Geoff Armstrong writes:

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data = open(file, 'r') return data

....and I get this result:

Error Type: NameError Error Value: open This is normal in a Python Script.

I cannot believe that it happens in an External Method, too. They are completely unrestricted... Or, to say it differently: I use "open" in External Methods over and over again without any problem. Dieter