[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-3150027 ] python.exe help() modules crashes

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Bugs item #3150027, was opened at 2011-01-03 13:15
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Category: win32
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Dev Player (devplayer)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: python.exe help() modules crashes

Initial Comment:
On Microsoft Windows XP SP3 intel Pentium 4 3.2Ghz/3.2Ghz pc with Python 2.7 installed
I installed the file
pywin32-214.win32-py2.7.exe

When in pycrust, and type help(), then type "modules" without the quotes I get:
the standard output of help
"""
Welcome to Python 2.7!  This is the online help utility.

If this is your first time using Python, you should definitely check out
bla bla bla, lists installed packages and all...
"""
all the way until the end of the help() modules I then get:
"""
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "Q:\Python27\lib\site.py", line 453, in __call__
    return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds)
  File "Q:\Python27\lib\pydoc.py", line 1723, in __call__
    self.interact()
  File "Q:\Python27\lib\pydoc.py", line 1735, in interact
    request = self.getline('help> ')
  File "Q:\Python27\lib\pydoc.py", line 1746, in getline
    return raw_input(prompt)
  File "Q:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\app.py", line 367, in Win32RawInput
    ret=dialog.GetSimpleInput(prompt)
  File "Q:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\mfc\dialog.py", line 223, in GetSimpleInput
    if title is None: title=win32ui.GetMainFrame().GetWindowText()
error: The frame does not exist
"""
While in pycrust and then doing:
import win32ui
from win32ui import GetMainFrame
dir(win32ui.GetMainFrame)

I get:
['__call__', '__class__', '__cmp__', '__delattr__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__module__', '__name__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__self__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__']

dir(GetMainFrame)
['__call__', '__class__', '__cmp__', '__delattr__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__module__', '__name__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__self__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__']

Thought I'd just try this to be more complete:
from GetMainFrame import GetWindowText
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named GetMainFrame

I have tried reinstalling from the windows installer file mentioned above with the same result.
Note that if I do a "help()", "modules" in IDLE or python.exe I either get a locked up console, or a crash.

I would try to install from the cvn if I knew how. Can anyone else replicate this problem?

Also this was reported on python bugs tracekr too:
http://bugs.python.org/issue10060

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2011-04-24 16:27

Message:
Hopefully I've fixed this in rev a5a35d18b1de - now pythonwin will not hook
the input function as a side-effect of pywin.framework.app being imported, 
Please let me know after the next pywin32 release if problems remain.

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Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2011-01-03 13:20

Message:
What we need to understand here is how
Q:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\app.py got loaded
into the process in the first place - I suspect pycrust may be doing it,
which is the root cause of the problem.

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