From ec55f7baf910ee09ec3a4847acd5dd6a16c1e2ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ChenYaoGang <chenyg@uniplore.io>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:18:34 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: `new PyDict()` or `new PyList()` will cause error for
 `python 3.11` runtime.

---
 OpenRPA.Script/Activities/InvokeCode.cs       | 17 +++++++++++------
 OpenRPA.Script/Activities/ScriptActivities.cs | 14 +++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OpenRPA.Script/Activities/InvokeCode.cs b/OpenRPA.Script/Activities/InvokeCode.cs
index 57ac039b..66bf43aa 100644
--- a/OpenRPA.Script/Activities/InvokeCode.cs
+++ b/OpenRPA.Script/Activities/InvokeCode.cs
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ protected override void Execute(CodeActivityContext context)
             Execute(context, code, language, Arguments, PipelineOutput);
         }
 
+        public static void InitPython()
+        {
+            if (python_doinit)
+            {
+                Python.Runtime.PythonEngine.Initialize();
+                _ = Python.Runtime.PythonEngine.BeginAllowThreads();
+                python_doinit = false;
+            }
+        }
+
         public void Execute(CodeActivityContext context, string code, string language, Dictionary<string, Argument> Arguments,
             OutArgument<Collection<System.Management.Automation.PSObject>> PipelineOutput)
         {
@@ -365,12 +375,7 @@ public void Execute(CodeActivityContext context, string code, string language, D
                         IntPtr lck = IntPtr.Zero;
                         try
                         {
-                            if (python_doinit)
-                            {
-                                Python.Runtime.PythonEngine.Initialize();
-                                _ = Python.Runtime.PythonEngine.BeginAllowThreads();
-                                python_doinit = false;
-                            }
+                            InitPython();
                             // lck = PythonEngine.AcquireLock();
                             doRelease = true;
                             using (Python.Runtime.Py.GIL())
diff --git a/OpenRPA.Script/Activities/ScriptActivities.cs b/OpenRPA.Script/Activities/ScriptActivities.cs
index d99fe490..ba84bdd8 100644
--- a/OpenRPA.Script/Activities/ScriptActivities.cs
+++ b/OpenRPA.Script/Activities/ScriptActivities.cs
@@ -527,7 +527,19 @@ protected override void Execute(CodeActivityContext context)
 
             if (language == "Python")
             {
-                args = ToPythonObject(args);
+                try
+                {
+                    InvokeCode.InitPython();
+                    using (Python.Runtime.Py.GIL())
+                    {
+                        args = ToPythonObject(args);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Log.Warning(ex.ToString());
+                    throw new Exception("Failed for 'ToPythonObject': " + ex.ToString());
+                }
             }
 
             rpa_args.Set(context, args);