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I placed a text file in the same directory as models.py and wrote a file opening and reading code in models.py to open and read the file content. I have set all permissions of the file properly as well. But the file is not read. I'm not sure whether it's a location error. The code works well independently (that means if the python code is run alone, not within odoo). Please help me in this...

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Please add your code here so we can see what might be wrong with it.

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I just found the solution for this Yenthe... thanks for the interest :) I'll add it as an answer

i already given you the test code. You can refer this link :- https://www.odoo.com/forum/help-1/question/load-external-file-script-via-action-button-click-93256

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I just found the solution, I set the absolute path to where the .txt file is found.

 import os
 path = os.path.expanduser('<absolute path to .txt file>')
 logFile = open(path, 'r')

this worked.

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The solution you found works in your computer, but it'll break if you try to use the module anywhere else. A better solution is to get the path of your module, then append the .txt file name:

def get_txt_path():
directory_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
return os.path.join(directory_path, 'filename.txt')

By the way, unless you have a good reason not to do so, I advise you to use "with open(...) as logFile:" instead of "logFile = open(...)", since it makes sure it'll always close the file, even if there's an exception. Otherwise, you might leak file handles.

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I do agree with the statement from app. It is better to get the path of the module and then append, its more dynamic.

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thank you for the information app (Y)... I'll change my code...

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thank you for the information app (Y)... I'll change my code...

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Hello, please help i'm having the same problem and i did what u adviced but i still can't write the txt file,

im creating a module in odoo 8 , using ubuntu 18 and  docker.

this is my code :

from openerp import models, fields, api
import os

class odooimppn(models.Model):
    _name = 'odoo_imppn.content'
    _description = 'Odoo imppn content'

    def test(self):
        results = "this is a test to see if we are able to write on a text file located inside the module"
        path = os.path.expanduser('./etc/odoo/addons/odoo_imppn/IMPPN_tests.txt')
        fileIMPPN = open(path, 'r+')
        fileIMPPN.write(results)
        fileIMPPN.close()


test()

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