#4 Manifest Maker installer needs to inc. Chardet

[Allan Cunliffe]

Tested in version 2.0.14 of Manifest Maker, Manifest maker installer and DPSP installer 1.0.2. Windows XP and Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit).

Manifest Maker not able to create a manifest where filenames contain ASCII characters. I did the following:
1. Installed Manifest Maker (either by DPSP installer or the Manifest Maker installer)
2. Started Manifest Maker via the .exe
3. Entered number range
4. Selected a folder containing files with ASCII characters in the filename
5. Went through steps 4 (SHA 512) and 5 (did not copy media)
6. Step 6 - selected output directory
7. Click Finish.
Result: Manifest Maker shows progress bar and when completed, the manifest is not created and I'm not asked if I want to create another one (as expected).
The above behaviour is consistent with Chardet being absent.

If I install Chardet and run Manifest Maker v2.0.14 via the Python file (i.e. not as an exe created by one of the installers), Manifest Maker handles filenames with ASCII characters OK.

[John]

Version 2.0.20 helpfully displays an error message in the console (under linux) if Python-chardet is not installed.

Because of this, it should be possible to close this bug (unless Win or Mac do not provide such a useful advice)

[Allan Cunliffe]

I added this as a bug and not an enhancement because in the Manifest Maker doco we claim that Chardet is automatically installed as part of the installation process.

In our doco re: DPSP, we don't claim to add Chardet but we do claim that the DPSP installer includes *everything* you need.

In Windows 7, I get the following message in the console when I attempt to run Manifest Maker without Chardet:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Allan\Desktop\manifestmakerv2\src\manifest\ManifestMakerFrame.py", line 26, in <module>
import BarcodeListParser
File "C:\Users\Allan\Desktop\manifestmakerv2\src\manifest\BarcodeListParser.py
", line 3, in <module>
import chardet
ImportError: No module named chardet