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Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

hajime2MRG3 — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:12:35 GMT

The "Edit" button should launch VSCode. But now, it doesn't. I found it with my Windows 11, and verified with Windows 11 Enterprise Evaluation (here) on VirtualBox 7.0.12. VSCode has been changed something?

Re: Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

KarlRBS — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:33:06 GMT

The same happened to me today. I believe it was a change in the just released v2024.4.0 of the VSCode python extension. Unfortunately, downgrading the extension to the previously working v2024.2.1 did not solve the problem for me. Luckily it was a fairly simple fix for me so we don't have to wait for Fusion to be updated.

All we have to do is edit the pre-run.py file to change "pythonFiles" to "python_files". This script can be found in Fusion by opening Preferences > API and navigating to the "Default Path for Scripts and Add-Ins." From here, we just need to navigate to the ./Python/vscode directory where the script is stored. On a Mac, the full path may look like "/Users/<username_goes_here>/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Autodesk Fusion 360/API/Python/vscode/pre-run.py". Edit this file and find "pythonFiles" when setting msPythonPath and change it to "python_files". Restart Fusion and you should be good to go with v2024.4.0 of the ms-python.python extension. Here's the full difference:

+++ pre-run.py 2024-04-04 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ msPythonPath = os.path.expandvars(msPythons[0][0].path) index = msPythonPath.rfind('.') version = int(msPythonPath[index+1:]) - msPythonPath = os.path.join(msPythonPath, 'pythonFiles', 'lib','python') + msPythonPath = os.path.join(msPythonPath, 'python_files', 'lib','python') msPythonPath = os.path.normpath(msPythonPath) if os.path.exists(msPythonPath) and os.path.isdir(msPythonPath): return msPythonPath

The reason for this change is described in the vscode-python changelog where it notes Issue #22921 "Rename pythonFiles to python_files". Hope that works for you too!

Re: Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

hajime2MRG3 — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:58:29 GMT

It worked like a charm! Thank you!

Re: Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

OceanHydroAU — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:04:16 GMT

me too - worked fine thismorning, now I can't get anything done!

The above solution did nothing for me (Windows 10N)

** Update - you have to close and restart Fusion for this to start working.

Also fixes "debug":

It probably should not be marked as "Fixed" ... editing system files manually is a workaround - someone else really needs to find and fix the root problem here.

Re: Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

JeromeBriot — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:00:24 GMT

The above fix did not completely resolve the issue on my PC (Windows 11). There was something wrong with the Python Debugger extension :

20240405T114111 I .15948 VSCode:Starting script run 20240405T114111 I .15948 VSCode:Python manager initializing 20240405T114111 I .15948 VSCode:Running script 20240405T114111 I .15948 VSCode:Python manager initializing 20240405T114111 I .15948 VSCode:Running python script 20240405T114111 E .15948 NUBASE.PYTHON: failed to start python debugger: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'debugpy' 20240405T114111 I .15948 VSCode:Launching visual studio code editor failed

I had to downgrade the "Python" extension and the "Python Debugger" extension in VS Code to version v2024.2.1 and to version v2024.2.0

Re: Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

en9y37 — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 16:05:19 GMT

It worked to me too. Thanks a lot!!!!

Re: Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

JeromeBriot — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 06:12:37 GMT

On Windows, the pre-run.py file is located under :

C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\webdeploy\production\b6226a03d2af9e144aa8b1b7e17cf8eb0cd990f1\Python\vscode

If you don't find the b6226a03d2af9e144aa8b1b7e17cf8eb0cd990f1 folder, search for the newest one.

Re: Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

GAAS.Design — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:22:03 GMT

edit: still broken

Re: Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

erik_per_rosen — Sat, 04 May 2024 21:33:37 GMT

Hey, I tried this but sadly it dosen't seem to work anymore. Is there some other solution?

Re: Cannot launch VSCode by "Scripts and Add-ins" -> "Edit"

BrianEkins — Sun, 05 May 2024 00:20:37 GMT

See this post for a solution.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-api-and-scripts/can-t-edit-or-debug-my-python-scripts/m-p/12753123#M21475