I'm trying to open a toolbox prepared in ArcGis 10.0 in ArcGis 10.1 but it crashes the entire application. No error message is shown.
Any ideas what might cause the problem? Or how to debug it?
[GIS] Toolbox from 10.0 causes an ArcGis 10.1 crash
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I can publish on "ArcGIS Server 10.0" MXD files generated by "ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1", but I have to use the menu "File"->"Save a copy"->"ArcMap 10.0 Document".
By other hand, using the same "ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1", I made some MSD files via ArcPython, but I got an error when trying to publish this MSD on "ArcGIS Server 10.0".
The only thing I see in your code that could cause this problem is that you are setting the MXD value to "CURRENT", which is fine... IF you have an MXD open (executing the script tool from within ArcMap).
I was able to cause your code to fail with the same response if I tried executing the code form the stand-alone ArcCatalog application. Is that what you were doing?
Screenshot using ArcCatalog to execute a Script Tool
If trying to run the script from stand-alone ArcCatalog was your problem, you have two options to run your script.
1. Run the Script Tool from the Catalog tab within the ArcMap
2. Application Set the MXD parameter as a path to a valid MXD
arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"c:\path\to\your\map.mxd")
You can read more details about the use of the arcpy.Mapping.MapDocument class here
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I found the issue. I didn't have the PATH and PYTHONPATH variables set correctly. Apparently if the ArcGis 10.1 doesn't find a python interpreter it crashes silently...
I found the solution at: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/60080-ArcMAP-10.1-Crashes-opening-the-ArcToolbox-window.
Go to Advanced system settings. In the window that comes up, go to the Advanced tab, then at the bottom click Environment Variables. Click in the list of system variables and start typing Python, and repeat for System variables, just to make certain that you don't have mis-set variables for PYTHONPATH or PYTHONHOME. Next, add new system variables: PYTHONPATH, set to C:\Python27\ ArcGIS10.1. PYTHONHOME, set to C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.1\ set PATH=%PYTHONHOME%;%PATH%