# Shared Script from Gateway Event in 8.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [April 30, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-from-gateway-event-in-8-0/24533 "2019-04-30T22:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shawn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shawn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-from-gateway-event-in-8-0/24533/1 "2019-04-30T22:48:32Z")
How should I call a shared script from a Gateway Timer Event in 8.0? I’ve created a project named “Shared”, added a project library named “paintLine” to it, and set it as the “Gateway Scripting Project” in the gateway configuration. In another project I have a Gateway Timer Event and I’ve tried using: shared.paintLine.SomeMethod() Shared.paintLine.SomeMethod() paintLine.SomeMethod() These fail with: “No module named shared” “NameError: name ‘Shared’ is not defined” “NameError: name ‘paintLine’ is not defined” What is the right way to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-from-gateway-event-in-8-0/24533/2 "2019-04-30T22:53:34Z")
That setting is for scripts executing on the gateway that aren’t tied to a project - like in tags. Gateway Event Scripts belong to a project and so your script package should be defined there (or in any project that the current project inherits from). ---
**Author:** ![shawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shawn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shawn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-from-gateway-event-in-8-0/24533/3 "2019-05-01T00:29:56Z")
Ok, that is helpful to know. So, I copied the methods into the same project that has the gateway event and put them in a library named “util”. When trying from the gateway timer event: util.SomeMethod() project.util.SomeMethod() fail with: “NameError: global name ‘util’ is not defined” “NameError: global name ‘project’ is not defined” Is there some syntax I’m missing? ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-from-gateway-event-in-8-0/24533/4 "2019-05-01T16:10:16Z")
If you’re able to, try on 8.0.1 - there were some bugs about package management that are fixed in the RC. ---
**Author:** ![shawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shawn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shawn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-from-gateway-event-in-8-0/24533/5 "2019-05-01T20:21:45Z")
Thank you, 8.0.1rc1 fixed the issue. ---
**Author:** ![RC23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@RC23](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RC23)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-from-gateway-event-in-8-0/24533/6 "2022-04-27T13:26:26Z")
Has this been changed/improved in 8.1.13? I’d like to have my gateway events in a separate project and available/callable for other projects? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-from-gateway-event-in-8-0/24533/7 "2022-04-27T13:37:58Z")
There’s no intention to change this. Gateway Event Scripts aren’t how you encapsulate code you want to share between projects - use packages and scripts defined in the Project Library of a project that others will inherit. ---
**Author:** ![RC23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@RC23](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RC23)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-script-from-gateway-event-in-8-0/24533/8 "2022-04-27T13:40:00Z")
Thank you very much for the info!