Python window control?

[sideone]

Lately, I have been integrating a bunch of insteon HA devices with my existing EG configuration. I have configured simple python scripts throughout my lighting scene commands. I notice a black window briefly appearing when each python command is executed. I am not concerned with any results from the commands. Is it possible to hide these windows?

thanks.

sone

[Pako]

Is it possible to hide these windows?

Yes, it is of course possible. You can find many examples on the Internet.
It might look like this:

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subprocess.Popen(['insteon_command.bat'], shell=True, creationflags=subprocess.SW_HIDE)

Pako

[sideone]

Pako-

I am new to python, but assumed the issue was from the eg and not the subprocess output. I have adjusted all my scripts with this code, and now my system is finally integrated!!

Is it possible to spawn the python scripts so that EG doesn't pause while subprocess and sleep commands are processing?

thank you very much for the assistance!

[Pako]

Is it possible to spawn the python scripts so that EG doesn't pause while subprocess and sleep commands are processing?

Of course, it is quite often the case.
You need threading.
Here is an example:

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from threading import Thread
from time import sleep

def time_consumingScript(var1, var2, var3):
    print "############################################ Thread start"
    print "%s + %s =" % (str(var2),str(var3)), var2 + var3
    sleep(var1)
    print "############################################ Thread stop"
    
t = Thread(target = time_consumingScript, args = [20, 3, 7])
t.start()

Pako