App Development Documentation

What’s New

How-to Guides – Basic

ZEISS INSPECT Python API Introduction
Selecting elements in scripts
Using the App Editor
App file format
Selecting a file or folder
User-defined Dialogs
Dialog widgets
Executing dialogs
Scripting solutions
Frequently asked questions

How-to Guides – Intermediate

Using Visual Studio Code as App editor
Documenting Apps
Custom elements
Using script resources
Working with stages
Project keywords handling
Localization of Apps
Testing Apps

How-to Guides – Expert

Wizard widget control
Creating wizard dialogs (deprecated)
Using an additional Python GUI library
Using shared environments
Using Python wheelhouses
Adding workspaces to Apps
Workflow Assistant
Using services
Using Custom Diagrams
Using Jupyter Notebook
Using Jupyter Notebook with VSCode
Software and script starting options
Adding and using specific Python versions
Scripting with legacy projects (part-less)

Python API Examples

Introduction to the Python API Examples
ZEISS INSPECT App Examples Overview

Python API Specification

ZEISS INSPECT App Python API documentation
gom.Resource API

App Development Documentation

ZEISS INSPECT 2026 Released

ZEISS INSPECT 2026 Released

We are happy to announce that ZEISS INSPECT 2026 has been released. Watch out for App development related enhancements and new features!

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