And another thought:

    ...
    sTmp = os.getenv('APPDATA')
    print "%APPDATA% is: ", sTmp
    fileaddr =  os.path.join(sTmp,'3DCheapskate-Poser-DAZ-SmartPlus','SmartPlusData.txt')
    if os.path.exists(fileaddr):
        print "DATAFILE LOCATED: ", fileaddr
        locatedfile = fileaddr
    else:
        ...

gives me...

%APPDATA% is:  C:UsersdAppDataRoaming
DATAFILE NOT FOUND:  C:UsersdAppDataRoaming3DCheapskate-Poser-DAZ-SmartPlusSmartPlusData.txt

So I now see a minor problem I hadn't thought of before. I can easily put the default datafile in the required location on my computer. But when I release the updated script (and related stuff) how do I get the default datafile into the correct location on the user's system ?

I see two options:

Tell the user they have to put it there.
Create the file from within my script.

Any thoughts,suggestions, recommendations ?

(and yes, I think this is now getting off-topic from the thread title, which I don'tlike to do. So maybe time to start a new thread.)

The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident. And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU or something else.
*soon only to be available in two flavours - DAZ and Renderosity

Forum: Poser Python Scripting

Subject: How do you avoid UAC problems writing to poser.AppLocation() subfolders ?