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[Boa Constr] problems adding constraints

[Boras, W. <Way...@hy...>]

Hello,

First of all I would just like to say that I think Boa is fantastic! I cannot, however, successfully add layout constraints using Boa. Here are the problems I am having:

1. When new Constraints are added using the Collection Editor, the only available constraints are Left, Right, Top, Bottom. There is no way to add any other types of constraints, e.g. Width or Height.

2. When defining the individual Constraint, the OtherWindow cell doesn't do anything. I think this is where I should be able to specify the object that I want this constraint to be relative to, but I
am not sure.

3. If I fully constrain an object using Left, Right, Top and Bottom constraints, and edit the code to include the OtherWindow specification, the constraint still does not seem to work. 

If anyone could please send me an example of sucessfully implemented constraints or tell me what I'm doing wrong, I would be very appreciative.

Thank you.

Wayne Boras

Re: [Boa Constr] Bug with static text

[Dirk-Ulrich H. <he...@ad...>]

> Hi,
> 
> I cannot reproduce this problem :(
> Can you consistently reproduce it?
> 

Ooh - wrong description by me:
When i change the "label" entry (which i suppose
should be the text appearing), it doesn't crash.
But when i change the "Name" entry (i confused the 
two at the beginning), it crashes. Sorry.

> With the "Hook" button do you mean the Post button (blue tick)?

Yes.

Dipl.Inform. Dirk-Ulrich Heise
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Re: [Boa Constr] Segfault adding static text w/large font

[Albert W. <alw...@tc...>]

Hi, Riaan.
I can make this happen by:
	1) Builder-->New
	2) Editor-->Frame Desinger
	3) Builder-->BasicControls-->drag/add staticText
	4) click to expose drag points and resize
	5) Inspector-->Props-->Font-->NewCenturySchoolBook,24pt
	6) click to hide drag points -- Boom


Riaan Booysen wrote:
> 
> Hi Albert,
> 
> Sorry, I missed this message first time round.
> 
> Albert Wagner wrote:
> >
> > Great Product.  Keep it up.  I need this.
> >
> > But...:(
> > Boa segfaulted after adding static text object in Designer and changing
> > font property to: New Century SchoolBook, 24pt
> >
> > I'm on RH6.1; wxGTK2.2.1; boa0.0.4
> 
> I tried this but cannot reproduce it.
> Did it crash right after OKing the font dialog or when changing to
> another property?
> 
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[Boa Constr] Re: Splitter and Boa Constructor

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Hi Jeff, 

Jeff Kunce wrote:
> 
> Can anyone tell me the steps I need to follow in BoaConstructor
> to set up a SplitterWindow? I'd like to end up with something like:
> 
>         splitter1 = wxSplitterWindow(self, ...)
>         panel1 = wxPanel(splitter1, ...)
>         panel2 = wxPanel(splitter2, ...)
>         splitter1.SplitHorizontally(panel1, panel2)
>         splitter1.SetSashPosition(180, true)
>         splitter1.SetMinimumPaneSize(90)
> 
> Thanks
> 
>   --Jeff

Boa can do half the work for you. I've attached an example.

At the moment Boa still cannot set methods which need more than one
parameter at design-time. To Boa these aren't properties.

I intend to split up these methods into virtual properties, 
e.g. splitter1.SplitHorizontally(panel1, panel2)

would be the following properties:
Window1:   panel1
Window2:   panel2
SplitMode: wxSPLIT_HORIZONTAL


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Re: [Boa Constr] Bug with static text

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Hi,

I cannot reproduce this problem :(
Can you consistently reproduce it?

Dirk-Ulrich Heise wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> I'd like to report a bug. I'm using Python 1.5.2 on WinNT 4,
> Boa-0.0.4.zip, wxPython-2.2.1.

All the same versions as me ;)

> 
> I just created a new app with Boa and saved the
> two files (app and frame) in a subdirectory of the dir
> Boa lives in. Then, i wanted to create a static text.
> When it appeared as selected, i clicked into the inspector
> and gave it a new text. When i confirmed my change with the
> "hook" button of the inspector, Boa crashed. This was

With the "Hook" button do you mean the Post button (blue tick)?

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Re: [Boa Constr] Segfault adding static text w/large font

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Hi Albert,

Sorry, I missed this message first time round.

Albert Wagner wrote:
> 
> Great Product.  Keep it up.  I need this.
> 
> But...:(
> Boa segfaulted after adding static text object in Designer and changing
> font property to: New Century SchoolBook, 24pt
> 
> I'm on RH6.1; wxGTK2.2.1; boa0.0.4

I tried this but cannot reproduce it.
Did it crash right after OKing the font dialog or when changing to
another property?


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[Boa Constr] Bug with static text

[Dirk-Ulrich H. <he...@ad...>]

Hi!
I'd like to report a bug. I'm using Python 1.5.2 on WinNT 4,
Boa-0.0.4.zip, wxPython-2.2.1.

I just created a new app with Boa and saved the
two files (app and frame) in a subdirectory of the dir
Boa lives in. Then, i wanted to create a static text.
When it appeared as selected, i clicked into the inspector
and gave it a new text. When i confirmed my change with the
"hook" button of the inspector, Boa crashed. This was
the console output of the complete session:


importing wxPython...
imported wxPython
imported Editor
imported PaletteMapping
imported Editor
imported Inspector
imported Palette
print here
b: E:\boa\test
c: E:\boa\wxFrame1.py
differ at 1
b, i: 2 1
b: E:\boa\test
c: E:\boa\test\wxFrame1.py
b, i: 2 1
size from ctrl
select ctrl
$$$selection tags select control
SelectionTags: selectObj


e:class <C wxEvtHandler instance at _b752d0_wxEvtHandler_p> wxEvtHandlerPtr
for
EventHandler not supported
e:class <C wxIcon instance at _b753d4_wxIcon_p> wxIconPtr for Icon not
supported


on click trap <C wxPyCommandEvent instance at _b4d980_wxPyCommandEvent_p>
select none
select none 2
select ctrl
$$$selection tags select control
SelectionTags: selectObj


e:class <C wxEvtHandler instance at _b485c0_wxEvtHandler_p> wxEvtHandlerPtr
for
EventHandler not supported

size from ctrl
create IEC: <C wxTextCtrl instance at _b9d160_wxTextCtrl_p>
companion: setting name from staticText1 to Dirks FileFinder
select ctrl
$$$selection tags select control
SelectionTags: selectObj

Boa's a great program, anyway. Many thanks for it.

Dipl.Inform. Dirk-Ulrich Heise
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[Boa Constr] Segfault adding static text w/large font

[Albert W. <alw...@ca...>]

Great Product.  Keep it up.  I need this.

But...:(
Boa segfaulted after adding static text object in Designer and changing
font property to: New Century SchoolBook, 24pt

I'm on RH6.1; wxGTK2.2.1; boa0.0.4
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Re: [Boa Constr] zope

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Hi Charlie,

Charlie Derr wrote:
> 
> ~ >         My question is quite simple.  Is there support for
> ~ managing of multiple
> ~ > zope sites?  I have already added the site which is running on my local
> ~ > machine, and I would also like to  use boa-constructor to
> ~ manage a site that
> ~ > is running remotely.  The solution didn't seem intuitive (there is no
> ~ > "localhost" folder inside /boa/Zope to copy/rename).
> ~
> ~ You can have as many connections as you like.
> ~ The solution is to edit Explorer.msw.cfg or Explorer.gtk.cfg.
> ~ The Zope entry is a dictionary of Zope connection dictionaries.
> ~ In the Boa documentation (Editor.html) this is briefly explained.
> ~ Please note that continuation lines should start with a space or a tab.
> ~
> 
> Good deal.  Thanx for the quick response.  One of the zope sites that i
> would like to use boa-constructor with is a site on our company intranet.
> It is only reachable by using certificate based authentication (https).  Is
> it possible to connect in this fashion?  If not, can you point me towards
> where in the source I might start mucking about to see if i could make it
> work?

I'm sure it's possible, check of packages like M2Crypto (I think).
There is also native support for SSL in Python 1.6 and 2.0b1.
I've had mixed response to Boa on 1.6, seems to work for some but not 
for others, in your case this might be the best route to try.

> 
>         Thanx again,
>                 ~c
> 
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RE: [Boa Constr] zope

[Charlie D. <ch...@we...>]

~ >         My question is quite simple.  Is there support for
~ managing of multiple
~ > zope sites?  I have already added the site which is running on my local
~ > machine, and I would also like to  use boa-constructor to
~ manage a site that
~ > is running remotely.  The solution didn't seem intuitive (there is no
~ > "localhost" folder inside /boa/Zope to copy/rename).
~
~ You can have as many connections as you like.
~ The solution is to edit Explorer.msw.cfg or Explorer.gtk.cfg.
~ The Zope entry is a dictionary of Zope connection dictionaries.
~ In the Boa documentation (Editor.html) this is briefly explained.
~ Please note that continuation lines should start with a space or a tab.
~

Good deal.  Thanx for the quick response.  One of the zope sites that i
would like to use boa-constructor with is a site on our company intranet.
It is only reachable by using certificate based authentication (https).  Is
it possible to connect in this fashion?  If not, can you point me towards
where in the source I might start mucking about to see if i could make it
work?

	Thanx again,
		~c

Re: [Boa Constr] zope

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Charlie Derr wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         First of all:  Wow!!!  What a great thing boa-constructor is.  Kudos!
> 
Thanks!

>         My question is quite simple.  Is there support for managing of multiple
> zope sites?  I have already added the site which is running on my local
> machine, and I would also like to  use boa-constructor to manage a site that
> is running remotely.  The solution didn't seem intuitive (there is no
> "localhost" folder inside /boa/Zope to copy/rename).

You can have as many connections as you like.
The solution is to edit Explorer.msw.cfg or Explorer.gtk.cfg.
The Zope entry is a dictionary of Zope connection dictionaries.
In the Boa documentation (Editor.html) this is briefly explained.
Please note that continuation lines should start with a space or a tab.

> 
>         Thanx again for a great piece of software,
>                         ~c
> 
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Re: [Boa Constr] Python 2.0 beta 1

[Charles H. <cha...@ea...>]

Yes, but wxPython doesn't yet work with it (or so the doc's proclaim).
I don't know whether more than a recompile is needed.

Marius van Wyk wrote:

> In case anyone does not already know:
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/09/06/0416220&mode=thread
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[Boa Constr] zope

[Charlie D. <ch...@we...>]

Hi,
	First of all:  Wow!!!  What a great thing boa-constructor is.  Kudos!

	My question is quite simple.  Is there support for managing of multiple
zope sites?  I have already added the site which is running on my local
machine, and I would also like to  use boa-constructor to manage a site that
is running remotely.  The solution didn't seem intuitive (there is no
"localhost" folder inside /boa/Zope to copy/rename).

	Thanx again for a great piece of software,
			~c

[Boa Constr] Python 2.0 beta 1

[Marius v. W. <marius@e.co.za>]

In case anyone does not already know:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/09/06/0416220&mode=thread
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[Boa Constr] Re: [wxPython] ANNOUNCE: Boa Constructor 0.0.4 - GUI building IDE for wxPython

[Caleb L. <bo...@ro...>]

Hello,
	I am having trouble running Boa-Constructor.  I am reletively new
to both python and wxPython, so it is most likely a problem between the
chair and the keyboard :)  I am running FreeBSD 4.1 with wxPython 2.2.1
and wxWindows 2.2.1 installed by hand, and python installed from ports
(version 1.5.2).  Here is the command I ran (from within the Boa
directory) and the error that I get:

---error---

# python Boa.py
importing wxPython...

imported wxPython
imported Prefs
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "Boa.py", line 23, in ?
    import Palette
  File "Palette.py", line 14, in ?
    import PaletteMapping
  File "PaletteMapping.py", line 25, in ?
    from wxPython.stc import wxStyledTextCtrl
  File "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages/wxPython/stc.py", line 7, in ?
    from stc_ import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages/wxPython/stc_.py", line 2, in ?
    import stc_c
ImportError: /usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages/wxPython/stc_cmodule.so: Undefined symbol "__pure_virtual"

---/error---

	I would like to try out this cool looking software, but I can't
find out which library provides this function (pure_virtual).

	BTW, if it helps, other wxPython programs run (demo.py, openrpg
(http://www.openrpg.net), and the short programs that I've written)

Sincerely,
Caleb Land
(bo...@ro...)

[Boa Constr] ANNOUNCE: Boa Constructor 0.0.4 - GUI building IDE for wxPython

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Hello everybody,

Boa Constructor 0.0.4 has been released at last.
Works with wxPython 2.2.1 and Python 1.5.2

Get it from http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net

Enjoy!

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Re: [Boa Constr] Release candidate

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

"Aloy, Antoni" wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have some error about missing bmp files concerning the editor.

Thanks Antoni, I've added 2 missing bitmaps to CVS, if there are
any more missing please give me the names.

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[Boa Constr] Release candidate

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Hi all,

I've finally got a release candidate and uploaded it to CVS.

There are still quite a few bugs but but no crashes that I know of.
Everyone with CVS facilities please check it out and report any 
showstoppers.

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[Boa Constr] Re: [wxPython] Boa Constructor

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Robert wrote:
> 
> The latest version (0.3) was out in February...is this now a dead project?
> 

Nope, working on it furiously and very close to 0.4 (as if you haven't 
heard that before :)
CVS has a very recent version if you are interested.
Hopefully I will update the CVS again tonight or tomorrow.

Boa has gone thru some growing pains with the new editor, memory leaks 
and circular references.
Most of these have now been addressed.
I also hoped the NT / OpenDialog / wxStyledTextCtrl cursor keys problem
would be resolved before the release as this necessitates restarting 
Boa after doing a Save As.

The main thing that has kept me from a release has been instability.
I simply didn't want to release an IDE that suddenly disappears 
from beneath you.
There is one crash left to fix on wxGTK and then I'll release.

Almost there...

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Re: [Boa Constr] wxStudio activity

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Thanks for updating me, I wasn't aware of the wxStudio revival.

Jer...@hm... wrote:
> 
> Thought people here might be interested to know that there's been a lot of
> activity on the wxstudio-dev mailing list recently about how to revive the
> project,
> and it seems likely that Python will be used to implement the core framework
> (or possibly alongside a parallel C++ core framework development effort.)
> There's been a lot of uncertainty regarding how quickly a Python core could
> be up and running, and how well C++ components could be integrated into
> it.  Boa Constructor has been mentioned (initially by me) as a related effort
> worth looking at, but I don't think anybody on that list really knows much about
> it or how far along it is...some communication between the two groups now
> could be really useful.

I will announce the next version of Boa in the wxStudio list for their
evaluation.

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Re: [Boa Constr] Project files

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Sorry about the delay, I thought about this for a while...

Rafa³ Smotrzyk wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Actually all the project data are saved inside python files.
> Maybe it would be better idea to use external resource files
> (for example in XML format), where project properties, form data,
> etc. could be saved?
> Other RADs uses such files: res, gnome, dfm, frm, dsp, vbp...

Sorry, this is not going to change in the near future.
I made the decision right at the start of the project to generate
source code rather than a resource and a lot of the design is
centered around that. Personally I still prefer it this way.

There are various ways to possibly hide the code. 
One way would be in the IDE by simply keeping the _init_* methods
folded by default.
Another could be on source code level where properties and
constructors gets initialised in a parent class (possibly a 
different module) and only events get defined/maintained in the
child class of source file that the user works in.

I do plan XML support at some later stage, although I was thinking
more in terms import/export rather than running the app from XML.
Still with the new XML support in wxWindows and Python it might
turn into something more.

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[Boa Constr] An offer...

[Jeff D. <je...@du...>]

As I mentioned in my previous email to both groups. I am the maintainer of
Korfe Java GUI Builder. It is a mixture of jPython and Java code that
creates provides Visual Basic like GUI Forms engine. I am in the process of
merging some new code and make this work at a jEdit plug-in.

If there is a desire to make this work as plug-in with either project please
feel just let know what I can do to help. I'm not sure that this is
possible, since I am using Swing. I could provide or make it compatable with
a file format. If there is enough intrest, I could focus on jPython to make
the trasition to wxPython easier.

I plan to support importing VB projects, Glade, and XUL. I will revising my
website this weekend, so I hope to have something in CVS then.

Regards,

Jeff Duska

RE: [Boa Constr] wxStudio activity

[Jeff D. <je...@du...>]

As Jeremy said this is a lot of hot air going on the wxStudio list. Hot air
is my thoughts on the topic. I just wanted to post this email to this group,
because I did mention the Boa team in the e-mail. I feel that you guys
should be know what going on. To sum things up, Ben Allfree
[be...@bl...] is create a new wxStudio based on Python. Here is
what I posted, I did clean up a few of the typos.

First, I will introduce myself to those of you whom don't know me. I think
that is most of the folks here. Hi my name is Jeff Duska. I've been a lurker
here for some time. I'm also a lurker on the Boa - wxPython IDE list also. I
was part of the FreeBuilder IDE group for over a year. I am the maintainer
of the Korfe Java GUI Builder. I am Visual Basic programmer by trade, so the
going is slow for me a times. Yet, as people have mentioned, us VB'ers
aren't
smart enough to just give up. We're like bad pennies that keep turning up.
;) I'd like to first make a few comments and suggestions.

I am totally against Ben as a project lead. I'm sorry, but I feel this
position needs to be some that can provide leadership and compromise.
Instead Ben has already shown that it is his way or the highway. OpenAve
already has a wxStudio site being provide for free. Why was another site
needed? I offered to contact people at OpenAve, which I have good
relationship with, if there was any problems with access. There is already a
wxPython IDE. Yet, Ben has made no effort on the BOA list to work with this
group. There is already is a CVS setup with Website for this group on
SourceForge. Why do we need another CVS?

This is exactly the mistakes that saw last year with the FreeBuilder IDE,
which is a totally dead. I worked hard to promote the project, new people
joined and then scraped all the previous work. New Website were created, IRC
meeting occurred, chat happened. Just like Russell said all this was just
nails in the coffin. From what I have seen in successful Open Source
projects
such, as for jEdit, Apache, Linux, and etc. The leadership is there by
respect. They gain this status not by asking, but by action on the existing
code.

Ben if it is your wish to be the leader of the project, I would much rather
see you adding value to the code base instead forking the projects. Please
pick either Boa or wxStudio and work within the current source to make the
project succeed.

I personally think that the argument for Python are instresting, which is
why I lurk on the Boa list. If people are intrested in wxPython project,
there is a project call Boa ready and waiting for members to help out. Check
it out at
http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/

Personally, I doubt that either team will be able to share code in the first
release or merge the project in the near future. There is a whole another
level to complexity of the multi-language project that neither team has
shown the resources to manage or support.

I think wxStudio and WipeOut integration should be the priority of [the
wxStudio] list. There
appears to be a lot of needed functionality within the WipeOut project, so
why
not snap it up. I think changing langauges at this point would be foolish.
You're wasting time that people have already invested in wxStudio. As I
mentioned,
there is already a working wxPython IDE project. We don't need two partial
wxPython IDE projects!

I'm just a lurker, so you'll can do what you want. Has anyone noticed that a
lot of people are unsubscribing? Food for thought.

'nought said

[Boa Constr] wxStudio activity

[<Jer...@hm...>]

Thought people here might be interested to know that there's been a lot of
activity on the wxstudio-dev mailing list recently about how to revive the
project,
and it seems likely that Python will be used to implement the core framework
(or possibly alongside a parallel C++ core framework development effort.)
There's been a lot of uncertainty regarding how quickly a Python core could
be up and running, and how well C++ components could be integrated into
it.  Boa Constructor has been mentioned (initially by me) as a related effort
worth looking at, but I don't think anybody on that list really knows much about
it or how far along it is...some communication between the two groups now
could be really useful.

Still trying to figure out if I can spare some time to devote to either
effort...back
to lurking for the time being. ^_^

Jeremy

RE: [Boa Constr] Project files

[Aloy, A. <ant...@gr...>]

> Actually all the project data are saved inside python files.
> Maybe it would be better idea to use external resource files
> (for example in XML format), where project properties, form data,
> etc. could be saved?
> Other RADs uses such files: res, gnome, dfm, frm, dsp, vbp...
> 
	[>]  I vote for that too