RE: [Boa Constr] Icons get lost

[Sasa Z. <sa...@sp...>]

> > Hi,
> >
> > I just have tried Boa Constructor... looks quite impressive!
> >
> > What happens to me is that after some period of time all icons
> in toolbars
> > just disappear.
> >
> > I am using the latest version (extracted today from CVS).
> > Platfrom: win98, python 2.1
>
> This is a resource problem.
>
> The first big bug is that you are running win98 instead of an OS
> (like NT or
> 2000) ;)
>
> wxPython does not release all the GDI objects it uses (mainly
> bitmaps). For
> normal wxPython applications this isn't really a problem, but Boa
> uses many
> bitmaps and widgets.

Hmm, does it mean that wxPython has some serious limitations on win98
platform ?
Maybe I should raise this question on wxPython mailing list ?

> In ImageSource.py change
>             return wx.wxBitmap(filename, wx.wxBITMAP_TYPE_BMP)
> to
>             return wx.wxImage(filename,
> wx.wxBITMAP_TYPE_BMP).ConvertToBitmap()
>
> and similarly for .jpg images.

Changed!  Works fine until now... thanks!

-- Sasa