> > Hi Rod,
> > The user's ability to hack into the code is usually considered one of
> > the strengths of Python & open source software in general. Since most
> > Python software that's distributed is open source, you're doing
> > something different than most. It'd help if you explain how you w
Hi,
I have been merrily programming away in Python now for a few years and
have a couple of applications I would like to possibly publish at some
point - with the exception of certain libraries they are more or less
100% Python. However I have read elsewhere online that Python due to
it's architec
Hi,
I have posted elsewhere about a related topic. But I an curious is it
possible to set up a web form which people select a file for upload
which is then upload it via FTP protocol to the web server - the
entire process must be web based and not require an external FTP
client. The reason for ask
Hi Diez,
Thanks, I will look on Google again, to date though all examples I
have used come up against similar problems. As for HTTP framework and
libraries, I will see what is currently supported. At present I am
using standard Python libraries.
Best,
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On Oct 13, 11:55 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> rodmc wrote:
> > On 13 Oct, 00:10, Mike Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On Oct 12, 9:34 am, rodmc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> > Hi,
>
> >>
On 13 Oct, 00:10, Mike Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Oct 12, 9:34 am, rodmc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Is there a way to get the size of a file on a remote machine before it
> > is uploaded? I would like to write some form of statu
Hi,
Is there a way to get the size of a file on a remote machine before it
is uploaded? I would like to write some form of status counter which
is updated as a fie is uploaded, and also to use this feature to
prevent files which are too big from being uploaded.
Best,
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Hi,
I am trying to figure out how to create a Python script which will
open a file from a folder outwith the public_html path and serve it
directly to the user for downloading. The aim being so that the users
cannot see where the file is served from. Is there an easy way to do
this, or an HTML hea
Thanks for your reply, I may dig out my really old Symbian phone and
try it out.
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Hi,
I have been scouting around online for information on how to use
Python and a GUI toolikit to develop mobile devices. At present I am
using wxPython for desktop apps and would like to continue using that
if possible. Anyway, I would like to know what people would recommend
for developing mobil
Hi,
I am writing a small application which uploads files in a thread via
an ftp connection. However anytime I use the os.remove(filename)
command to delete files the thread crashes, even if the file being
removed has nothing to do with the one being uploaded. Are the OS
commands incompatible with
> Your best bets are probably Django, Pylons or web.py. But you should
> learn enough of the core language itself before jumping in web stuff IMHO.
Yes, a good point.
If you are looking for general info then then "Dive Into Python" (a
link is on the Python website) is a good start for people who
> Hi, I would like to start using Python, but am unsure where to begin.
> I know how to look up a tutorial and learn the language, but not what
> all technologies to use. I saw references to plain Python, Django,
> and other things.
Hi,
For database stuff you can plug directly into either MySQL
> Is the cgi script in the same directory? The user's browser looks
> for the jpg relative to the URL it used to get the page, which in
> the case of the CGI script is the path to the script, not the
> path to the html file.
No the CGI script is in a different folder, I could move everything to
quot;. The actual page displays ok except for the image - so it
has the same problem as before. However when the same page is
displayed without running through a CGI it displays perfectly.
Kind regards,
rod
On Mar 6, 11:46 am, Bryan Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> rodmc wrote:
&g
Hi,
Good point, some code samples is probably required. Please note that
for reasons of integration with another system I am not using a
templating system.
Anyway I have copied them below:
Python:
f = open("finish.html")
doc = f.read()
f.close()
print doc
HTML:
Hi,
I have a set of CGI scripts set up and in one page (which is stored in
an HTML file then printed via a python CGI) there is an image. However
the image never displays, can anyone recommend a way round this
problem?
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Hi,
Probably a silly question but I am writing a CGI script which need to
check the referring URL, can anyone provide any pointers? I have
looked at URLLib2 and a couple of other libraries, but am slightly
confused.
Thanks in advance,
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it also means I learn a little more Python :-)
Cheers,
rod
On Feb 14, 3:26 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> rodmc a écrit :
>
>
>
> > I am new to using Python as a CGI platform, so please excuse me if
> > this is a dumb question.
>
> > Anyway I have written a
I am new to using Python as a CGI platform, so please excuse me if
this is a dumb question.
Anyway I have written a series of web forms (with Python scripts)
which allow the user input but also retrieve data from a database. The
data entry stage works fine however retrieving data is a little more
Thanks for your reply, no one is running locally on my PC and the
other as the default user which occurs when the script is run through
a browser.
Best,
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Also it was not quite ready.
Hi,
I am writing a small CGI app which tests if another webpage exists,
the pages are on a Wiki system. Anyway when I run the sam
Hi,
I am writing a small CGI app which tests if another webpage exists,
the pages are on a Wiki system. Anyway when I run the same function
(see below) from within IDLE it is ok, however when it is run from
within the CGI script I get a socket error::
"URLError:
reason = "
I am not quite s
On Feb 7, 1:06 pm, rodmc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 6, 8:00 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > En Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:27:53 -0200, rodmc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > escribi�:
>
> > > Hi, I am trying to
On Feb 6, 8:00 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> En Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:27:53 -0200, rodmc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> escribi�:
>
> > Hi, I am trying to set a cookie on a client computer using the Cookie
> > module however all I get is the t
Hi, I am trying to set a cookie on a client computer using the Cookie
module however all I get is the text being printed in the browser
window. Can anyone point me in the right direction so that the cookie
data is set without it appearing in the browser? A shortened version
of the code is below, in
Hi,
I have been looking online for some examples of how to create multi
form CGI scripts using Python. I have come across a few but am still a
little confused - being new to CGI on Python. Can anyone provide me
with some pointers to useful tutorials or advice on the best way to go
about it? I thin
Hi,
I am writing a threaded application, part of which relies on sending
messages to users. However I cannot get the smtplib and some other
email related libraries to work inside threads (they work ok when not
in threads). Is there a problem with using threads and email? If so is
there a solution
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> By large I mean an application with intensive operations, such as a
> fancy GUI maybe a couple of threads, accessing a database, etc.
I am still fairly new to Python, I only started using it at the start
of this year and then stopped for a while. However the project I
u
Thanks the fix you provided me with workds perfectly.
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> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\Fnorb\script\cpp.py", line 53, in
> > -toplevel-
> > raise "No C/C++ pre-processor found in your PATH!"
> > No C/C++ pre-processor found in your PATH!
>
> You don't say *when* this error occurs, i.e. what is th
>
> I used omniorb, and have been very satisfied with it. You might consider
> switching.
>
> Diez
Thanks, I have just downloaded that plus omniORBpy as well. I have the
binary version of omniORB but need to build omniORBpy, from what I can
see the build process is aimed at GCC and not VC++. Anywa
Hi,
I have installed Fnorb and everything seems to have gone ok. However I
keep getting the error message below. This is despite the fact that the
MS CL c++ preprocessor seems to be in PATH. I can type "cl" and
although I get nothing back in the DOS window, there is also no error
message.
Traceba
Thanks to everyone for their help. I had tried OmniORB and while the
base library worked ok, the Python bit OmniORBpy seems to dislike
working... Perhaps there is something wrong with my settings.
I will also try the Python only suggestion.
cheers,
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Can anyone recommend an easy to install COBRA implementation which
works with Python? I am using Windows XP.
Thanks in advance.
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Can anyone recommend a library which will let me bridge between Python
and Prolog? I have looked around but as yet have had no luck. Either
the libraries are no longer being updated or the links do not work.
FYI: I am using Python 2.4 and SWI Prolog, I would also like to make
sure it can run on Mac
= MySQLdb.connect(host=DBSERVERIP, user="user",
passwd="password", db="nuke")
except:
print "A database connection error has occurred"
return False
else:
#The rest of the program
Sybren Stuvel wrote:
> rodmc enlightened us with:
> >
I have written an application that connects to a database on a remote
machine which uses MySQLdb 1.2.0. The application works perfectly when
connecting to the database from a remote machine, however when it
attempts to connect to a database on the same machine a connection
error is generated. I hav
Thanks, well if what you say is true then it would make sense.
Cheers,
rod
Tim Roberts wrote:
> "rodmc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Thanks for this, I have managed to build PyUSB and install it in the
> >relevant directory. However I get bus errors
advance.
Rod
Tim Roberts wrote:
> "rodmc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >I need to write a program which can access the USB ports on Mac and
> >Linux, is there a library available for Python?
>
> The "stable" version of Libusb includes a Pytho
Hi,
I need to write a program which can access the USB ports on Mac and
Linux, is there a library available for Python?
Thanks in advance.
Best,
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Further to my last post, I will try some of the tips presented above.
Also the app writes to the screen display (or Active Desktop). As
someone suggested, that could be where the problem is.
Best.
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Yes, I mean just a good old fashioned screen lock (for security)
initiated by the user. 'Sadly' there has been nothing as exciting as a
blue-screen of death as yet, not even when the app swells to 400MB.
Best,
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I have written an application which works perfectly when the machine is
operating under normal conditions, however when the screen becomes
locked it imediately starts to fill up several hundred MB's of memory.
Is there a way to detect when the system is locked?
Best,
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I have written an application which seems to work fine most of the time
and takes up about 26k when run. However when the PC (Windows 2k) is
put to sleep/locked and the application is left to run it starts eating
up memory, indeed about 400mb was the recent record.
Is there any automated way of fi
Hi,
Does anyone know how I can create an Active Desktop window from within
a Python script? It would also be good to know how to refresh that
window and nothing else.
At present I have an application which writes to a file which is read
by the Active Desktop (embeded IE), then a refresh command
Hi Diez,
No this occurs when the client is executed. Basically it runs as you
see above then terminates. It should be noted that the errors involving
the /xmpp libraries seem to change each time. I have no doubt it is
connected to that, but the error does not happen at all when I run the
client th
I have written an application which uses threads and the XMPP library -
this is a library which supports the jabber instant messaging protocol.
The application works fine when run from Idle, however I get thread
errors when I try to run it as an EXE created with Py2Exe or when it is
run within othe
Hello,
I am trying to figure out how to write a windows service, I am totally
new to it. I have written a simple test case, however it doesn't appear
to do anything. Although it installs and appears to start, when I run a
query of its status (using another app) it says it is not running. As
a not
Hi Lev,
Sounds interesting. As I am quite new to Python an example program
would be most welcome. My email address is contained in the message.
Best,
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I have written a small program which updates and HTML page in an active
desktop (Internet Explorer) window. At present whenever it is
refreshed it redraws the whole screen, I am using a very basic script
from a Win32 example I found a while ago. Is there a way I can refresh
the Window only and not
Hi,
Thanks to both of you for your help.
cheers,
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I have written a small server application (for Windows) which handles
sending and receiving information from an instant messaging client and
a database. This server needs to run 24/7, however it stops when the
computer screen is locked.
I assume there is a way to make it run in the background 24/7
Hi Wolfram,
Thanks for the tip, after some server issues I am pleased to say the
library appears to work perfectly with MySQL 5.
Best,
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I need to write a Python application which connects to a MySQL 5.0
database. Can anyone point me in the right direction or a compatible
library?
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Thanks for all the comments.
I will elaborate slightly to give everyone an idea of what is going on.
Basically I need to create a dynamic visualisation which sits in the
active desktop, basically behind the desktop icons and in front of the
windows wallpaper. Windows lets you define a web page whi
Is it possible to embed a Python application within Internet explorer?
If so how do people recommend going about it.
As for the application it has to be able display simple animated
graphics such as circles, lines and squares. However if someone clicks
on a shape it should open up another applicat
As I said I am most likely to have made an error, being a newbie and
all that. Here is the offending function. I said i would not post
source code but there you go...
As I said I plan to change this function, so it will no doubt be out of
date quite soon.
def senddata(msg):
host = "localhost"
I recently wrote a program in IDLE and it runs perfectly. However when
the same application is executed within SPE I receive errors saying
that certain socket items are not callable, in particular AF_INET.
I am new to Python, is there a reason why somethings will run in IDLE
and not SPE?
I could
Well I have just started using Python and have found wxPython to be
pretty good, it is built upon the WxWindows framework.It is also
cross-platform. You can find it at www.wxpython.org.
It appears to be easy to understand and there are a few GUI builder
tools around for it as well.
Rod
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Thanks for the help so far.
There are two Python applications involved, one runs on a remote PC
(server) and another on the users PC (client).
The server at present merely receives and sends out messages via an
instant messaging platform. Based on the information it receives via
the IM platform i
Can anyone provide me with advice on how easy (or otherwise) it is to
drive a Flash animation (stored locally but displaed in a browser) with
a Python application. Basically information is getting streamed to a
Python client and this is expected to update the Flash animation.
It sounds odd, but it
Hi Tim.
Thanks for the tips.
As for VBA, well I am looking at that as well. Although for
architectural reasons elsewhere in the project Python or C++ are the
only options. While I could use several languages I am trying where
possible to stick to one or at most two.
cheers,
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Hi Tim,
Thanks for replying.
It needs to be a small application/plug-in which can visualise data
that is either within Word already or which is sent to it via a server
on the localhost. The actual GUI will be very simple, for example and
image and some buttons.
What it actually has to do should
Is there a way to write Word plug-ins in Python? I am using Python
2.3.5 and Word 2000, and need to be able to write a small network
application with a basic GUI which can run inside Word.
cheers,
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Hi Peter,
I am currently importing the socket library when I write the programs,
I have had no problems with it on my PC at work, but the Mac at home
steadfastly refuses to work. As for existing libraries, I am new to
Python so am kean to avoid re-inventing the wheel :-)
Cheers,
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I am on 10.3, I keep getting exceptions when it hits lines like
mySocket.bind (SERVER_IP, 2727 )
or
mySocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_NET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
The code I am using is copied from a tutorial on a website somewhere.
Cheers,
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Hi Peter,
I am currently importing the socket library when I write the programs,
I have had no problems with it on my PC at work, but the Mac at home
steadfastly refuses to work. As for existing libraries, I am new to
Python so am kean to avoid re-inventing the wheel :-)
Cheers,
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I am new to Python and have been writing some socket based programmes
on Windows (with some success), however I am unable to get them to work
on Mac.
Are there differences in the way the socket module works on Windows and
Mac? I would appreciate any simple code samples people my have for
creating
Thanks for all the help everyone.
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I am looking for a 2D data visualisation or graphics library for
Python. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance,
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I am totally new to Python and WxPython and need to write an
application which can open up an external windows from a plug-in within
GAIM (using pyGAIM). I have managed to hack some code together from
what little I have covered so far, however GAIM refuses to open until I
have closed the extra wind
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