Python FilePathAttribute using absolute vs relative paths

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Hello TAP folks,

I’m using the FilePathAttribute in Python and can get the “Open” behavior to work in the Editor GUI, but when I select a file using the browser, it ends up using a relative path rather than an absolute path.

How do I specify that this attribute should use the absolute path?

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This is the section of my test step code that builds that GUI element:

prop1 = self.AddProperty("s2pFile", None, String)
        prop1.AddAttribute(OpenTap.FilePathAttribute, OpenTap.FilePathAttribute.BehaviorChoice.Open)
        prop1.AddAttribute(OpenTap.DisplayAttribute, "S2P File", "Absolute path of location of s2p file to be loaded.", "Settings", 0)
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There is no way to tell FilePathAttribute to select an absolute path. Instead you can convert the relative path to a full path by defining a property setter. This can be a bit cumbersome in python, but you can use setattr to do inject some code before the attribute is set. e.g:

    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
        if name == "s2pFile":
                 # I dont remember how to convert to full path in normal Python, but this should work:
                 value = System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(value) # Remember to import System.IO.Path
        super(StepWithPath, self).__setattr__(name, value)
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Where does this method go?

4

Figured it out. It goes under the __init__ method in the test step in question (which, in my case is called SaveS2pFile.

Here is how to do this operation in Python:

    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
        if name == "s2pFile":
                 # Convert from relative path to absolute path
                 value = os.path.abspath(value)
        super(SaveS2pFile, self).__setattr__(name, value)
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