Re: FlashWindow and PDFWindow

To make my long march complete, if you include these two components in your app and need to create an exe using py2exe, you need to read up:

http://wiki.wxpython.org/CreatingStandaloneExecutables

The part I used begins with the paragraph:

"Another work-around if you run into issues running py2exe compiled
programs with the ActiveXWrapper controls (specifically the PDF Window
control in wxPython 2.8) is to add a typelibs entry to the options
argument in your setup.py file. See the sample setup.py below for an
example."

and applied the sample setup as listed.  I have no clue what all those syntax are (the manifest, dependency, and so forth).  I simply copied them exactly as listed and works right away.

Good luck.



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John Henry


>
>From: John Henry <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Sat, November 14, 2009 10:50:39 AM
>Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] FlashWindow and PDFWindow
>
>
>I created an entry in the Feature Request page 
>
>https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=369015&group_id=19015&func=browse
>
>and uploaded all of the files needed for the FlashWindow and PDFWindow wrapper.  You can download from there.
>
> --
>John Henry
>
>
>
>>
>>From: John Henry
>> <[email protected]>
>>To: Alec Bennett <[email protected]>
>>Cc: [email protected]
>>Sent: Fri, November 13, 2009 9:13:27 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] FlashWindow and PDFWindow
>>
>>
>>Attached.   
>>
>>To get PDFWindow working, I had no choice but to make some minor mods to wxPython and a file in win32com.   See the readme.txt in the zip.
>>
>>I've tested both components and it works for me.  I hope it works for you.
>> --
>>John Henry
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>From: Alec Bennett <[email protected]>
>>>To: [email protected]
>>>Sent: Fri,
>>> November 13, 2009 4:45:56 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] FlashWindow and PDFWindow
>>>
>>>>>> This is really great. Would it be possible to send me your PythonCard file so I can use FlashWindow?
>>>
>>>
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>>>>On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:39 PM, John Henry <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Ok.  I did a search and added "PDFWindow, flashWindow" to everywhere I found htmlWindow and IEHtmlWindow and it works great now.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I still a little issue with PDFWindow but otherwise both of the PDFWindow and FlashWindow wrappers work.  , I'll report back once I figure out the remaining issue with PDFWindow.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>John Henry
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message ----
>>>>>>>>>>> From: Neil Hughes <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>> To: John Henry <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 6:08:51 AM
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] FlashWindow and PDFWindow
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/11/09 19:48, John Henry wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > I can now be more specific about the layoutEditor error in handling the
>>>>>>>>>>> PDFWindow & FlashWindow wrappers.  layoutEditor actually creates the components
>>>>>>>>>>> fine (in the same manner as htmlWindow) but when it saves the file, it always
>>>>>>>>>>> ended up with a size of (-1,-1).  Of course that won't work properly.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > What do I need to do to fix this?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hmmm...this sounds familiar. I came across a similar problem with the
>>>>>>>>>>> built-in components on OSX after a particular version of wxPython came
>>>>>>>>>>> out, back in 2008, and although it won't be the same issue as you're
>>>>>>>>>>> getting it might pinpoint the code you need to modify. Take a look at
>>>>>>>>>>> the mailing list archive around October 08.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The code for the layout editor will be making calls to GetBestSize()
>>>>>>>>>>> before it writes the resource file, unless you add PDFWindow to the list
>>>>>>>>>>> of excluded components. If GetBestSize returns a width and height equal
>>>>>>>>>>> to the current dimensions (which it did...and might still do...on OSX),
>>>>>>>>>>> it substitutes (-1,-1). Not sure why, and in some of the editors Kevin
>>>>>>>>>>> has added a comment querying the need to do this.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Neil Hughes
>>>>>>>>>>>
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