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I have a Python 3 script named main.py It runs when executed in Pycharm. I want to run this script from PAD but can't figure out how to call it. I tried to use AI to suggest a way forward. One iteration was to create a ps1 file and call that. That file was as shown below. Can someone please point me in the right direction. TIA

# Specify the path to your Python executable
$python_executable = "C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\python.exe"

# Specify the path to your Python script
$python_script = "D:\Projects\Python\ocr_file\main.py"

# Construct the command to run the Python script
$command = "$python_executable $python_script"

# Print the command
Write-Host "Command to run Python script: $command"

# Execute the Python script
Invoke-Expression $command

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MKhan1 2 on at

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Had almost the same issue just a while ago. I have the Anaconda distribution and was able to run my python script with below 2 steps. Hope it helps. To add more details: It opens a power shell window and runs the script. You can add another step to close the window after script has completed running.

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Im not sure how to use this since I dont have Anaconda. Can I use the Run Poweshell Script Action?

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I got it to work with this code and the help of Claude AI
The python script is running an API that performs OCR. It was getting the API key from a .env (environment variable) file in the same Pycharm project. Powershell didnt work until I hard coded the apikey in the Python script instead of getting it from the .env file/

This is my entry to the Run Powershell Script Dialog.
$pythonPath = "C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local\Programs/Python/Python311/python.exe"
$scriptPath = "D:/Projects/Python/ocr_file/main.py"
& "$pythonPath" "$scriptPath"
Write-Host "Script ran"

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