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#20 Crash when saving preferences on Win NT 4.0

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2004-10-07
2004-09-30
Anonymous
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Programm crashes (pure virtual function call) on saving
preferences.
DrPython 3.5.3
Windows NT 4.0
Python 2.3

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  • Daniel Pozmanter

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    I'll need some more information:

    What version of wxPython are you using?

    Do you get a dialog box?
    Do you get a traceback? (To get a traceback,
    run from a prompt, or open drpython.py in drpython, and
    run it from the program).

    When it crashes, does it crash if you save preferences
    without changing it? Specific preferences?
    Does 3.4.9 crash as well?

     
  • Daniel Pozmanter

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  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    The problem does not occur on 3.5.0. I do not get a
    traceback since python crashes totally (dialog box:
    unhandled exception in python.exe)

    I get the error without changing anything. I start drpython (I
    have also tested to delete preferences.dat first) ->
    Options/Preferences -> Save -> Crash!!!

    I am using wxpython 2.5.1.5.

     
  • Franz Steinhaeusler

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    if you delete or rename preferences.dat before,
    does is exist after the crash?
    What are the last entries in preferences.dat?
    in mine, it is:
    <print.tab.width>2</print.tab.width>

    Maybe you could try:

    remove the try except IOError statements in drPrefsfile.py in
    fuction onbtnsave.
    drPrefsFile.WritePreferences(self.GetPreferences(), preffile)
    If you still get no traceback, try inserting after every line
    in onbtnsave a print statement and when the crash happens,
    you can discover, where it is.
    If you found the offending function, you can put
    print statements into this again.

     
  • Franz Steinhaeusler

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    if the file is 0 byte, you could add
    after exec(e) in WritePreferences in drPrefsfile.py
    fin.flush(), and then you can see the last entry,
    which was written successfully.

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    Hi,

    I have tested version 3.5.5.

    I have traced the problem with print statements. A
    preference file gets saved, but when I run drpython next
    time it complains about it.

    The error occurs in drpython.py within the function
    updatePrefs(self, oldprefs) in the following line (about line
    no. 3363)

    self.toolbar = wx.ToolBar(self, -1, wx.DefaultPosition,
    wx.DefaultSize, wx.TB_HORIZONTAL)

     
  • Daniel Pozmanter

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    Gotcha. I think I know what is going on.
    If you want you rname in the credits (as opposed to
    anonymous bug-report), send an email, or post here.

    I will probably release the next version sometime tonight.

    Cheers,
    Dan

     
  • Daniel Pozmanter

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    Right. No idea of what is going on. I am unable to
    reproduce this bug at all.

    Have you tried upgrading to wxPython 2.5.2.8?
    Does this crash 3.4.9, or 3.3.x?

     
  • gero

    gero - 2004-10-06

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    The problem seems to be the toolbar update. Toolbar
    configuration -> Update also crashes. I upgraded to
    wxpython 2.5.2.8 and I still have the problem. Maybe it is a
    wxwidgets-on-windows-NT bug.

    However, everything still works with DrPython 3.5.0.

     
  • Daniel Pozmanter

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    Allright. I changed the way the toolbar is added/removed.
    (I now use the built in method, to ensure the sizing is
    correct).

    I have attached a possible workaround.
    Plop it in your drpython-3.5.6 directory,
    and run it from the command line (or run it in drpy).

    Try:

    1. Updating without changing anything.
    2. Setting the ToolBar Icon Size to 0, then Updating.
    3. Setting it from 0 to 24, then Updating.

    Does any of this work now?

     
  • Daniel Pozmanter

    Patched DrPython

     
  • gero

    gero - 2004-10-07

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    The line 3367 in your patched drpython.py:
    self.SetToolBar(None)
    right after self.DestroyToolBar() in updatePrefs() solved the
    problem. The same problem occurs in drToolBarDialog.py,
    line 406. If I add a line self.parent.SetToolBar(None) just
    after self.parent.DestroyToolBar() then it works. I
    commented out lines 403 and 404 before, which seem to do
    something similar.
    Thank you very much for your help!

     
  • Daniel Pozmanter

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  • Daniel Pozmanter

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    Glad to have helped!
    Thanks for the testing.

    This has been fixed 3.5.7.

    In drToolBarDialog, I just moved the code to get rid of the
    toolbar to within the same if clause.

    I also made sure to edit updatePrefs so the SetToolBar(None)
    always comes after DestroyToolBar().

    Best,
    Dan

     

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