Re: Problems getting 0.4.99 to run under win32

[Luca Cotta Ramusino]

Hi all, and thanks for the input. Please do not think that I'm a Win bigot.
However, my feeling is that if I can't run Form on Windows, then my chances
of convincing anybody on the merits of GNUe (at this stage, at least) are
somewhat limited. That said, let's get down to business

-- Yes, I think I can handle SAP-DB. I chose mysql simply because I already
had it running on my machine.

-- And yes, I can test the WIN32 version if you wish. Just point me to the
archives. I'm not really familiar with CVS, as my experience with versioning
systems is limited to sccs on some steam-powered mini from looooong ago.
However, I'm game.

-- I don't want to fall back to 0.4.3 if that means I can't play with
whatever's available for GNUe-sb.

I'm following GNUe-sb because I think 2-tier could be a good starting place
for the University of Milan project.

Eventually I'll get a spare machine with Linux to play with GEAS and 3-tier.
Can't do it on this machine, as "She Who Must Be Obeyed" is going to be very
pissed if she can't get to Flash MX and 3D Studio... ;-)

So, if you can point me in the right direction, I'm eager to get started.
Just tell me which version of SAP-DB, drivers for Python, and Common + Forms
versions that need testing under XP. Also any assorted odds & ends I might
need besides what I have.

Thanks to all,

Luca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bajusz Tamas" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Problems getting 0.4.99 to run under win32


> Hi!
>
> If you want to help GNUe, please test the CVS head,
> not the old prereleases.
> But i have to say, the forms setup.py isn't perfect today.
> You have to copy some files by hand (dialogs/*/*.gfd IIRC).
> (It will be fixed soon.)
>
> The win32 native driver is not ready for testing yet.
> It misses event handling, so it's readonly now.
>
> If SAP-DB is too "big animal" for you, try
> Firebird with kinterbasdb.
>
> btami
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Cater" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Problems getting 0.4.99 to run under win32
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > Those prereleases are old and we will be doing new ones really soon. A
> > lot of bugfixes have been applied since those were created. We are
> > preparing for a major release shortly.
> >
> > Note that we Win32 native support is being heavily developed by btami,
> > but given the complexity (crappiness) of the win32 api, I'm not 100%
> > sure it will be "production ready" for the 0.5.0 release. We are all
> > very excited about this driver, though!
> >
> > Also, the SAP-DB suggestion is a good one, although it needs NT/2000/XP
> > to run. I don't think it runs on Win9x.  Just an FYI, YMMV.
> >
> > --  Jason
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:32:54 -0700 (MST)
> > "Derek Neighbors" <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > address@hidden said:
> > > > Hi, this is how I went about installing the pre-release on my XP
> > > > home laptop
> > > >
> > > > Installed Python 2.2 ok
> > > > Installed mxDateTime ok
> > > > Installed wxPython ok (got the "demo.py" working)
> > > > Installed GNUe Common 0.4.3.99 ok
> > > > Installed GNUe Forms 0.4.99 ok
> > > > Renamed c:\Python22\etc\sample.gnue.conf to gnue.conf
> > > >
> > > > Typed python c:\python22\scripts\gnue-forms --help
> > > >
> > > > and got the expected message. However, when I typed
> > > >
> > > > python c:\python22\scripts\gnue-forms c:\gforms\samples\contact.gfd
> > >
> > > > I got the error message "Error: Unable to load any valid UI drivers.
> > > > Aborting."
> > > >
> > > > Am I missing some piece of software or do I need to specify
> > > > somewhere that I want to display forms with wxpython?
> > >
> > > Btami would be best to answer these.  I dont think 0.4.99 was ever
> > > tested on windows.  I would say your best bet is to fall back to 0.4.3
> > > or beg btami to bundle up cvs nightlies for you for windows.  I say
> > > this because there is new NATIVE win32 support coming in 0.5.0 and it
> > > needs testing.
> > >
> > > > P.S. As soon as I can get it working, I'll connect to mySQL via
> > > > mySQL- python. Couldn't even begin to get postgreSQL working on
> > > > win32.
> > >
> > > If you are using MySQL just because you cant get postgres working, it
> > > would really help us if you wanted to test SAP-DB on windows.  I
> > > believe it has a very straight forward windows install and decent
> > > tools to graphically manage it.  The database is much more robust.
> > > Also, we have SAP-DB employees willing to help out with driver issues
> > > if we encounter problems.
> > >
> > > -Derek
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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