[Pythoncard-users] Re: Pythoncard 0.8 installed but won't run

[normanwinn <nor...@on...>]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick and comprehensive reply. I tried everything 
suggested and all appears OK.

The version of wx PythonCard is reporting I have is 2.4.2.4. I did a 
search in 'site-packages' for any files containing that string. The only 
ones were either text files or html. So how does the PythonCard install 
script get that string?

The only other package I have in the folder is kinterbasdb.

I accepted wxPython's offer to convert py to pyc on installation. Could 
that have caused problems? I'm wondering whether I shouldn't download 
the non-Unicode version. As I am on dial up, I am hesitating.

I suspect it is wxPython's problem as it won't run its own demo - 
reports  the 'No handler found for image type' error.  I was hoping not 
to go to another mail list as I get rather overwhelmed by mail already,

Norman

>Hi,
>>
>> As many times before, I was enthused by the sound of the new releases 
>> of wxPython and of PythonCard. I followed the instructions and 
>> downloaded the correct versions. I chose the Unicode version of wx. 
>> Installation of both went fine. I have Python 2.3.3 installed under 
>> XP.
>>
>> When I tried to run pythoncard it tells me that I have version  
>> 2.4.2.4 and invites me to click to exit. The wx installation reports 
>> (on the Windows program launcher) that it is version 2.5.
>>
>> When I try to run wx it tells me 'No handler found for image type'.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Norman
>>
>  
>
>Hmm, this sounds like you have multiple versions of Python installed, 
>so let's check. I don't know where things might be wrong, so we'll go 
>back to basics.
>
>First of all, I would look at your Add/Remove Programs control panel 
>and see what is listed. Is there only one version of wxPython listed? 
>When you installed wxPython 2.5.2.7 did it detect an earlier version 
>and ask to uninstall it?
>
>Next you can check to see what the file associations are for .py, .pyw, 
>etc. In the Explorer, under the Tools menu select Folder Options... 
>Then click on the File Types tab and type py or just scroll down to the 
>PY extension and you should see all the Python extensions (PY, PYC, 
>PYO, PYW). For each of those you can click on the Advanced button and 
>then select open from the Actions: list and click on Edit... to see 
>which version of Python the file will be opened with. In your case, 
>open should have something like:
>
>C:\Python23\python.exe "%1" %*
>
>for the Application used to perform this action field.
>
>If you open your C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages directory in the 
>Explorer you should have PythonCard, wx, and wxPython directories in 
>addition to any other Python packages you've installed.
>
>If you open up a Command console (MS-DOS window) and type python and 
>press return does it show Python 2.3.3? At the >>> prompt try this. 
>Type the text after the >>> prompt lines:
> >>> import wx
> >>> wx.VERSION
>(2, 5, 2, 7, '')
> >>> from PythonCard.__version__ import ver
> >>> ver
>'0.8'
>
>If you installed the Unicode version of wxPython, then the version 
>number above will have a U in it. So, does all this match up on your 
>system, or was there something out of whack? I have to admit not 
>running the Unicode version of wxPython much, so I suppose there could 
>be some problem there, but I doubt it.
>