topic Re: How do I make my python script portable for ArcMap users? in ArcGIS Pro Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-do-i-make-my-python-script-portable-for-arcmap/m-p/456388#M20067 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you are using relative paths for the tool and keep your script in same folder (or relative to it) as the *.tbx, then it should work.&nbsp; If the script is located in another location, then it will fail.&nbsp; The easiest way is to put your script and *.tbx in the same location.</P><P>Do also note, that don't taint the arcmap toolbox by messing with in Pro</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:40:45 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2018-11-21T22:40:45Z How do I make my python script portable for ArcMap users? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-do-i-make-my-python-script-portable-for-arcmap/m-p/456387#M20066 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Here is the situation: I am using ArcGis Pro to create a tool, but my associate wants to use the tool in ArcMap 10.6.&nbsp;I ensured that my python was written so it could be interpreted by both ArcGIS Pro 2.2 and ArcMap 10.6 by creating a separate tool in the toolbox, but the second was created in ArcMap. Both tools used the same python file, and both functioned properly. I thought I embedded the python file in both tools.</P><P></P><P>I troubleshooted by sending the toolbox to another computer via email. The script tool I created in ArcGIS Pro for ArcGIS Pro works. The script tool I created in ArcMap for ArcMap gave me an error that the file does not exist.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>My thought is that when I embedded the python file in each script tool, the tool for ArcGIS Pro kept the file somehow, but the ArcMap tool did not. Maybe I am supposed to store the Python file in the toolbox itself to make it portable for the ArcMap script tool? This is my source for why I suspect this is the case:&nbsp;<A data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/sharing-workflows/embedding-scripts-and-password-protecting-tools.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1542918096606000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4nwgu-4pjPS7yqK6R7fB5NSYjoA" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/sharing-workflows/embedding-scripts-and-password-protecting-tools.htm" style="color: #1155cc; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: small;" target="_blank">http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/sharing-workflows/embedding-scripts-and-password-protecting-tools.htm</A></P><P></P><P>However, if this is the problem, I do not know how to save the python file in the toolbox. If it not the problem, I don't know what to do to make my script tool for an ArcMap user more portable.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Thoughts?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:27:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-do-i-make-my-python-script-portable-for-arcmap/m-p/456387#M20066 ChristopherHigham1 2018-11-21T20:27:36Z Re: How do I make my python script portable for ArcMap users? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-do-i-make-my-python-script-portable-for-arcmap/m-p/456388#M20067 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you are using relative paths for the tool and keep your script in same folder (or relative to it) as the *.tbx, then it should work.&nbsp; If the script is located in another location, then it will fail.&nbsp; The easiest way is to put your script and *.tbx in the same location.</P><P>Do also note, that don't taint the arcmap toolbox by messing with in Pro</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:40:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-do-i-make-my-python-script-portable-for-arcmap/m-p/456388#M20067 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-11-21T22:40:45Z