Re: [Pythoncard-users] standaloneBuilder news

[Phil E. <ph...@li...>]

> On 1/5/07, Matt Minton <mat...@ya...> wrote:
> > I as hoping to get an update on standaloneBuilder.
> > Phil Edwards posted a note back in 11/06 about an
> > update, and the linux2000 website mentions a version
> > 0.3.0 that dispenses with the need for McMillan
> > (yea!), but I can't seem to find 0.3.0 for download.
> > Is it available somewhere? I'm trying to use 0.2.0,
> > and I getting a bunch of deprecation messages and
> > errors regarding wxPython (I'd post them, but I can't
> > cut/paste from a DOS terminal *grr*). Thanks!
> >

Hi Matt:

The current release version of standaloneBuilder doesn't use McMillan anyway - 
I switched over to using pyInstaller and added in support for py2exe prior to 
releasing version 0.2.0. For best results, make sure you have at least 
version 1.2 of pyInstaller, or switch to using py2exe instead - the actual 
build mechanism being used doesn't make any difference to standaloneBuilder, 
it takes care of all that behind the scenes for you.

Regarding the deprecation errors, if you can let me know what versions of 
PythonCard, wxPython, Python and Windows you're using we can probably get to 
the bottom of it. Seans tips about copy 'n paste from a DOS prompt should 
help if you'd like to post the error messages here.

Version 0.3.0 is still being kicked into shape, the changelog at the moment 
looks like this:

standaloneBuilder Version 0.3.0 release date TBA 
    - Help --> Manual now displays the documentation 
    - Inno setup and spec file buttons on the main window now simply 
      display the files, rather than trying to launch a full blown 
      editor just to view them 
    - Toolbar spec file button is disabled when py2exe is selected as 
      the build tool 
    - Projects can now be created outside of the main directory 
      specified in preferences 
    - changed the 'about' dialog to use a tabbed notebook to display the 
      pages instead of an HTMLWindow component 
    - Added code to enable/disable the save button depending upon 
      whether the project needs to be saved or not 
    - added the ability to have different project paths on Windows and Linux 
      to allow projects to be stored on a shared network resource for 
      cross-platform testing 
    - edit main script button was crashing the program if the main script text 
      field was blank 
    - Fixed problem with toolbar icon transparency under Windows 
    - Added several new pixmap files to the project file for the new 
      toolbar buttons 
    - Moved a number of UI buttons up to the main toolbar for 
      consistency 
    - outputwindow was enabling the clipboard button after a successful 
      rebuild 
    - Path selection and help buttons were not working for the plain 
      text editor fields in prefs 

The screenshots on my site at the moment show the revised UI layout which is 
the most obvious difference between 0.2.0 and 0.3.0. I have 3 or 4 minor bugs 
to squash before 0.3.0 will be ready to go, I just need to try and find some 
free time to work on the code a bit more. :-)

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Regards

Phil Edwards
Brighton, UK