[wxPython] probelms with Boa and new version 2.3.3pre5

Hello all. I am quite new to all of this, so please bear with me. I had
Python 2.2.1/Boa/wxPython working just fine on my Win XP machine, but when I
just installed the 2.2.3pre5 version of wxPython I can no longer start Boa.
It begins to start as follows and then quits:

setting user preferences
running main...

Then I get the error message: 'Flags' is an invalid keyword argument for
this function.

Any ideas on how to fix this? I uninstalled Python/Boa/wxPython and
reinstalled all of them, but got the same error message.

Thanks. John

John Boik
Oregon Medical Press
www.ompress.com
john.boik@ompress.com

Maybe Boa is incompatible with the new version of python.

I heard that it's quite sensitive to different versions that what it was written for.

As a good exercise, you could follow the traceback and see where this 'flags' is bieng declared and what the deal is :slight_smile:

Otherwise go back to the "stable" version of python. Someone once told me, "it's pre-release, don't complain if it doesn't work" (I know you're not complaining or anything). That's the downside of pre-release, alpha and beta versions, you're pretty much on your own for probs. I found it best just to stick with the latest stable version of python and wxPython and get the job done. :slight_smile:

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

GBU
Matthew Sherborne

John Boik wrote:

Hello all. I am quite new to all of this, so please bear with me. I had
Python 2.2.1/Boa/wxPython working just fine on my Win XP machine, but when I
just installed the 2.2.3pre5 version of wxPython I can no longer start Boa.
It begins to start as follows and then quits:

I had the same problem with wxPython 2.3.3. In the docu of boa it says it is designed to run with wxPython 2.3.2 and that is true. After I reinstalled wxPython 2.3.2 boa runs without problems.
You can actually have 2.3.3 and 2.3.2 both on your computer. Simply rename the wxPython folder to something else and then install 2.3.2. By renaming the two folders you can switch between the wxPython versions which are being used.

Hope this helps,

                   Axel

Hello all. I am quite new to all of this, so please bear with me. I had
Python 2.2.1/Boa/wxPython working just fine on my Win XP machine, but when

I

just installed the 2.2.3pre5 version of wxPython I can no longer start

Boa.

It begins to start as follows and then quits:

setting user preferences
running main...

Then I get the error message: 'Flags' is an invalid keyword argument for
this function.

Any ideas on how to fix this? I uninstalled Python/Boa/wxPython and
reinstalled all of them, but got the same error message.

John:

I had the same error. Sadly the rate of change of wxPython and Boa together
makes for interesting developments :slight_smile: If you download the CVS copy of Boa
you should find that it works OK again.

regards
Steve

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Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 4:59 PM
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