How to open the specific lister by Python?

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1

I want to open a specific lister after Python crawling.

This following code opens a specific folder.
But I hope that a lister 'Python' would be opened. How can I get the reult?
Thanks for any help in advance.

import subprocess

dopus_path = r"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopus.exe"
dir_path = r"D:\ing"
subprocess.run([dopus_path, dir_path])
2

Might want to use

"dopusrt.exe /cmd Go dirname" rather than "dopus.exe"

3

Is "Python" the name of a layout you have made?

Do you want to open the layout as it was saved, or open it but modified to point to a particular folder?

4

What's the difference between dopus.exe and dopusrt.exe?

this following script doesn't work.

dopus_path = r"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe /cmd " 

dir_path = r"D:\ing\부동산"
#lister ="/cmd"

subprocess.run([dopus_path, dir_path])

I don't know how to add the related code to lister 'Python'.
( The lister name : Python )

5

Python is the name of layout I've made. I want to open the layout.

Thank you for your reply.

6 
import subprocess

dopusrt_path = r"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe"
layout_path = r"d:\temp\Layout.dcf"
subprocess.run([dopusrt_path, layout_path])

That opens the layout saved earlier as Layout.dcf

7

Thank you for your help.
But I can't find the postion of Python.dcf.
I tried it by searching hiddenfiles with everything and File Explorer.

8

Best way to open a layout from outside of Opus:

"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /cmd Prefs LAYOUT="My Layout"

DOpus.exe is the main program, while DOpusRT.exe is a small utility for sending commands to it (and a few other things). It's faster to run DOpusRT.exe than DOpus.exe, assuming Opus is already running.

9

Thank you for your help. I tried this following code by VS code.

import subprocess

dopus_path = r"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /cmd Prefs LAYOUT="Python"

subprocess.run([dopus_path])

it shows this following error.
PS C:\Users\ONSTAR> & "C:/Program Files/Python312/python.exe" d:/공통/source/Python/temp_dopus.py
File "d:\공통\source\Python\temp_dopus.py", line 3
dopus_path = r"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe" /cmd Prefs LAYOUT="Python"
^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

10

I'm not familiar with Python's syntax, but that doesn't look like a properly formed string.

11

temp_20240506_009
temp_20240506_009966×180 71.8 KB

this following error shows underline(^^^^^) below prefs.
I hope it would be a hint. ^^
Thank you for your help again.

12

It's not altogether clear what you're trying to do. If you want to have a Python equivalent of

dopusrt /cmd Prefs LAYOUT="Python" then I think it should look like this (but I'm not sure this is what you want)

import subprocess
dopusrt_path = r"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe"
subprocess.run([dopusrt_path, '/cmd', 'prefs', 'layout="Python"'])

But if you want to start DOpus with a previously saved layout you might want something more like this

import subprocess
dopusrt_path = r"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe"
layout_path = r"c:\Python.dcf"
subprocess.run([dopusrt_path, layout_path])

In the layout editor you can create a shortcut to your layout, which is where the .dcf file is saved to.

13

Thank you for your help.

I fixed the issue.

import subprocess
dopusrt_path = r"C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe"

subprocess.run([dopusrt_path, '/cmd', 'prefs', 'layout=Python'])