Re: 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.
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John Henry


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>From: Alec Bennett <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Fri, November 13, 2009 4:45:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] FlashWindow and PDFWindow
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>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:
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>>Ok.  I did a search and added "PDFWindow, flashWindow" to everywhere I found htmlWindow and IEHtmlWindow and it works great now.
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>>>>>>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.
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>>>>>> --
>>>John Henry
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>>>>>>----- 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?
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>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>>> 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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