https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/new-toolbox-atbx-editing-and-documentation/m-p/1296015#M69871 <P>I used the new toolbox (atbx) recently when creating a simple toolbox that links to a separate py file like I used to do with the old (tbx) format.&nbsp; I only recently realized that atbx is a zipped file with a number of py, json and other files.&nbsp; It also seems like it might work better the Python Toolbox (pyt) for managing my python tools.&nbsp; But, I can't find any actual documentation about how to use and format an atbx file to do more advanced coding.&nbsp; Specifically, I was introduced to the UtilityDataManagementSupport toolbox that has some useful tools.&nbsp; If you "edit" any of the tools, there's just a stub function that calls the internal tool that does the work.&nbsp; There are a number of internal py files that have the actual logic for executing the tools.&nbsp; But the only option I see to work with atbx files in Pro is to add a script and edit the logic for that tool directly.&nbsp; How do you add additional classes or common code that all scripts might share in the atbx?&nbsp; Is it just a manual thing of unzipping the atbx file, adding your files and then recompressing?&nbsp; Seems a bit awkward to manage and test this way.&nbsp; I'm mostly surprised that there is apparently no documentation about what atbx is and how to work with it.</P> Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:52:33 GMT BillyBuerger 2023-06-05T20:52:33Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/new-toolbox-atbx-editing-and-documentation/m-p/1296015#M69871 <P>I used the new toolbox (atbx) recently when creating a simple toolbox that links to a separate py file like I used to do with the old (tbx) format.&nbsp; I only recently realized that atbx is a zipped file with a number of py, json and other files.&nbsp; It also seems like it might work better the Python Toolbox (pyt) for managing my python tools.&nbsp; But, I can't find any actual documentation about how to use and format an atbx file to do more advanced coding.&nbsp; Specifically, I was introduced to the UtilityDataManagementSupport toolbox that has some useful tools.&nbsp; If you "edit" any of the tools, there's just a stub function that calls the internal tool that does the work.&nbsp; There are a number of internal py files that have the actual logic for executing the tools.&nbsp; But the only option I see to work with atbx files in Pro is to add a script and edit the logic for that tool directly.&nbsp; How do you add additional classes or common code that all scripts might share in the atbx?&nbsp; Is it just a manual thing of unzipping the atbx file, adding your files and then recompressing?&nbsp; Seems a bit awkward to manage and test this way.&nbsp; I'm mostly surprised that there is apparently no documentation about what atbx is and how to work with it.</P> Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:52:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/new-toolbox-atbx-editing-and-documentation/m-p/1296015#M69871 BillyBuerger 2023-06-05T20:52:33Z