<# .SYNOPSIS Starts the flask application in a virtual environment. .DESCRIPTION This script activates the virtual environment and starts the flask application. It only runs a single threaded instance of the application, so it is not suitable for production use. #> ## Check if the virtual environment exists if (-Not (Test-Path -Path ".\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1")) { Write-Host "Virtual environment not found. Please create it first." exit 1 } ## Activate the virtual environment & .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 ## Start the Flask application Write-Host "Starting the Flask application..." & .\.venv\Scripts\python.exe .\app.py