Re: [Pythoncard-users] Cannot run some PythonCard tools with pythonw.exe

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

On May 13, 2004, at 12:24 PM, Tim Black wrote:

> On my system I have made the *.py/*.pyw file associations as the =20
> codeEditor readme indicates, but I have trouble running some of the =20=

> PythonCard tools using pythonw.exe.

This is quite bizarre. The only thing I can think of is that you have =20=

two different versions of Python installed on your system and the .pyw =20=

file association is for some older version of Python. I run the =20
codeEditor.py all the time using pythonw.exe and have done so since I =20=

first wrote codeEditor. I run the resourceEditor this way as well. =20
Perhaps the real problem is the specific association for the codeEditor =20=

is broken. The readme.txt document refers to an older version of Python =20=

than you're using, so for your system it should say:

C:\Python23\pythonw.exe =20
C:\Python23\Lib\site-=20
packages\PythonCardPrototype\tools\codeEditor\codeEditor.py "%1"

If for some reason you installed Python into your Program Files =20
directory you would have a different path and have to put quotes around =20=

the path, but it would be better if you simply uninstalled Python and =20=

reinstalled it into the default Python23 directory.

> codeEditor: runs fine as a .py but when I change its extension to .pyw =
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> and open it or if I execute the .py file manually with pythonw.exe =20
> from command line, nothing happens, the python interpreter returns =20
> immediately. No GUI, no errors.
>
> =A0
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resourceEditor: runs fine as a .py but when I change its extension to =20=

.pyw and open it or if I execute the .py file manually with pythonw.exe =20=

from command line, the main resource editor window appears but the app =20=

is frozen and won=92t do anything. I cannot close the app, and must shut =
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down the process via Windows Task Manager.
>
> =A0
>
> textEditor: runs fine as a .py and a .pyw both via association and =20
> from command line.
>
> =A0
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> Any ideas? I am using Windows XP, Python version 2.3.3, wxPython =20
> version 2.4.2.4, PythonCardPrototype version 0.7.2.
>
Again, this seems quite bizarre, so I would like to know for sure that =20=

you only have one version of Python installed and it is the right one. =20=

Also, you might reply with the specific command-line you tried that =20
failed.

I also suggest installing PythonCard 0.7.3.1. You should probably =20
uninstall PythonCard and delete the site-packages\PythonCardPrototype =20=

dir for good measure just in case there is some problem being caused by =20=

the .pyc files.

ka