#172 AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'PENSTYLE_SOLID'

[Nils Gotzhein]

Python 2.7.13
Timeline Version: 1.15.0
python-wxgtk2.8 Version: Version: 2.8.12.1+dfsg2-2

upon launching Timeline from the commandline on my raspberrypi/raspbian stretch system, I get the error:
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'PENSTYLE_SOLID'
please see the attached backtrace for details.

[Rickard Lindberg]

Thanks for taking the time to report this error.

We develop for wxPython 3 currently. And there it works. (The documentation should perhaps state that wxPython 3 is needed.)

Do you have the possibility to upgrade to wxPython 3?

[Rickard Lindberg]

If that is not possible, you can edit the source file:

File "/home/pi/timeline-1.15.0/source/timelinelib/wxgui/components/categorytree.py", line 167, in _draw_bitmap
  memdc.SetBackground(wx.Brush(self.GetBackgroundColour(), wx.PENSTYLE_SOLID))

Change wx.PENSTYLE_SOLID to wx.SOLID. (That was the old name that now seems deprecated.)

[Rickard Lindberg]

Deprecation notices:

• http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/16269
• https://github.com/eranif/codelite/commit/646d3cb1f933bf378732cb37a548d6afffcfc58e

[Nils Gotzhein]

Hello Rickard. Thank you for the help. installing wxPython 3 fixed the problem.
maybe you should consider updating this site: http://thetimelineproj.sourceforge.net/installing.html
(it says "Timeline requires version 2.8.9.2 or greater.")

[Rickard Lindberg]

Yes, I will update the documentation. Thanks for brining it to my attention.