Noob interactive help problem

[FlankerOneTwo]

Hi all,

New to SharpCap scripting, thought I'd get started browsing through the interactive help in the Python Console. however typing help() results in the following error:
help> Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Program Files\SharpCap 4.1 (64 bit)\PythonLib.zip\_sitebuiltins.py", line 103, in __call__
File "C:\Program Files\SharpCap 4.1 (64 bit)\PythonLib.zip\pydoc.py", line 1846, in __call__
File "C:\Program Files\SharpCap 4.1 (64 bit)\PythonLib.zip\pydoc.py", line 1858, in interact
File "C:\Program Files\SharpCap 4.1 (64 bit)\PythonLib.zip\pydoc.py", line 1869, in getline
LookupError: unknown encoding: codepage___0
>>>

I've uninstalled and reinstalled, same result. Running the most recent release 4.1.11804, 64-bit with Pro license. Not sure if I've screwed something up or what. Script commands such as opening a camera, etc seem to work fine so I'm not sure what the problem is.

Thanks for helping out a noob!

-Patrick

[admin]

Hi Patrick,

I see the same when just running 'help()' at the console, however, I do get useful results when running either of

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helpme() # SharpCap's brief getting started help
help(SharpCap) # Help on the properties/methods of the global 'SharpCap' object

hope this helps,

Robin

[FlankerOneTwo]

Hi,

Those commands appear to work fine for me as well, I was a little concerned that somehow the install had become corrupted. Apparently I was misled by the startup prompt "Type "help", <...> for more information". Typing "help" results in "Type help() for interactive help, or help(object) <...>"

I guess I'll just script on and not worry about it. Thanks!

[admin]

Hi,

actually, looking at the error again, I think the root cause of it may be that the SharpCap Python environment does *not* support python code reading input from the terminal, which help tries to do. If you try to run

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x = input()

then you get the same 'Codepage 0' error. Since it can't read input from the terminal, the 'interactive' help doesn't work, but you can still use help(object).

I did look into supporting input() in the python console code - it turned out to be surprisingly complex for what is really quite a niche use case, so I didn't end up doing it.

cheers,

Robin