diff --git a/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/scripts/TestClass.py b/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/scripts/TestClass.py
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+++ b/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/scripts/TestClass.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+    TestClass
+"""
+class TestClass:
+    CLASS_DATA_MEMBER = 1
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if TestClass.CLASS_DATA_MEMBER==1:
+        print "SUCCESS"
+    else: 
+        print "Complete failure"
+        
+        
+        
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diff --git a/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/scripts/execute_test.py b/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/scripts/execute_test.py
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..985d219f79cac0a1a0578d6bf04d9abea9f333bc
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+++ b/Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/scripts/execute_test.py
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+"""
+    When run within Mantiplot, this script should print SUCCESS
+"""
+from TestClass import *
+
+if TestClass.CLASS_DATA_MEMBER==1:
+    print "SUCCESS"
+else: 
+    print "Complete failure"