From 69453964b49d428cb8a111b0890980ccbcc5539f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jean-pierre charras <jp.charras@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2022 18:26:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] pcbnew_scripting_helpers: fix a potential crash when running
 a script outside kicad. BOARD* LoadBoard( wxString& aFileName,
 IO_MGR::PCB_FILE_T aFormat ) crashes if a old project file (*.pro) exists and
 the *.kicad_pro file doses not exists. The crash happens when trying to
 convert the old config outside kicad.

---
 pcbnew/python/scripting/pcbnew_scripting_helpers.cpp | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pcbnew/python/scripting/pcbnew_scripting_helpers.cpp b/pcbnew/python/scripting/pcbnew_scripting_helpers.cpp
index 08069fedb0..e88d9693a7 100644
--- a/pcbnew/python/scripting/pcbnew_scripting_helpers.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/python/scripting/pcbnew_scripting_helpers.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,11 @@ BOARD* LoadBoard( wxString& aFileName, IO_MGR::PCB_FILE_T aFormat )
 
     if( !project )
     {
-        GetSettingsManager()->LoadProject( projectPath, false );
-        project = GetSettingsManager()->GetProject( projectPath );
+        if( wxFileExists( projectPath ) )
+        {
+            GetSettingsManager()->LoadProject( projectPath, false );
+            project = GetSettingsManager()->GetProject( projectPath );
+        }
     }
     else if( s_PcbEditFrame && project == &GetSettingsManager()->Prj() )
     {