dabo Commit
Revision 2217
Date: 2006-06-16 06:11:12 -0700 (Fri, 16 Jun 2006)
Author: ed
Changed:
U trunk/dabo/__init__.py
Log:
Added explicit testing for SQLite, along with an informative warning if the
required libraries are not present.
Diff:
Modified: trunk/dabo/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/dabo/__init__.py 2006-06-16 12:50:53 UTC (rev 2216)
+++ trunk/dabo/__init__.py 2006-06-16 13:11:12 UTC (rev 2217)
@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@
nature of Dabo's design, it is possible to use just the
db layer, or the db layer in conjunction with the biz
layer, with no ui at all.)
+
+ + SQLite3: this is used internally for managing preferences, as
+ well as for cursor management.
+
+ + pysqlite2: The Python dbapi module for SQLite.
+ Windows 98SE or higher
+ Macintosh OSX 10.2 or higher (*much* nicer in Tiger - 10.4)
- + Linux 2.4 with X11 running
+ + Linux 2.4 with X11 running and Gtk2
+ Access to some sort of database server, along with the
appropriate Python driver(s) installed. For example, for
@@ -92,15 +97,24 @@
Have fun in your exploration of Dabo.
"""
-# Import global settings (do this first, as other imports may rely on it):
-from settings import *
-# dApp will change the following values upon its __init__:
-dAppRef = None
+import sys
+try:
+ import pysqlite2
+except ImportError:
+ msg = """
+Dabo requires SQLite 3 and the pysqlite2 module. You will have to install these
+free products before running Dabo. You can get them from the following
locations:
+
+SQLite: http://www.sqlite.org/download.html
+pysqlite2: http://initd.org/tracker/pysqlite
+
+"""
+ sys.exit(msg)
+
# Instantiate the logger object, which will send messages to user-overridable
# locations. Do this before any other imports.
-import sys
from dabo.lib.logger import Log
infoLog = Log()
infoLog.Caption = "Dabo Info Log"
@@ -109,6 +123,12 @@
errorLog.Caption = "Dabo Error Log"
errorLog.LogObject = sys.stderr
+# Import global settings (do this first, as other imports may rely on it):
+from settings import *
+
+# dApp will change the following values upon its __init__:
+dAppRef = None
+
from __version__ import version
import dColors
import dEvents
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