Writing To an Excel File -Python

The error message you're receiving may be due to a concurrency issue, which occurs when multiple processes try to access the same file at the same time. It's possible that the file is being accessed by another process or application, causing your script to fail.

One way to avoid this error is to use file locking to ensure that only one process can access the file at a time. Python provides a built-in module called flock that you can use to achieve this.

Here's an example of how you can use flock to lock the file before writing to it:

import fcntl

def WriteToLog(Message):
    curTime = aqDateTime.Now()
    cpu = Sys.CPUUsage + 100
    curUser = Sys.UserName
    excelFile = Excel.Open(Project.Variables.LogFile)
    excelSheet = excelFile.SheetByTitle["2023"]
    RowIndex = excelSheet.RowCount
    RowIndex = RowIndex+1
    
    with open(Project.Variables.LogFile, "a") as file:
        fcntl.flock(file, fcntl.LOCK_EX) # Lock the file
        file.write(f"{RowIndex}\tPassed\t{curUser}\t{curTime}\t{DDT.CurrentDriver.Value[3]}\t{DDT.CurrentDriver.Value[8]}\t...\t{str(DDT.CurrentDriver.Value[40])} Status\t{str(aqString.trim(DDT.CurrentDriver.Value[41]))} Status Change Dt\t{Message} Message\n")
        fcntl.flock(file, fcntl.LOCK_UN) # Unlock the file
    excelFile.Save()

In this example, we're using a context manager (with open(...) as file:) to open the file and automatically close it when we're done. We're also using the fcntl.flock() function to lock the file before writing to it (fcntl.LOCK_EX), and unlock it afterwards (fcntl.LOCK_UN).

Note that we're writing to the file using a single file.write() call, which reduces the number of times we need to access the file and minimizes the chances of a concurrency issue. Also, we're using tabs (\t) as a delimiter between the fields, but you can use any other character that suits your needs.

I hope this helps you avoid the error message you're receiving. Let me know if you have any questions! milestoneapply.com