PythonCard is a GUI construction kit for building cross-platform desktop applications on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Release 0.7.2 includes over 40 sample applications and tools to help users build applications in Python, including codeEditor, findfiles, and resourceEditor (layout editor). A list of changes since release 0.7 is at the end of this message. All the information you need about PythonCard can be found on the project web page at: http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/ The installation instructions and walkthroughs are available on the main documentation page: http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/documentation.html You can download the latest release at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=19015 For a list of most of the samples that have been built with PythonCard and screenshots of them in action go to: http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/samples/samples.html The kind people at SourceForge host the project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pythoncard/ If you want to get involved the main contact point is the Mailing list: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pythoncard-users PythonCard requires Python 2.2.1 or later and wxPython 2.4.1.2 or later. wxPython can be downloaded at http://www.wxpython.org/ Additional Notes: Remember to backup or just delete your old PythonCardPrototype directory before installing a new version, so that the old files aren't still in the package directory. If you installed a previous version of PythonCard on Windows using the binary installer, then you should be able to remove the old package via the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. The distutils installer will put the framework, components, docs, samples, and tools in Lib\site-packages or your Python directory (typically C:\Python22 or C:\Python23). Of course, on Linux and Mac OS X that path will be slightly different and have forward slashes. Windows users should get a PythonCard menu in the Start->Programs menu with links to the documentation, samples, codeEditor, findfiles, and resourceEditor. The tools and most of the samples will now keep their config and data file info in the "pythoncard_config" directory created by the framework. On Unix, the directory will be ~/pythoncard_config. On Windows, the directory varies as described in the following post: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/PythonCard/1496793 So, if you run a PythonCard app with any of the runtime tools and select "Save Configuration" from the "Debug" menu, the window positions and sizes of your runtime windows (Shell, Message Watcher, etc.) will be saved in "pythoncard_config/pythoncard_config.txt" not the PythonCardPrototype directory. Likewise, when you change the text style used by the codeEditor via the "Styles..." menu item under the "Format" menu, the modification will be saved in "pythoncard_config/stc-styles.rc.cfg" ka --- Kevin Altis altis@semi-retired.com http://altis.pycs.net/ --- changelog since release 0.7 Release 0.7.2 2003-09-08 ranamed MultiColumnList 'border' attribute to 'rules' enabled MultiColumnList and Tree in the resourceEditor added minimalList and minimalTree samples as tests of the MultiColumList and Tree components added multicolumnexample by William Volkman replaced older MultiColumnList component with version by William Volkman added workaround for wxMSW GetFont() bug in MultiColumnList switched to Raise() in fixComponentOrder to deal with wxPython 2.4.x change with Hide/Show added shell.autoCompleteWxMethods = False to pycrustrc.py to hide CamelCase wxPython methods of components and other wxPython classes by default added source.encode('iso-8859-1') to textToHtml to avoid print/print preview exceptions in codeEditor; this will probably require a more sophisticated solution added workaround for wxWindows AppendText bug in jabberChat sample. This might need to be added to TextArea appendText if wxWindows isn't fixed soon fixed popItems handling of RadioGroup and other components with an 'items' attribute in resourcEditor propertyEditor.py updated classes in menu.py to be direct wxPython subclasses added source file support to templates in resourceEditor updated File->New... process to save new files added moreapplications.html page to highlight other apps built with PythonCard added wx.wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE to singleChoiceDialog to workaround wxPython 2.4.1.2 bug fixed samples launcher selection and added double-click support added int(round()) conversions to fix Python 2.3 deprecation warnings added '' back to sys.path in pycrustrc.py for shell work changed default font size for findfiles tool on Mac and GTK added autoSetEOL to codeEditor to automatically use the line endings already in a document replaced \xa0 characters in source files with spaces added macbuild.py to the minimalStandalone sample to show how to build standalones on Mac OS X fixed double loading of pycrustrc.py files in loadShell fixed config directory creation fixed image rotation in slideshow sample for files in zips updated fixed getStyleConfigPath in colorizer fixed PILtoBitmap typo in graphic.py PythonCard now requires a minimum Python 2.2.1 or higher and wxPython 2.4.x or higher Release 0.7.1 2003-07-16 dbBrowser now supports PostgreSQL using the psycopg interface An alternative dbBrowser using a wxGrid to display query results has been added. Its called dbBrowser2 and it re-uses much of the code from the original changed wx.wxc.__version__ check to wx.__version__ added Save Configuration menu item to Scriptlet menu in the codeEditor fixed config.py for standalone usage added Thomas Heller's main_is_frozen function to util.py added GetPixel method to BitmapCanvas added userdata attribute to Widget so all components added support for userdata in the resourceEditor changed resourceEditor to use a drag rect so dragging works the same on all platforms and no longer requires the use of CaptureMouse on Linux added WMAvailable check for Mac OS X so the top frame appears in front when app starts fixed pycrustrc.py loading on Linux/GTK added Grid component and simpleGrid sample fixed script launching in samples.py, findfiles, codeEditor, and resourceEditor added spinUp and spinDown events to Spinner component added dirname() function to util module to use instead of os.path.dirname() updated model.py to use the new function changed true/false to True/False in STCStyleEditor.py to avoid wxPython 2.4.0.4 deprecation warning changed 'items' attribute in resourceEditor to use TextArea instead of TextField for editing fixed 'icon' handling in resourceOutput.py Phil Edwards' started making Linux RPMs for PythonCard added Phil Edwards Linux installation instructions added Mac OS X (Jaguar) installation instructions fixed font attribute in BitmapCanvas added David McNab's walkthrough Increasing Usefulness with Timers and Threads fixed order of wx imports so wx always comes first added jabberChat options for conferencing and Show/Raise slideshow sample changes added Goto Slide dialog changed F8 key to act as a Pause/Continue toggle added zip file support fixed relative directory reference in webserver sample