Re: [Pythoncard-devel] need to verify PythonCard 0.8.2 is fine with Python 2.6 windows/linux

[Kevin A. <al...@se...>]

Thanks for the reply!

On Oct 30, 2008, at 9:01 AM, XXXXXXXXXXX wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:26:01 -0700, Kevin Altis <altis@semi- 
> retired.com> wrote:
>
>> I installed Python 2.6, wxPython 2.8.9.1, and PythonCard 0.8.2 using
>> the exe installer from SF to Windows XP SP2. As far as I can tell,
>> the tools and samples work fine under this Windows setup. The only
>> thing I noticed was some mouse drag behavior in the resourceEditor
>> which I'm pretty sure is Parallels-specific because of the way they
>> deal with the virtual mouse.
>
> What weirdness are you seeing, out of curiosity? Everything looks  
> OK here on a 'real' XP installation.
>>

Mousedowns and drags don't always register, especially as you switch  
between the main window of the resourceEditor and the property editor  
window. It may not be a valid test if the debug tools are also  
running to display the mouse events that are registering. I need to  
document an example that I can always reproduce under Parallels and  
then make sure it is Parallels-specific. I will be away from email  
for the next couple of weeks so I'll look into it when I get back.

On my main Mac (not Windows under Parallels) I had a separate issue  
where some files didn't load with 2.6 which I think was due to my old  
developer CVS checkout, (which is what I run PythonCard from) and  
modifications I had made to that checkout, but never checked in. I'm  
hoping Robin puts out a 2.8.9.2 for wxMAC soon that fixes the  
overzealous wx.App existence check so I can resolve some of the  
Python 2.6 Mac issues like that.

> Everything seems to work at first glance....except the PythonCard  
> MSI installer. It keeps crapping out at the post-install stage so I  
> don't have any start menu items. Checking the mailing list, this  
> happened a few years ago to people trying to use the 0.8.1  
> installer (built with Python 2.3) on 2.4 systems. Maybe it's the  
> same issue again?

Yeah I had the same installation problem. I suspect an installer  
needs to be built using 2.6 and then tested using Python 2.4.x - 2.6  
to see if it installs correctly with each version, including the  
Start menu.

ka