open_file

class camelot.view.action_steps.open_file.OpenFile(path)

Open a file with the preferred application from the user. The absolute path is preferred, as this is most likely to work when running from an egg and in all kinds of setups.

Parameters:file_name – the absolute path to the file to open

The yield statement will return True if the file was opend successfull.

classmethod create_temporary_file(suffix)

Create a temporary filename that can be used to write to, and open later on.

Parameters:suffix – the suffix of the file to create Returns:the filename of the temporary file

get_path()

Returns:the path to the file that will be opened, use this method

to verify the content of the file in unit tests

class camelot.view.action_steps.open_file.OpenJinjaTemplate(template, context={}, environment=<camelot.core.templates.environment>, suffix='.txt')

Render a jinja template into a temporary file and open that file with the prefered application of the user.

Parameters:

• environment – a jinja2.Environment object to be used to load templates from.
• template – the name of the template as it can be fetched from the Jinja environment.
• suffix – the suffix of the temporary file to create, this will determine the application used to open the file.
• context – a dictionary with objects to be used when rendering the template

class camelot.view.action_steps.open_file.OpenStream(stream, suffix='.txt')

Write a stream to a temporary file and open that file with the preferred application of the user.

Parameters:

• stream – the stream to write to a file
• suffix – the suffix of the temporary file

class camelot.view.action_steps.open_file.OpenString(string, suffix='.txt')

Write a string to a temporary file and open that file with the preferred application of the user.

Parameters:

• string – the string to write to a file
• suffix – the suffix of the temporary file

class camelot.view.action_steps.open_file.WordJinjaTemplate(template, context={}, environment=<camelot.core.templates.environment>, suffix='.xml')

Render a jinja template into a temporary file and open that file with microsoft word through the use of COM objects.

Parameters:

• environment – a jinja2.Environment object to be used to load templates from.
• template – the name of the template as it can be fetched from the Jinja environment.
• suffix – the suffix of the temporary file to create, this will determine the application used to open the file.
• context – a dictionary with objects to be used when rendering the template