Cannot import AutoIt Library into Ride

[Acetylen3]

I'm using Windows 10, Python 2.7.
When I try to deploy Ride to run robot tests on Windows 10, I found Ride cannot import keywords from AutoItLibrary, but Ride is able to run test with AutoItLibrary Keywords.
I used pip in Python 2.7 to install everything.

[lucyking]

Could you run ride.py in cmd console and reproduce this issue, then paste the output log here?

[Acetylen3]

Could you run ride.py in cmd console and reproduce this issue, then paste the output log here?

20190325 10:13:11.110 [INFO]: Found Robot Framework version 3.1.1 from C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robot.

20190325 10:13:11.110 [INFO]: Started RIDE 1.7.3.1 using python version 2.7.15 with wx version 4.0.4 in win32.

20190325 10:39:21.889 [WARN]: Importing test library "AutoItLibrary" failed

Traceback (most recent call last):
Initializing test library 'AutoItLibrary' with no arguments failed: RobotNotRunningError: Cannot access execution context
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robotide\lib\robot\running\testlibraries.py", line 167, in get_instance
return libcode(*self.positional_args, **dict(self.named_args))
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\AutoItLibrary_init.py", line 88, in init
self._OutputDir = self.get_log_dir()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\AutoItLibrary_init.py", line 182, in _get_log_dir
variables = BuiltIn().get_variables()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robot\libraries\BuiltIn.py", line 1293, in get_variables
return self._variables.as_dict(decoration=is_falsy(no_decoration))
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robot\libraries\BuiltIn.py", line 75, in _variables
return self._namespace.variables
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robot\libraries\BuiltIn.py", line 71, in _namespace
return self._get_context().namespace
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robot\libraries\BuiltIn.py", line 66, in _get_context
raise RobotNotRunningError('Cannot access execution context')
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robotide\spec\librarymanager.py", line 87, in _fetch_keywords
return get_import_result(path, library_args)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robotide\spec\libraryfetcher.py", line 24, in get_import_result
lib = robotapi.TestLibrary(path, args)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robotide\lib\robot\running\testlibraries.py", line 54, in TestLibrary
lib.create_handlers()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robotide\lib\robot\running\testlibraries.py", line 100, in create_handlers
self._create_handlers(self.get_instance())
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robotide\lib\robot\running\testlibraries.py", line 159, in get_instance
self._libinst = self._get_instance(self._libcode)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robotide\lib\robot\running\testlibraries.py", line 169, in _get_instance
self._raise_creating_instance_failed()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robotide\lib\robot\running\testlibraries.py", line 314, in _raise_creating_instance_failed
% (self.name, args_text, msg, details))

[lucyking]

1. Could you using python 3.7.x if possible?
2. Try manually include BuiltIn lib first:

*** Settings ***
Library           BuiltIn
Library           AutoItLibrary

[Acetylen3]

1. Could you using python 3.7.x if possible?
2. Try manually include BuiltIn lib first:

*** Settings ***
Library           BuiltIn
Library           AutoItLibrary

1. I will try to migrate to Python 3.7, that means AutoItLibrary is dropping support to Python 2.7?
2. I have tried but it give the same error as above in the log.

[lucyking]

@Acetylen3 It support Python 2.7 in fact. Just try to confirm that there's no relation between python version and this issue.

[Acetylen3]

@lucyking I keep using Python 2.7 is just because of dependence issue with other Robot Library.

[lucyking]

Migration always takes a lot of time. keeping the version seems better.
then, could you provide a demo.robot which can reproduce the issue?

[Acetylen3]

Migration always takes a lot of time. keeping the version seems better.
then, could you provide a demo.robot which can reproduce the issue?

I can reproduce the issue even with a empty robot test script:
*** Settings ***
Library BuiltIn
Library AutoItLibrary <---- Highlighted in red

*** Test Cases ***
case 1
BuiltIn.Sleep 1s

Did the Traceback provide any useful information?

[lucyking]

Of course, your simple demo make sense to solving the issue.
I'll try to set up a py2.x env and reproduce the issue next.

[Acetylen3]

Of course, your simple demo make sense to solving the issue.
I'll try to set up a py2.x env and reproduce the issue next.

I can get around this issue by downgrading robotframework-autoitlibrary from v1.2.3 to v1.2.2
From the stack-trace, the problem seems to be caused by calling robot builtin library without under robot execution context.
I hope it may help.

[lucyking]

I've fixed this issue, which instroduced by v1.2.3 indeed. Pls update to v1.2.4, everything goes well.