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Syntax Error When Attempting to Add Custom Toolbox to Python Script

JeffAdams — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:29:06 GMT

I am trying to add a custom toolbox to a python script. Seems like a pretty simple coding exercise, but I am getting an incorrect syntax error.

The code I am using is as follows:

#Import modules
import sys, os, arcpy, string

arcpy.ImportToolbox("C:/Data/Custom Tools.tbx", "custom")

Any thoughts? I am running ArcGIS Desktop 10 (service pack 4) with licensing for ArcMap and Spatial Analyst. Do you need full ArcGIS
licensing to add a a toolbox to a python script? Thanks...

Jeff

Re: Syntax Error When Attempting to Add Custom Toolbox to Python Script

DanPatterson_Retired — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:59:09 GMT

It might be the space in the toolbox name.

Re: Syntax Error When Attempting to Add Custom Toolbox to Python Script

MathewCoyle — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:08:44 GMT

Are you getting an error on your toolbox import or when you try to execute tools from the toolbox?

Re: Syntax Error When Attempting to Add Custom Toolbox to Python Script

JeffAdams — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:20:48 GMT

It might be the space in the toolbox name.

Thanks for the response. I had tried renaming the toolbox without spaces, no luck...

Re: Syntax Error When Attempting to Add Custom Toolbox to Python Script

JeffAdams — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:24:02 GMT

Are you getting an error on your toolbox import or when you try to execute tools from the toolbox?

I have this code (single task of trying to load a toolbox) attached to a script that I run from a toolbox. The error appears a few seconds or so after I hit the run button of the script tool. The tool appears to be giving it a go, but then produces the invalid syntax error. I have tried loading a custom toolbox (as in my example) and an ArcGIS toolbox, no luck.