[IronPython] Viewlets: Any F# experts here?

[Curt Hagenlocher]

That "dir" error is a known problem with beta 3 -- and as you might imagine,
sky-high in priority on our list of things to fix for beta 4.

Viewlets appear to be user controls; you probably need to host one in a
Form.

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 6:45 AM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>
wrote:

> Curt Hagenlocher wrote:
>
>> A bit of quality time with Reflector shows that there's a _viewletsProxy
>> object which hasn't been initialized.  You probably need to call
>> VSLabFSICore.Viewlets.Init() first.  It's static, and in the vslabfsicore
>> module.
>>
>
> Thanks Curt - your reflector-fu is greater than mine. I should spend some
> quality time with it.
>
> Your advice gets me to the next step, I can make a GraphControl flash
> momentarily into view (on creation), but attempting to show it causes
> another explosion:
>
> C:\compile\VSLab>C:\compile\IronPython-2.0B3\ipy.exe -X:ExceptionDetail
> viewlet.
> py
> Operation unavailable (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800401E3
> (MK_E_UNAVAILABLE))
>  at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject(Guid& rclsid,
> IntPt
> r reserved, Object& ppunk)
>  at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject(String progID)
>  at VSLabFSICore.Viewlet.Show()
>  at GraphViewlet.GraphControl.Show()
>  at _stub_$28##26(Closure , CallSite , CodeContext , Object )
>  at _stub_MatchCaller(Object , CallSite , Object[] )
>  at Microsoft.Scripting.Actions.CallSite`1.UpdateAndExecute(Object[] args)
>  at
> Microsoft.Scripting.Actions.UpdateDelegates.Update2[T,T0,T1,TRet](CallSite
> site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1)
>  at S$2.Initialize(CodeContext )
>  at IronPython.Hosting.PythonCommandLine.RunFileWorker(String fileName)
>  at IronPython.Hosting.PythonCommandLine.RunFile(String fileName)
> EnvironmentError: Operation unavailable (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800401E3
> (MK_
> E_UNAVAILABLE))
>
> The code that produces this is:
>
> import clr
> clr.AddReference('vslabfsicore')
> clr.AddReference('vslabviewlets')
>
> from VSLabFSICore import Viewlets
> from GraphViewlet import GraphControl
>
> Viewlets.Init()
> g = GraphControl()
> g.Show()
>
> If instead of 'g.Show()' I attempt 'dir(g)' I get a very odd error!
>
> C:\compile\VSLab>C:\compile\IronPython-2.0B3\ipy.exe -X:ExceptionDetail
> viewlet.
> py
> 'this' type cannot be an interface itself.
>  at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.GetFirstSlotForInterface(IntPtr
> interfaceHandle)
>  at System.RuntimeType.GetInterfaceMap(Type ifaceType)
>  at
> Microsoft.Scripting.Generation.CompilerHelpers.TryGetCallableMethod(Method
> Info method)
>  at
> Microsoft.Scripting.Generation.CompilerHelpers.FilterNonVisibleMembers(Typ
> e type, MemberInfo[] foundMembers)
>  at IronPython.Runtime.Types.TypeInfo.MemberBinder.GetMember(Type type,
> String
> name, BindingFlags flags)
>  at
> IronPython.Runtime.Types.TypeInfo.StandardResolver.ResolveMember(MemberBin
> der binder, DynamicAction action, Type type, String name)
>  at
> IronPython.Runtime.Types.TypeInfo.MemberResolver.ResolveMembers(MemberBind
> er binder, DynamicAction action, Type type)
>  at IronPython.Runtime.Types.TypeInfo.GetResolvedMembers(MemberBinder
> memberBi
> nder, DynamicAction action, Type type)
>  at IronPython.Runtime.Calls.PythonBinder.ResolveMemberNames(CodeContext
> conte
> xt, PythonType type, PythonType owner, Dictionary`2 memberNames)
>  at IronPython.Runtime.Types.PythonType.GetMemberNames(CodeContext context,
> Ob
> ject self)
>  at IronPython.Runtime.Operations.PythonOps.GetAttrNames(CodeContext
> context,
> Object o)
>  at IronPython.Runtime.Builtin.dir(CodeContext context, Object o)
>  at _stub_$26##24(Closure , CallSite , CodeContext , Object , Object )
>  at _stub_MatchCaller(Object , CallSite , Object[] )
>  at Microsoft.Scripting.Actions.CallSite`1.UpdateAndExecute(Object[] args)
>  at
> Microsoft.Scripting.Actions.UpdateDelegates.Update3[T,T0,T1,T2,TRet](CallS
> ite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1, T2 arg2)
>  at S$2.Initialize(CodeContext )
>  at IronPython.Hosting.PythonCommandLine.RunFileWorker(String fileName)
>  at IronPython.Hosting.PythonCommandLine.RunFile(String fileName)
> ValueError: 'this' type cannot be an interface itself.
>
>
> Incidentally, even when installed with VS Pro I can't get VSLab to work
> *anyway* (this is Vista 64bit FWIW), so the code may not be ready for prime
> time.
>
> I may try firing up reflector myself and see where it takes me.
>
> Michael Foord
>
>
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk<mailto:
>> fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>    The viewlets that come with VSLab look *really* cool. They're
>>    based on F# so I decided to see if they could be used from IronPython.
>>
>>    http://www.codeplex.com/vslab
>>
>>    The dependencies are pretty hefty. You need F# installed *and*
>>    Managed DirectX (June 2008 SDK ~450mb seems to fulfil the dependency).
>>
>>    To get at the viewlet assemblies you need Visual Studio Pro
>>    installed as well, but they can be extracted from the VSLabs msi
>>    installer without VS Pro.
>>
>>    Ok, so with all the dependencies installed I attempt to use them -
>>    and *boom*. Anyone here got any ideas?
>>
>>    IronPython 2.0 Beta (2.0.0.3000) on .NET 2.0.50727.1434
>>    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>    >>> import clr
>>    >>> clr.AddReference('vslabfsicore')
>>    >>> clr.AddReference('vslabviewlets')
>>    >>> clr.AddReference('vslabcore')
>>    >>> from GraphViewlet import GraphControl
>>    >>> g = GraphControl()
>>    Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>>     File "vslabviewlets", line unknown, in .ctor
>>     File "vslabfsicore", line unknown, in .ctor
>>     File "System.Windows.Forms", line unknown, in get_Controls
>>     File "System.Windows.Forms", line unknown, in get_Properties
>>    SystemError: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
>>
>>
>>    Interesting that the explosion is inside winforms. Referencing
>>    that assembly first makes knows difference.
>>
>>    Michael Foord
>>
>>
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