Editing the configuration file

The file is located in the following folder:

<StreamServe installation>\Services\StoryTeller\<version>\bin

Depending on how you start StoryTeller, edit the following files:

Stand-alone – the StoryTeller.exe.config file.

Via Design Center – the StoryTellerStarter.exe.config file.

To configure a custom command

1	Locate the following setting within the <applicationSettings> tag.

<setting name="ScriptPython_CustomCommand_0" serializeAs="String">

2	Within the value tag, add the module and function you want to invoke when running the custom Python command. For example:

<value>mymodule.myfunction()</value>

To automatically load libraries

1	Locate the following setting within the <applicationSettings> tag.

<setting name="ScriptPython_OnStartCommand" serializeAs="String">

2	Within the value tag, add the python library files you want to import with the following syntax

–	import <modulefile> (requires that you call the methods in the file with <modulefile>.<method>)

–	from <modulefile> import * (lets you access the module methods directly)

You can import several modules using semicolon (;) as separator.

You can also use the execfile <execfile> command as the value where <execfile> is a Python script containing the import commands.

For more information on Python syntax, see the Python reference.

Example 21

Python script on start command in StoryTeller configuration file

<setting name="ScriptPython_OnStartCommand" serializeAs="String">

<value>import trigmethodslib;from colorslib import *</value>

</setting>

 

To edit the import path of python modules

1	Locate the following setting within the <applicationSettings> tag.

<setting name="ScriptPython_ImportPath" serializeAs="String">

2	Within the value tag, edit the path relative to the \bin folder to where you store your Python modules that you want to import. By default it is:

<value>../py</value>

In the Python Script panel, you can browse through the previously issued commands using Ctrl key + the up and down arrow keys.