I commented out the check and the app does launch but there is no icon
at all.  Also, you cannot move the window.  I've attached the files I
used to test with.
--Mark

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Giovanni Bajo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 10/26/2009 3:21 PM, concussionGFX wrote:
>> Is it an error with wxPython or PyInstaller?
>> From what it seems to me, when setting the "LSBackgroundOnly" you are
>> telling the app to run as a background process, which is why I think
>> wxpython is complaining when it is trying to build its windows. I
>> think the error is more with the pyinstaler process that is unpacking
>> the exe and not quiting, Hence the bouncing icon.
>
> PyInstaller runs two processes: the first one unpacks the executable,
> and then spawns the second, which is the actual program. The first one
> needs to stay in background and wait, to clean up the temporary files
> even if the second process ends abruptly.
>
> Under Mac OSX, the solution of using LSBackgroundOnly on the first
> process works very well with PyQt. I don't know why wxPython complains;
> my understanding is that it is over-zealous: it does a check which is
> not strictly required. Can you confirm that, if you comment that code
> out in wxPython source code, the application works correctly?
>
> If so, we need to raise the discussion with wxPython developers. Notice
> that, whatever is the result of that dicussion, we can still workaround
> the problem through a runtime hook within PyInstaller.
> --
> Giovanni Bajo
> Develer S.r.l.
> http://www.develer.com
>
> >
>

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