Ax.AcadBlock.insertBlock inappropriate error type when block does not exist

[gswifort]

When the block exists everything is ok, if not - I get this message.

msp.insertBlock(Ge.Point3d(0.0, 0.0, 0.0), name, Ge.Scale3d(1.0), 0.0)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x9c in position 19: invalid start byte

[CEXT-Dan]

I assume, if the block does not exist, then ‘name’ should be the full path for the .dwg file to insert
To create a new block , one would use the block collection. I still need to work out the error messages, they’re a bit unreliable

from pyrx import Rx, Ge, Gi, Db, Ap, Ed, Ax, command

@command
def xdoit():
    axApp = Ap.Application.acadApplication()
    axDoc = axApp.activeDocument()

    newBlockName = "WOOHOO"
    axBlocks = axDoc.blocks()

    names = [blk.name() for blk in axBlocks]
    if not newBlockName in names:
        btr = axBlocks.add(Ge.Point3d(0, 0, 0), newBlockName)
        btr.addCircle(Ge.Point3d(0, 0, 0), 5)

    axSpace = axDoc.modelSpace()
    bref = axSpace.insertBlock(Ge.Point3d(0, 0, 0), newBlockName, Ge.Scale3d(1.0), 0.0)


@command
def xdoit2():
    axApp = Ap.Application.acadApplication()
    axDoc = axApp.activeDocument()
    axSpace = axDoc.modelSpace()
    pth = "M:\\Dev\\Projects\\PyRxGit\\tests\\media\\18X36RP.dwg"
    bref = axSpace.insertBlock(Ge.Point3d(0, 0, 0), pth, Ge.Scale3d(1.0), 0.0)

[CEXT-Dan]

added AcadBlocks.has('name') so there's no need to iterate the table

from pyrx import Rx, Ge, Gi, Db, Ap, Ed, Ax, command

@command
def xdoit():
    axApp = Ap.Application.acadApplication()
    axDoc = axApp.activeDocument()

    newBlockName = "WOOHOO"
    axBlocks = axDoc.blocks()
    if not axBlocks.has(newBlockName): # has
        btr = axBlocks.add(Ge.Point3d(0, 0, 0), newBlockName)
        btr.addCircle(Ge.Point3d(0, 0, 0), 5)

    axSpace = axDoc.modelSpace()
    bref = axSpace.insertBlock(Ge.Point3d(0, 0, 0), newBlockName, Ge.Scale3d(1.0), 0.0)