Dear Ed. Many thanks for replying. i tried associating .py files to open with daborun.exe but the same errors coming. attached are screenshots in OOImpress- 3 slides. thanks for the help.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 3, 2008, at 2:20 AM, Mark Chasan wrote: > > > I installed the runtime engine on 2 different windows xp pro > > machines. Both > > don`t open any .py files from the Dabo folder, no demos. There is an > > error.log file that states: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "daborun.py", line 247, in <module> > > File "daborun.py", line 242, in run > > File "<string>", line 1 > > import C:\Program Files\Dabo Runtime\daborun.exe > > ^ > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Where is that last import statement coming from? It's not in any > Dabo > code. The exe is not a Python module, and cannot be imported. > > > I go to the dabo runtime folder, click the daborun.exe and get a > > dialog box > > to select a .py file to open . I select the demo folder and then > > DaboDemo.py. Then I get the error message box - Dabo Runtime Engine > > has > > encountered a problem and must close. there is more info available > > saying > > modname: kernel32.dll was where the problem is. > > I've never seen that, and the Runtime Engine has been tested almost > exclusively on XP. If possible, can you grab a screenshot of that and > send it to me off-list? > > > Please help me get Dabo running so i can start to use it. Thank you. > > Also no > > .py files run by themselves from the folder work either. > > You'd have to configure the registry to associate .py files with > daborun.exe, and we don't do that because we don't want to mess up > people's systems. > > Try this: drag a .py file and drop it on the icon for the Runtime > Engine. Does it run correctly then? > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-dev This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
