Encoding problem when customizing script tool behavior

PanagiotisChiotis — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:37:23 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am writing a Python script tool in a custom toolbox and I want to customize its behavior. At this point I want to enable or disable two parameters of my script.

When I use the following code, it runs smoothly.

def updateParameters(self):

"""Modify the values and properties of parameters before internal

validation is performed. This method is called whenever a parameter

has been changed."""

# Enable/disable map's reformation date inputs

if (self.params[1].value == "Partial Ratification") \

or (self.params[1].value == "Total Ratification"):

self.params[7].enabled = 1

self.params[8].enabled = 1

else:

self.params[7].enabled = 0

self.params[8].enabled = 0

return

However, when I change the latin characters into greek characters in my conditional expression (see below), I get the following message.

Warning: Encoding file "<filename>.py" using "ascii" encoding will result in information loss. Do you want to proceed?