[chandler-dev] New here, failing to change mainblocks.py

[Grant Baillie]

Hi, Edwin

It's not clear exacctly what might be going on here, partly because  
I'm not sure what you mean by "does not work". A couple of guesses:

1) Based on the missing .pyo file, maybe there's some syntax problem  
with your python changes. In this case you could run something like:

.\release\RunPython.bat -c 'import osaf.views.main.mainblocks'

This should show the line number and an error message.

2) If you make changes in mainblocks.py, you will usually need to  
rebuild your repository:

- If you have data you don't want to lose, you should make sure it has  
been backed up when you last quit (or use the File >> Export >>  
Chandler Data to .chex File menu).
- Immediately after you launch Chandler, hold down the <Control> key  
until you get the "Start-up Options for Chandler" dialog. Choose  
"Discard all my data and start with a fresh repository".

If neither of these helps, let us know more specifically what's not  
working. Some clues may be in the file chandler.log, in your profile  
directory, which you can get to via these instructions:

http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/ProfileDirectory

--Grant

On 14 Dec, 2008, at 20:23, Edwin Woudt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm new here, and playing around a bit with the source code.
>
> I managed to get a working environment on my machine, and make a few
> changes so I could see the effect. This works fine, except for a  
> change
> I made to parcels/osaf/views/main/mainblocks.py. Even the most simple
> change (changing the icon of a toolbar button) does not work.
>
> Python is a new language to me, so please forgive me if this is a  
> simple
> problem. However I did notice that after running Chandler there is no
> mainblocks.pyo file in the directory, while for all other .py file  
> there
> is a corresponding .pyo file. Could that be the problem?
>
> Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?
>
> BTW: I am using the latest svn version, and am running on Vista.