Part of my python program uses subprocess to open a vbs script.
path = os.sep.join(['C:','Users',getpass.getuser(),'Desktop','Program','build','exe.win32-3.6','vbs.vbs'])
subprocess.call([sys.executable, path])
But instead of executing my vbs script it tries to run it as a python code and gives me: NameError: msgbox is not defined. And when i manually run vbs script it works.
I want python to normally execute the vbs script. Not run it as python code.
sys.executable points to the system's Python executable. In your case that'd probably be something like C:\Python27\python.exe. You should print it out and see for yourself.
To execute VBScripts, you'd want to use C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe.
Additionally, using os.path.join() is more suited to the task than os.sep.join().
So you'd end up with:
system32 = os.path.join(os.environ['SystemRoot'], 'system32')
wscript = os.path.join(system32, 'wscript.exe')
path = os.sep.join(['C:','Users',getpass.getuser(),'Desktop','Program','build','exe.win32-3.6','vbs.vbs'])
subprocess.call([wscript, path])
This is exactly what you are telling subprocess to do. From the docs
sys.executable
A string giving the absolute path of the executable binary for the Python interpreter, on systems where this makes sense. If Python is unable to retrieve the real path to its executable,
sys.executablewill be an empty string orNone.
sys.executableis the Python interpreter. Use the name of the executable you want to run the.vbsfile with instead.