[wxPython] Problem using os.system in a wxPython app.

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Hello all,

I am trying to use os.system from within a wxPython program and
have encountered something strange. When I call os.system to
"start" a html file, the os.system call takes nearly ten seconds
to run. If I don't import wxPython, the call returns straight away.
I have reproduced this from the Python interactive window, ie

Python 2.1 (#15, Apr 16 2001, 18:25:49) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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import os
os.system('start d:\\') # Succeeds straight away

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from wxPython.wx import *
os.system('start d:\\') # Takes nearly ten seconds.

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This affects NT 4 and 2000.

I can work around this by calling wxExecute like this:

wxExecute('cmd.exe /C "start d:\\"')

but it is strange nonetheless. Has anyone else seen this?

Tia,

Noel Duffy.

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I am trying to use os.system from within a wxPython program and
have encountered something strange. When I call os.system to
"start" a html file, the os.system call takes nearly ten seconds
to run. If I don't import wxPython, the call returns straight away.
I have reproduced this from the Python interactive window, ie

I havn't tried it with os.system, but webbrowser.open(url) does fine for me.
(Win2k and Win98)

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