python scripting

[emills]

OS: Windows 7
Platform: 32-bit
Version: 0.13.1828
Python version: 2.6.2
Qt version: 4.5.2
Coin version: 3.1.0
SoQt version: 1.4.1
OCC version: 6.3.0

hi, i'm trying to use the following snippet (that i lifted from one of Werner's examples) in my code

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shape = App.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.Shape

and it works in the console, but when i embed it in a script and run the script i get

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:/Users/Edward/Desktop/EVM/freecad stuff/FCPython\reconstruct_SVG_import.py", line 4, in <module>
    shape = App.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.Shape
NameError: name 'App' is not defined

here are the imports at the beginning of my script

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import Part
from FreeCAD import Base
from FreeCAD import Gui
import math

i don't know where to pull "App" from. I don't know if this is the best method to pass my selection.

my goal here is to extract BSpline info from imported SVG files, and if i put each line in the interpreter it all works. Any help greatly appreciated

[shoogen]

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import FreeCAD
import FreeCADGui
App=FreeCAD
Gui=FreeCADGui

[emills]

thanks, that works.