From f9b6e2c33b387da6741fd4b3d1811739f91fc073 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wandererfan <wandererfan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 13:19:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [TD]add check for Gui up

---
 src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.cpp | 8 ++++++++
 src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.cpp
index e6e58c846c..60a7bd92d2 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.cpp
@@ -1887,6 +1887,14 @@ std::string DrawUtil::cleanFilespecBackslash(const std::string& filespec)
     return noBackslash;
 }
 
+//! returns true if the Gui module and its event loop are active.
+bool DrawUtil::isGuiUp()
+{
+    std::string pyCommand{"import FreeCAD\nguiState = FreeCAD.GuiUp"};
+    std::string result{Base::Interpreter().runStringWithKey(pyCommand.c_str(), "guiState", "None")};
+    return  (result == "1");
+}
+
 
 //============================
 // various debugging routines.
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.h
index 3eec9bed80..9e4a9edcee 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawUtil.h
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ public:
 
     static std::string cleanFilespecBackslash(const std::string& filespec);
 
+    static bool isGuiUp();
 
     //debugging routines
     static void dumpVertexes(const char* text, const TopoDS_Shape& s);