[Ming-users] text getWidth Python error

[Andrew W. <and...@al...>]

Hello,
 I'm trying to use the getWidth() function on a text object, I get the
following error on both Ming-0.0.3 and the latest CVS build.

>>python text.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "text.py", line 16, in ?
    i.moveTo(160-t.getWidth("fnar! fnar!")/2, 120+t.getAscent()/2)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ming.py", line 503, in getWidth
    return mingc.SWFText_getStringWidth(self.this, string)
TypeError: Type error. Got fnar! fnar!, expected _p_unsigned_char


Any idea's what's wrong here?  The original code is

#!/usr/bin/env python

from ming import *

f = SWFFont("ArialSpecialG1.fdb")
t = SWFText()
t.setFont(f)
t.setColor(0x80, 0x00, 0x80)
t.setHeight(60)
t.addString("fnar! fnar!")

m = SWFMovie()
m.setDimension(320, 240)

i = m.add(t)
i.moveTo(160-t.getWidth("fnar! fnar!")/2, 120+t.getAscent()/2)

#print 'Content-type: application/x-shockwave-flash'

m.save("text.swf")


Thanks
  Andrew