From: Fred P. <fr...@di...> - 2002-10-23 20:38:15
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"Kevin Altis" <al...@se...> wrote: (10/23/2002 20:06) >I've uploaded the Windows binary installer for release 0.6.9 to the main >download page: >This installer was created using the Python 2.3 distutils and installer >script kindly provided by Thomas Heller. It creates a PythonCard group under >the Start->Programs menu in Windows. My initial tests show that everything >works fine, but I would like to get some more confirmation before making a >release announcement, putting up the source .zip or having Andy Todd build >the source tar.gz file; it has been quite a while since I did the 0.6.8.1 >release and I might have missed something. You can remove your old >PythonCardPrototype folder or simply rename it before you run the >PythonCardPrototype-0.6.9.win32.exe file. > >Thomas's script will create direct links to the codeEditor, resourceEditor, >findfiles, samples launcher, and the main documentation page. It will also >create a program and link to uninstall the PythonCardPrototype package. > >Just reply to this message if you have any problems with any of the links, >samples, etc. The new installer sure looks great. As had been said before, it will certainly improve newcomers' first experience with PyCard ! Unfortunately on my (French) win98SE it doesn't quite run to the end : after the pyc/pyo compilation steps, the installer stops with a textarea displaying an exception : Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\PYTHON22\Scripts\install-pythoncard.py", line 20, in ? prg = get_special_folder_path("CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS") OSError: no such folder (CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS) As far as I can tell everything is installed correctly, but the start menu entries were not created. I won't be able to check what happens on the XP machine at work until next week... HTH, fp |