Hi,
is it possible to have autocompletion in the VC Python Scripts for external libraries (os, io, pypyodbc, etc.). This would improve the workflow a lot!
Another nice feature would be a shortcut to go to the function definition (as in Visual Studio -> F12). Is there something like that?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Hi,
Auto-completion gets definitions from “My Templates”, e.g.
C:\Users%username%\Documents\Visual Components\4.1\My Templates\Python Editor\Auto Complete
You have provide the definitions to those xmls if you like to have more.
Unfortunately, I believe there’s no other way.
@jouha Thank you for your help. I tried to provide an xml for VC, but I could not figure out how to provide it. I tried to add it in the API xml, but this one is generated each time VC is started. I also tried to add an xml with the structure as the API used for the vcScript, but it did not work. Is there a documentation on how to provide the xml?
I created a simple python example “myLib.py”. It would be very nice if you could create the required xml and share it. (if you have a better example, I am even happier)
In general: It’s unfortunate, that auto-completion is not automatically provided for external libraries. This feature would be very handy!
I see myself preparing an xml for my own libraries, but it’s not worth the effort to provide it for other libraries (os, io, …) “by hand” or with a self written tool.
Thank you in advance for your help!
myLib.zip (316 Bytes)
I contacted the support and unfortunately Vivek told me:
“Unfortunately, you cannot extend any external python modules with our API for auto completion.”
It would be really helpfull if an userdefined xml could be added which not will be overwritten… 
This is now possible in a bit roundabout way by using an external editor and kind of adding the VC Python API to it using my solution. I assume that e.g. VS code can provide similar auto-complete and documentation support for those Python libraries if you install them separately somewhere appropriate for your setup.