Run External script from indesign javascript

[$rikanth]

HI,

The below code was not executed in Windows & Mac please guide.

var myJavaScriptFile = new File("~/Desktop/websterdict.py");

myJavaScriptFile.execute();

[Manan Joshi]

I don't know if python script is directly executable. However you can embed the command to execute your py script inside a shell script as I mentioned in the other thread you created here

-Manan

[Laubender]

Hi $rikanth,

how did you execute the ExtendScript code?

Was it a *.jsx file stored in the Scripts panel's User folder of InDesign?

Did you do a double-click on the *.jsx file that was stored somewhere on your harddisk?

Something else?

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

[Test Screen Name]

Don't forget to test the command line in Terminal. Did you chmod the script?