[IronPython] How can I exit from Python Script File?

[Michael Foord]

On 15/02/2010 21:54, Mark Grice wrote:
> I am using IronPython within a C# .NET application.
>
> I have a class that the Python code uses, so I create a scope and set 
> the variable, then execute the engine like this:
>
>         private ScriptEngine scptEngine = null;
>         private ScriptRuntime scptRuntime = null;
>         private ScriptScope scptScope;
>         private ScriptSource scptSource;
>
>         public pyEngine()
>         {
>                 scptEngine = Python.CreateEngine();
>                 scptRuntime = scptEngine.Runtime;
>                 scptScope = scptEngine.CreateScope();
>                 AddAssemblies(scptRuntime);
>                 SOA SOA_screen = new SOA();                 // my Class
>                 scptScope.SetVariable("screen", SOA_screen);
>                 scptSource = 
> scptEngine.CreateScriptSourceFromFile(scriptFile);
>                 scptSource.Execute(scptScope);
>          }
>
> This runs fine. But within the Python code, if I detect an error, I 
> want to exit out of scriptFile.
>
> I check a flag and try to exit if flag is false: so, the basic python is:
>
>    if MessageScreenIsActive == False :
>       screen.Say("CAN NOT PROCEED: " + screen.lastResultMessage);
>       sys.exit()
>
> This throws an exception.
That will throw a SystemExit exception. You can have exception handling 
in your C# that catches this specific error.

> But this:
>
>    if MessageScreenIsActive == False :
>       screen.Say("CAN NOT PROCEED: " + screen.lastResultMessage);
>       sys.exit
You're not actually calling sys.exit here...


All the best,

Michael
>
> only exits the <IF block> -- not the whole script.
>
> Of course, I can bracket off all of my code with if/else and control 
> it this way, but there must be a simple way to simple exit the 
> script... isn't there?
>
> Thanks for reading!
>
>
>
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