Alan Illeman wrote: > "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? > > You are supposed to be able to access the MFC classes through PythonWin, but I have never personally bothered because MFC is too horrible to tangle with.
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