ok, i know this should be in the python forum,and i will be posting this there too.  My question to all you python gurus is, can someone make a python script that can take an older python script and update it so it then works with poser 2012? i have too many scripts that force me to fire up older versions of poser just to run them. very annoying, surely a script can be made to update other ones.

That's an interesting idea.  There are two different types of problem. 

(1)  A script that is only available in a compiled .PYC form can't be converted at all; it has to be rewritten by its author and then recompiled. 

(2) A script that's written in .PY form (readable text) typically needs only a couple of predictable changes that I know of. 

col=

needs to be changed to

column=

and

raise "some message"

needs to become

raise Exception("some message").  

There are other differences between versions, but those are the ones that come up most often here.

I'll try writing a batch converter for those changes.  I've got quite a few scripts with the raise Exception() problem, so I can test it and solve my own problem at the same time.

what is the benefit of pyc scripts over py?

The pyc format is compiled, allowing distribution of a script in a form that can't be read/modified/swiped by the end user.  Some people like them.

Another big update issue is Numeric to Numpy conversion.  Generally, one can fix any issues in that area with a few simple, predictable tricks that might be scriptable.  Sometimes there's a more complex problem which may require human thought.  :unsure:

Tk for the current Poser Python also has a bug in askopenfilenames, which has required that I update a few scripts.

thankyou for answering,i wondered why no one has made such a script to do this,shame,im sure alot of people would have found it usefull,and i certainly would have paid for one