Agisoft Metashape
Agisoft Metashape => Python and Java API => Topic started by: awilson on June 29, 2017, 08:19:15 PM
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I'm having a problem where a process will occasionally crash while I'm running it. When I try to re-run it, I run document.open( filename ), but it will only open read-only because it thinks the file is still in use. Is there any way to force it to open editable, or to switch a read-only document to editable after opening, via the API?
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Hello awilson,
Do you mean the situations when the script is loading the locked project?
If you are working with the fully automated scripts, you can load the project to new PhotoScan.Document() class variable instead of PhotoScan.app.document that is related to the active document opened in GUI.
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That seems to be running into the same issue. The file is locked, but I want to open it and be able to make changes to it. I tried this code after your last comment:
import PhotoScan
newDoc = PhotoScan.Document()
newDoc.open('/tmp/my_locked_file.psx')
PhotoScan.app.quit()
And I see:
Document.open(): The document is opened in read-only mode because it is already in use.
Essentially, I want a way to do whatever happens when the GUI asks "Are you sure you want to edit this file?" and I say yes.
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It looks like I can do this to get it to run:
if os.path.exists( '/tmp/my_locked_file.files/lock' ):
os.remove( '/tmp/my_locked_file.files/lock' )
doc.open( '/tmp/my_locked_file.psx' )
Is that safe, as long as I'm sure the lock is accidental? Am I setting myself up for some sort of trouble down the line by just removing that file?
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Hello awilson,
I think we will extend the API and will add the method/function to PhotoScan.Document() class variables, that would allow to remove the lock that can be removed - i.e. lock that is no longer used.
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Awesome, thanks!