topic Re: arcpy.AddMessage not working in python window in Python Questions

arcpy.AddMessage not working in python window

Anonymous User — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:17:47 GMT

Hello all

this's a very frustrating problem: the addMessage function is not working for me in the Python Window. It works in a toolbox message window or in an IDE like WingIDE... but not in the Python Window...

What is happening?

Thank you in advance

Jesús de Diego

Re: arcpy.AddMessage not working in python window

JakeSkinner — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:48:38 GMT

Hi Jesus,

If you are using IDLE or PythonWin, you will want to use 'print'. I use PythonWin so I use both 'print' and 'arcpy.AddMessage'. That way I don't have to update any code when I run the script within ArcMap. Ex:

print "Succeeded"
arcpy.AddMessage("Succeeded")

Re: arcpy.AddMessage not working in python window

MathewCoyle — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:58:12 GMT

Or, if you have to do it a lot, why not function?

def printline(message):
    """printline(message)

        message(string):
       The message to be printed
    """
    print message
    arcpy.AddMessage(message)

printline("Hello World!")

Re: arcpy.AddMessage not working in python window

Anonymous User — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:02:24 GMT

Thank you all

yes, these are alternative ways, but: why can't I use addMessage in the Python Window? Can i?

jesús de Diego

Re: arcpy.AddMessage not working in python window

MathewCoyle — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:43:29 GMT

That is not was AddMessage was designed to do, so not currently no.

See here under "Messaging in a dual-purpose script"
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Writing_messages_in_script_tools/00150000000p000000/

Re: arcpy.AddMessage not working in python window

Anonymous User — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:49:56 GMT

Greetings to all

Mathew Thanks for your reply. However, I can not clarify this issue. These are the tests I've done using these two lines:

import arcpy
arcpy.AddMessage ("Hello")

- Run these two lines in the ArcMap "Python" Window. Does not show the message....
- Run these two lines in the Windows command line (cmd). It works. (Appears "hello")
- Save these two lines as a script, add as a Toolbox and run the tool. I have used the ArcMap "Python" window, ArcToolbox (running the tool) and the Windows command line. In all three cases, it works. In the first case, the result appears in the output window (right of the Python window). In the second case, the result appears in the progress dialog box of the tool. In the third case shows the outcome in the command line.

But, according to the link you sent me, this function "AddMessage" should work if not used in a script "stand-alone", as in the case of the Windows command line ...

Surely I'm missing something ....

thank you in advance

Jesús de Diego

Re: arcpy.AddMessage not working in python window

JasonScheirer — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:24:59 GMT

Use the print statement, not the AddMessage functuion, for writing directly to the Python window. AddMessage is for running within geoprocessing tools, not for pushing text to the window of your Python interpreter.

Re: arcpy.AddMessage not working in python window

KimOllivier — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:31:47 GMT

Oddly I did notice that arcpy.AddMessage does print if you run the script from the CMD window!
Which is very frustrating if you have doubled up with print messages, you get the messages twice.