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Yes. Custom messages and UI interface is possible using python via the API. You can even call system messages in windows (useful in sandbox mode).

Calling ctypes to create a custom system message

Background: I’ve got a script that takes awhile to run, so I’d like to append a node at the end of the script which will cause a system window to pop up over whatever other windows I’ve got open so I know that it’s done. I can use Iron Python to run this code: [image] which get the results I want: [image] But when I run the same code in Dynamo: [image] I get this error message: [image] So my question: Why can I call ctypes in Iron Python but not inside dynamo? Do I need to import anoth…