Upon closer look, the walkthrough did say: *************************** from PythonCard import model
Change that so it says: from PythonCard import dialog, model Save the code. *************************** So, it works. John Henry wrote: > Bill Maxwell wrote: > > On 8 Nov 2006 11:49:07 -0800, "John Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > >John Salerno wrote: > > >> Dan Lenski wrote: > > >> > > >> > So, is there another toolkit I should be looking at? > > >> > > >> I highly recommend wxPython. It's very mature, full-featured, and > > >> portable, and fairly easy to learn as well. I can't really compare it to > > >> other toolkits (not having used any of them, except Tkinter), but it's > > >> definitely one of the most popular and well-supported ones out there. > > >> > > >> http://www.wxpython.org/ > > > > > >I highly recommend that you try PythonCard (which sits on top of > > >wxPython). You can get productive very very quickly. Take a look at: > > > > > >http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/walkthrough1.html > > > > > > I took a brief look at PythonCard almost a year ago and got discouraged > > by what I found, so I stopped looking at it. I've inserted my notes > > from back then, below. Does anybody know if these things have been > > fixed in the latest release? > > > > Bill > > > > > > ===================================================================== > > My notes from Fri Dec-23-2005: > > > > This is a list of gripes I have while trying to learn about PythonCard. > > I'm trying to investigate various GUI builders for Python, and > > PythonCard looks promising, but a lot of things are getting in the way. > > > > I installed yesterday, using this installer: > > PythonCard-0.8.1.FIXED.win32.exe > > > > A) The very first example in the tutorial is wrong! > > > > On this page: http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/documentation.html > > When you follow this link to try something for the very first time: > > > > Getting Started in PythonCard by Dan Shafer: > > http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/walkthrough1.html > > > > You quickly see that the minimal.py example doesn't even contain > > this line, even though the tutorial refers to it: > > > > I am not sure which one you are referring to but in the > PythonCard\samples\minimal, you will find a minimal.py that says: > > #!/usr/bin/python > > """ > __version__ = "$Revision: 1.8 $" > __date__ = "$Date: 2005/12/17 15:20:02 $" > """ > > from PythonCard import model > > > class Minimal(model.Background): > def on_menuFileAbout_select(self, event): > pass > > if __name__ == '__main__': > app = model.Application(Minimal) > app.MainLoop() > > > > > def on_menuFileAbout_select(self, event): > > > > And, of course, if you replace the word "pass" with this, as > > instructed: > > > > result = dialog.alertDialog(self, 'It works!', 'Showing Off') > > > > it won't run, because the existing "pass" line isn't inside a def > > inside of a class. > > > > No, it didn't work because the author forgot to mention that you have > to do a: > > from PythonCard import model, dialog > > instead of just: > > from PythonCard import model > > I just tried it and it works. > > > > > B) Is the Notebook widget really supported? > > > > In the installed file "changelog.txt" (gets installed as part of > > PythonCard installation), it says: > > > > "added Notebook component, PageBackground, and testNotebook > > sample" > > > > But, the testNotebook sample is nowhere to be found. > > > > I haven't come across a need to use Notebook and so I can not say for > sure. Looking at notebook.py, it appears to be just a simple wrapper > on top of the wxWindow notebook. I would encourage you to post a > message to the mailing list and ask there. > > > > I looked lots of places, including the main SourceForge web site, > > and on the wiki, here: > > > > http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/PythonCard > > > > Both the main website and the wiki seem way out of date, and the > > latest dates I could find on both of them are sometime in 2004. > > > > Yes, sometime around 2004, the website updating stopped. Fortunately, > development didn't. There are quite a number of new things since then: > new resource editor (now call layout Editor, standalone exe creator, > and so forth). I even learn that a new sizer handler is in the work. > > Not saying that there are 10 programmers working 7/24 on it. It *is* > an Open Source project nevertheless. Nobody gets paid for doing it. > But there are development work going on. > > > > Finally, by following the mailing list archive link on the main > > website, I managed to find a reference to the notebook component on the > > ASPN site, where some guy named Brian wonders about the same thing as > > me, concerning the availability of the notebook component: > > > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/pythoncard/2536825 > > > > and, that message led me here: > > > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.pythoncard/1060 > > > > where Kevin Altis admits that he forgot to include it in the 0.8.1 > > release! At least he provides a way to download it separately. But, > > gheesh, this is pretty poor for a new user. I was interested in using > > the notebook component right away, because I looked at the wxGlade > > tutorial before looking at PythonPage, and they use the notebook > > component in their example (and I decided I really want to use the > > component). > > > > To add insult to injury, after you download the zip file with the > > testNotebook stuff, the readme file says this: > > > > "Until we have a Notebook integrated into some of the other > > samples or tools this will serve as a basic test app, but I don't expect > > to include it in releases." > > > > > As with all Open Source projects, your mileage differs. PythonCard > does what *I* need to get done - and allowed me to get it done in a > *hurry*. May be you really need Notebook and may be it's true that > Notebook really doesn't work, I don't know. But if you managed to get > it working, write it up and get it included. That's what Open Source > Projects are all about. > > > > C) Are the websites being maintained? > > > It appears that the maintainer of the web site stopped updating it > since late 2004. I don't know why. May be he's been busy. May be he > got mad. I don't know. All I know is that I have been very > productive with what I need to get done (and earned a happy living with > the code I created) and I am very grateful to the people that worked on > it - past and present. > > I am not a "professional programmer" and so I probably can't contribute > to the development effort itself. However, I've gotten pretty good in > using most of the package (other then Notebook, I admit). So, if you > have any specific questions, please post it to the PythonCard list and > I'll try to help if I can. > > Cheers. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
