Victor Binns wrote:
Please,
I need help. I installed python on my gateway windows vista laptop computer.
This is with the latest version of python (Python 2.6.3 Windows installer)
Python 2.6.3 Windows installer
It's not the latest, but no problem. It's probably a good choice.
I have some python code files I placed on my desktop and tried placing it in a folder containing
python program.
Which? On the desktop, or in a folder containing python programs?
The files still appears on the computer as a text file. Even though I placed the .py file extension on the file.
The .py is on the file but the icon image appears as a notepad file.
I need help in resolving this issue.
Thanks
Are you familiar with your system, and with Vista in particular? One
thing that's been wrong for the last few implementations of Windows is
that by default Explorer hides the extension of files. So you have to
believe in icons to guess what the file extension is. When I get each
new system, one of the first things I change is hide file extensions
for known types. Don't hide anything. There are a number of other
foolish settings which ought to be switched, but this is one of the most
important.
Most likely, your base problem is that your file is called
myprogram.py.txt
Notepad loves to add a txt extension to files, and by default Windows
Explorer obscures that fact. If you must use Notepad to edit the files,
then when doing the SaveAs, make sure you change the Save as file
type from Text Documents to All files Otherwise Notepad will add
an extra .txt to whatever extension you try to use.
You will also need to get comfortable with the DOS box (Command Prompt,
whatever Vista calls it. It's probably in Start-Accessories). In a
DOS box, you could do a DIR of that directory, and see exactly what the
file is called. You also could invoke python or pythonw explicitly on
the file, with extra option switches. And when the program finishes,
the window with the result wouldn't automatically vanish. And you can
scroll back and see what's been happening in previous runs. And you can
actually type arguments to your script. And ...
DaveA
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