# ImportViewDisplayMode through Python?

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**Category:** Rhino Developer\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [June 5, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/importviewdisplaymode-through-python/160992 "2023-06-05T08:34:02Z")\
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Is it possible to import a display mode through Python the same way as through rhinoscript’s Rhino.ImportViewDisplayMode(fileName, True) ?

I expected to find something in Rhino Common, but I couldn’t.  
(In Holomark2 I worked around this by adding data to the header of the .ini files, so I would like to to it with out doing than)

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**Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/importviewdisplaymode-through-python/160992/2 "2023-06-05T08:37:09Z")

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Found it.  
Rhino.Display.DisplayModeDescription.ImportFromFile(filename)