Python 2.5 and WXPython demo's

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On May 30, 7:29 am, stef <s.mien... at id.umcn.nl> wrote:
> Wildemar Wildenburger wrote:
> > Andrew P wrote:
> >> Hello,
>
> >> I am new (very) to Python and have just down loaded the latest version
> >> of Python (2.5) and WXPython (2.8).
>
> >> For some reason I cannot get the WXPython demo to run at all. I run
> >> windows XP and it can't find a program to run the demo. Any advice?
> >> (apologies if this has been posted before).
>
> > There *should* be a link in your startmenu in the wxPython group. I'm
> > quite positive, but not 100% sure. I think it has the snake-icon. But
> > if it's really not there (as you suggested), simply go the the folder
> > you installed the demo to and run demo.py.
>
> > Maybe there's a blunder in the installer for the 2.8 demo? Anyone?
>
> Can't answer that, but on one from two (almost identical) PC's,
> I had trouble too, the other went fluently.
> On both PC's,
> there was an older wxPython (2.6 I believe),
> (which from what I've read should be no problem at all),
> which wasn't overruled, by some specific file (wx.pth) to point to the
> newest.
> The effect is that the demo tries to run, can't find aiw?? or something
> like that and crashes
> (on fast PC's you actually just see a dos box flashing).
> Editing the wx.pth file solved the problem.
>
> cheers,
> Stef Mientki

I haven't had any problems in with the demo...but then again, I
uninstalled the previous version before putting on the new demo. I did
have some minor problems choosing which version I wanted to run with
my scripts, but that has nothing to do with the demo.

Mike