On 08/04/2005, at 1:11 AM, Justin Binns wrote: > I'd guess, from your description, that you're using agpm.py manually > to install the app packages. What's happening is that the shared > application database is getting the 'wrong' python interpreter - if > you do 'which python' on a mac, you get (after resolving soft links) > /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/bin/python, > which, while it can start a wxPython app, has no access to the UI, so > the GUI windows will never get focus. If you do 'which pythonw' you > get (after resolving soft links) a script, which executes a different > interpreter, namely, > /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Resources/ > Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python > Only the second one (the one you get with 'pythonw') is able to > actually run python apps with a GUI correctly. The easy solution here > is to always run agpm.py with pythonw instead of python (except on > Linux, where there is no such beast). Hope that helps ;-) >
Justin, I was able to replicate the problem using "python", and confirm proper working with "pythonw". However, when previously running the app manually, I was using the startup command string as found in the VenueClient's log file (effectively using "pythonw"); this worked perfectly. Yet the same startup string when used by the VenueClient itself caused problems. ??? I rewrote one of the apps in a "nicer" style (less inheritance trickery) and its working now (on all of OSX, Linux, Windows), so I guess I'll just have to redo them all. chris > Christoph Willing wrote: > >> I'm trying to move some shared apps onto a Powerbook G4 (for AG >> retreat). >> >> These apps work well under Linux and mostly work on the G4 too. >> However those that employ a gui are a bit strange, in that they don't >> seem to take focus properly.This means they can't be resized or >> dragged around the screen with the mouse. Popup menus seem to work on >> them after a few false starts. If the gui has a menubar, it doesn't >> appear. MessageDialogs from the gui never take focus either so they >> never disappear because clicking the OK (Cancel etc) button never >> works. >> >> When these apps are started manually, they're fine and behave exactly >> as expected. Its just when they're started by joining a shared app >> instance via the VenueClient's "Application Sessions" node that there >> is a problem. Its as if the VenueClient is holding onto focus, not >> allowing its "child" gui's to take it. >> >> >> Has anyone work this out yet? >> >> chris >> >> >> Christoph Willing Ph: +61 7 3365 8350 >> QPSF Access Grid Manager >> University of Queensland >> > > Christoph Willing Ph: +61 7 3365 8350 QPSF Access Grid Manager University of Queensland
