Can't figure out how to add a button for a python script

Emilbrundage

I'm trying to create a button that runs a python script.

I've been following the help and have reached the point where I test an add-in:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Testing_an_add_in/014p00000026000000/

I run the script makeaddin.py as stated in step 1 and get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\E1B8\ScriptTesting\MISC\Tool\makeaddin.py", line 5, in <module>
    current_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
NameError: name '__file__' is not defined

Should __file__ been replaced with a path, and somehow that didn't happen for me? If so, can I add it manually just to make things easy on myself?

makeaddin.py:

import os import re import zipfile  current_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))  out_zip_name = os.path.join(current_path,                              os.path.basename(current_path) + ".esriaddin")  BACKUP_FILE_PATTERN = re.compile(".*_addin_[0-9]+[.]py$", re.IGNORECASE)  def looks_like_a_backup(filename):     return bool(BACKUP_FILE_PATTERN.match(filename))  with zipfile.ZipFile(out_zip_name, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zip_file:     for filename in ('config.xml', 'README.txt', 'makeaddin.py'):         zip_file.write(os.path.join(current_path, filename), filename)     dirs_to_add = ['Images', 'Install']     for directory in dirs_to_add:         for (path, dirs, files) in os.walk(os.path.join(current_path,                                                         directory)):             archive_path = os.path.relpath(path, current_path)             found_file = False             for file in (f for f in files if not looks_like_a_backup(f)):                 archive_file = os.path.join(archive_path, file)                 print archive_file                 zip_file.write(os.path.join(path, file), archive_file)                 found_file = True             if not found_file:                 zip_file.writestr(os.path.join(archive_path,                                                'placeholder.txt'),                                   "(Empty directory)")

The script I'm trying to turn into a button (at this stage, Tool_addin.py):

import arcpy import pythonaddins   def selecttoDQ():     #do things##  ####################  class ListLayers(object):     """Implementation for Tool_addin.btn1 (Button)"""     def __init__(self):         self.enabled = True         self.checked = False     def onClick(self):         selecttoDQ()

Thanks!

MathewCoyle

You don't need to make any edits to the makeaddin.py at all. Usually you only get that error if it is being run through an interpreter. Do you have some strange file associations with .py files by any chance?