my python file closing

[rwahdan]

I have 2 python files in the same directory. I have a menu that will call the 2nd python file to play a movie after choosing one. It is working fine up until I close the 2nd python file, I am not returning to my 1st python file, instead, it closes and it will finish the program. Is there a way to keep the first file open even if the user closes the second one?

in the first file in the menu i am running this function:

def play_video():
    stream = open("movie_player.py")
    read_file = stream.read()
    exec(read_file)

Note: I tried to have the 2 python files not from same directory but still the same, it is closing the 1st py file!

Thanks.

[Gribouillis]

Using exec() is arguably not the best way to run the other Python program. You could simply start a new process

import subprocess
import sys

def play_video():
    subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, 'movie_player.py'])