On 04/04/13 13:12, Phil wrote:
On 04/04/13 11:58, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On 04/04/13 12:47, Phil wrote:
And this is the error message;
"global name 'Ui_satListDialog' is not defined"
On its own, that is almost useless.
Python gives you more debugging information than that: it gives you a
complete traceback, which includes the actual line of code causing the
problem. We don't even know which file gives the error, let alone which
line of code!
When you try to run the program, you will get an error. Please copy and
paste the *complete* traceback, starting with the line "Traceback (most
recent call last)" all the way to the bottom. It will show you which
file contains the error, what type of error it is, and which line fails.
Thank you for your reply Steven,
As useless as the error message may be it's the only one given.
You have misunderstood me. In your email, quoted above, you pasted ONLY the
error message "global name 'Ui_satListDialog' is not defined".
But now, following my prompting, you pasted the ENTIRE traceback:
phil@Asus:~/Eric/Pest$ python pest.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/phil/Eric/Pest/ui/mainwindow.py", line 57, in
on_actionList_triggered
dialog = Ui_satListDialog.SatelliteListDialog(self)
NameError: global name 'Ui_satListDialog' is not defined
^CTraceback (most recent call last):
File "pest.py", line 9, in <module>
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Notice how much more information there is? We learn:
* the error is occurring in your mainwindow.py file
* on line 57
* in the function or method "on_actionList_triggered"
* with the exact line "dialog = Ui_satListDialog.SatelliteListDialog(self)"
* which gives a NameError (as apposed to any of dozens of different sorts of
error)
* with the specific error message "global name 'Ui_satListDialog' is not
defined"
(and then there is a further error when you try to quit the app with Ctrl-C,
but one thing at a time).
One of the most critical skills for a programmer is to learn how to diagnose
errors. Trying to diagnose the error from just the error message is a bit like
telling the doctor you have a pain, but refusing to tell where the pain is,
what sort of pain, how long you've had it, or under what circumstances it comes
and goes.
Debugging, at times, is hard enough even with the assistance of full
tracebacks. You'll soon learn to appreciate them.
--
Steven
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