#180 Failed to launch, fresh install

[grambo]

Just installed python and wxpython and wxglade, tried to run wxglade and I get his error. Per its instgructions I'm reporting it.

[grambo]

sorry, system info is a 64bit windows 10 pro OS, i5-2520M cpu @ 2.5GHz, 8gb ram, and "Symantec endpoint" virus protection is on it, though I've configured it to be pretty tame.

[Carsten Grohmann]

Hi JTG,

Thank you for sharing this error details. Probably the message is
misleading in your case. It looks like wxGlade is just complaining
about a missing wxPython installation.

Please install wxPython manually.

Additionally I'll improve the code to show a more meaningful message.

Unfortunatally the Windows release of wxGlade 0.7.1 contains a ugly
"black window" bug. Thereby I suggest you to download the improved
stable version from:
https://bitbucket.org/agriggio/wxglade/get/WXG-BRANCH-VERSION_0_7_1.zip
and install it like described in "Single User Installation (Extract
and Run)"
http://wxglade.sourceforge.net/manual/ch01s05.html#idm139644312877648.

Regards,
Carsten

[Carsten Grohmann]

The error is caused because wxGlade failed to load wxPython.

In your case I suggest to do some additional checks:
1. fits the installed wxPython to your Python version (32 vs 64 bit; Python2 vs Python3 - wxPython still uses Python 2)?
2. Can you start the Python console and import the "wx" module manually?

>>> import wx

HTH,
Carsten

[Carsten Grohmann]

I've improved the message dialog on Windows to show more error details. The documentation has been also adapted to describe the known error messages more detailed.

I'll close this bug report, because it's probably triggered by a non wxGlade issue with Python/wxPython.