"Steve Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Steve Holden wrote: > > Alan Illeman wrote: > >> Win2k Pro - installed python: ok > >> > [...] > >> ================================================= > >>>>> C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\mfc\object.py: > >> 23: DeprecationWarning: raising a string exception is deprecated > >> raise win32ui.error, "The MFC object has died." > >> pwd=secret;database=master;uid=sa;server=mpilgrim > >> ================================================= > >> > >> DiveIntoPython example 2.1 result: > >> server=mpilgrim;uid=sa;database=master;pwd=secret > >> > >> ..which I realise is essentially the same (except for order). > >> > >> I haven't ever (not that I remember) installed MFC. > >> > >> Help! > >> > [...] > > I am hugely surprised to find that PythonWin apparently raises string > > exceptions: this is an old programming technique, which should have been > > removed from anything designed to run on Python 2.5. That is why you see > > the message: it's only a warning, so you can ignore it. I am copying > > Mark on this message in case he's unaware of the issue. > [...] > > In a private reply Mark Hammond says he will fix this in the next > release - thanks for the report! > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/
Thanks Steve for both your replies. Was (or is) python a piggyback for MFC? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
