How to open Workbench ACT and launch a wizard by script

charlie.wang

Is there any way to launch a ACT wizard by script?

Aria

Your wizard is ultimately a callback to a python function. You can call that python function within your extension with your inputs.

Lets assume you run your script in a bat file like following

"%AWP_ROOT231%\Framework\bin\win64\RunWB2.exe" -B -R my_script.py

then, my_script would activate the extension and run the python callback

appAPI = Ansys.ACT.Core.ApplicationRepository.GetApplication("Project")
ExtAPI = appAPI.GetExtensionApi(None)

myACTName = "SomeACTextension"
extension = [x for x in ExtAPI.ExtensionManager.Extensions if x.Name == myACTName]

if len(extension) == 1:
    appFormat = "Scripted" # or = "Binary"
    GUID = "some-GUID-value"
    Extensions.LoadExtension(Id=GUID, Format=appFormat)
    ext=ExtAPI.ExtensionManager.GetExtensionByName(myACTName).GetModule()
    ext.SomeWizardCallback(arg1, arg2, arg3...)

charlie.wang

Thank you. It works now!

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

Hi @charlie.<?WORD FLAGGED?> . Wizards are designed to be interactive (they are made to guide non-expert users through a workflow). There is very little that can be done to run a Wizard through a script.

The following commands will imitate clicking on the "Next Button" in a Wizard. Opening the wizard still has to be done manually. Also, please note that the following commands are unsupported (no documentation, no support, and no guarantee that it will work).

import System
import time


def runWizard(analysis):
    '''
    Open Wizard in another thread
    '''
    System.Threading.Thread(System.Threading.ThreadStart(runActionsWizard)).Start()


def runActionsWizard():
    '''
    Run actions for Wizard
    '''
    ExtAPI.UserInterface.UIRenderer.GetContainer("Wizard").CurrentPanel.GetComponent("WizardDefinitionComponent_Wizard;Wizard_Name;GUI;Wizard_Name;xml;1;0").TriggerClick()
    ExtAPI.UserInterface.UIRenderer.GetContainer("Wizard").CurrentPanel.GetComponent("Submit").TriggerClick("submit")