John

startuppython.txtshutdownpython.txt

Each script file will be interpreted independently, Python interpreter cannot recognize where the variable "errors" come from, unless you import it explicitly. You have to import "startuppython" into "shutdownpython.py". For example, assuming both "startuppython.py" and "shutdownpython.py" are saved in the same folder,

# shutdownpython.py
import startuppython
print(startuppython.errors)

or

# shutdownpython.py
from startuppython import errors
print(errors)

# shutdownpython.py
import startuppython
print(startuppython.errors)

# shutdownpython.py
from startuppython import errors
print(errors)

# External Script
# C:/Scripts/errorcollector.py
import fme, fmeobjects

class FMEErrorCollector(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.errors = o]
        def errorCollector(severity, message):
            if severity in (fmeobjects.FME_ERROR, fmeobjects.FME_FATAL):
                self.errors.append(message)
        self.callback = errorCollector
        fmeobjects.FMELogFile().setCallBack(self.callback)
            
    def shutdown(self):
        try:
            # Do something.
            print('shutdown: try') # test
        except:
            # Do something.
            print('shutdown: except') # test
        finally:
            if 0 < len(self.errors):
                # Do something.
                print(self.errors) # test

# Workspace: Startup Python Script
import sys
sys.path.append('C:/Scripts')
from errorcollector import FMEErrorCollector
errorCollector = FMEErrorCollector() 

# Workspace: Shutdown Python Script
errorCollector.shutdown()

In addition to the excellent replies from Takashi, I'll just add that this question touches on what's commonly called scope resolution in programming languages.

This is a pretty good starting point for learning more about how Python handles scopes and namespaces, and it explains why the answers from Takashi work: http://sebastianraschka.com/Articles/2014_python_scope_and_namespaces.html

Hi @takashi Did you get the two scripts I attached for your last question?

Hi @takashi The import of the startup script into the shutdown script did not work for me. Maybe I will have to write the data from the errors variable to a text file in the startup script?

You can achieve something like this using the 

reload

reload(yourscriptmodule)