I think I know how to make a report that contains information from the info window. I think the report is saved in a textblock called ‘recent reports’.
My question. How do I read the textblock, or how do I ‘print’ the textblock, or how do I save a file of ‘recent reports’?
I have read: How do I get the Info window's log text with Python?
Recent Reports
Modifying code from https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/62620/15543
The code in answer prints the textblock.
This one removes all other recent reports from blend file, creates a new one via operator, and writes it to filepath
import bpy
#remove other Recent Reports
reports = [bpy.data.texts.remove(t, do_unlink=True)
for t in bpy.data.texts
if t.name.startswith("Recent Reports")]
# make a report
bpy.ops.ui.reports_to_textblock()
# save the report to file
filepath = "recent_reports.txt"
with open(filepath, "a") as f:
f.write(bpy.data.texts["Recent Reports"].as_string())
Alternatively, if you don't want to clean up others, the new text added by operator can be found using sets.
import bpy
texts = set(bpy.data.texts)
bpy.ops.ui.reports_to_textblock()
new_text = (set(bpy.data.texts) - texts).pop()
filepath = "recent_reports.txt"
with open(filepath, "a") as f:
f.write(new_text.as_string())
both write to a file "recent_reports.txt" in the same folder blender was opened
with open(...) as f: predates 3.5... anyway it is just simple text file io. Change to suit your python version if need-be.
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Aug 7, 2019 at 9:52
I leave this here since in the last version the above solution is not anymore valid. Code snippet:
import bpy
def GetMacro(name):
if name.startswith("bpy.ops"):
try:
return eval(name.split("(")[0] + ".get_rna_type().name")
except:
return name
elif name.startswith('bpy.data.window_managers["WinMan"].(null)'):
return True
elif name.startswith('bpy.context'):
split = name.split('=')
if len(split) > 1:
return split[0].split('.')[-1] + " = " + split[1]
else:
return ".".join(split[0].split('.')[-2:])
else:
return None
def getlastoperation(data, i=-1):
if len(data) <= 1:
return ("", i)
# if data[i].body.startswith("bpy."):
# return (data[i].body, i)
else:
# return getlastoperation(data, i-1)
return (data[i-1].body, i-1)
def CheckAddCommand(data, line = 0):
name, index = getlastoperation(data)
macro = GetMacro(name)
if macro is True:
return CheckAddCommand(data[ :index], line + 1)
else:
return (name, macro, len(data) + line - 1)
def Get_Recent(Return_Bool):
#remove other Recent Reports
reports = \
[
bpy.data.texts.remove(t, do_unlink=True)
for t in bpy.data.texts
if t.name.startswith("Recent Reports")
]
# make a report
win = bpy.context.window_manager.windows[0]
area = win.screen.areas[0]
area_type = area.type
area.type = "INFO"
override = bpy.context.copy()
override['window'] = win
override['screen'] = win.screen
override['area'] = win.screen.areas[0]
bpy.ops.info.select_all(override, action='SELECT')
bpy.ops.info.report_copy(override)
area.type = area_type
clipboard = bpy.context.window_manager.clipboard
bpy.data.texts.new("Recent Reports")
bpy.data.texts['Recent Reports'].write(clipboard)
# print the report
if Return_Bool == "Reports_All":
return bpy.data.texts["Recent Reports"].lines
elif Return_Bool == "Reports_Length":
return len(bpy.data.texts["Recent Reports"].lines)
Recent = Get_Recent('Reports_All')
name, macro, line = CheckAddCommand(Recent)
print("Message: {}".format(name))
print("Macro: {}".format(macro))
print("Line: {}".format(line))
bpy.data.texts.remove(bpy.data.texts['Recent Reports'])
It is mainly a restructure of some functions from the linked addon which most likely seems to do what @batFINGER suggests above to me. If there is a simpler solution/approach please feel free to edit.
IndexError: bpy_prop_collection[-2]: out of range.
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Apr 13, 2021 at 19:05
data inside the getlastoperation() function? Most likely, the error comes from there.
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if len(data) < 1: with if len(data) <= 1: and it should work. I also updated the code above. Thanks for the notice ;-).
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filepath = "recent_reports.txt" with open(filepath, "a") as f: f.write(name.as_string()) as you can see we just replace the variable to be saved which in our case is the name.
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