🌐 Mailman 3 March 2011 - Pythonmac-SIG - python.org

Appscript and Excel save_as
by Dan Ross March 17, 2011

March 17, 2011

Hi there- I have the following AppleScript: set theOutputPath to (path to desktop folder as string) & "My Saved Workbook.csv" tell application "Microsoft Excel" tell active workbook save workbook as filename theOutputPath file format CSV file format end tell end tell This works fine. When I try to use appscript I cannot get the stinking spreadsheet to save as a CSV file with the following: from appscript import * excel = app('/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Excel') excel.open('/Users/danr/Desktop/Test.xlsx') name = excel.worksheets[1].name.get() print(name) excel.worksheets[1].save_as(filename = 'boogers.csv', file_format = "CSV") Any pointers? Thanks, Dan

1 0

py2app and Python 3.2
by Dan Ross March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Hi all- I have a very small and simple Tkinter/Python 3.2 app that I'm trying to bundle with py2app. After updating py2app and it's dependencies to "dev" versions I still get the following error: *** creating application bundle: gui *** Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/site-packages/py2app-0.5.2-py3.2.egg/py2app/build_app.py", line 604, in _run self.run_normal() File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/site-packages/py2app-0.5.2-py3.2.egg/py2app/build_app.py", line 675, in run_normal self.create_binaries(py_files, pkgdirs, extensions, loader_files) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/site-packages/py2app-0.5.2-py3.2.egg/py2app/build_app.py", line 772, in create_binaries target, arcname, pkgexts, copyexts, target.script) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/site-packages/py2app-0.5.2-py3.2.egg/py2app/build_app.py", line 1253, in build_executable sys.version[:3])), os.path.join(inc_dir, 'pyconfig.h')) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/distutils/cmd.py", line 350, in copy_file dry_run=self.dry_run) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/distutils/file_util.py", line 106, in copy_file "can't copy '%s': doesn't exist or not a regular file" % src) distutils.errors.DistutilsFileError: can't copy '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/include/python3.2/pyconfig.h': doesn't exist or not a regular file > > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/distutils/file_util.py(106)copy_file() -> "can't copy '%s': doesn't exist or not a regular file" % src) (Pdb) From snooping around in Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/include/ in looks like the python folder is named python3.2m rather than just python. Does this sound familiar or am I barking up the wrong tree? Oh. OS 10.6.6 Python 3.2 64bit Thanks, Dan

2 7

Fwd: Re: py2app and stripped os.environ
by Christopher Barker March 15, 2011

March 15, 2011

Re-posting -- for some reason this didn't seem to show up in the list. -Chris -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] py2app and stripped os.environ Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:09:28 -0400 From: Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren(a)mac.com> To: Christopher Barker <Chris.Barker(a)noaa.gov> CC: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org On 15 Mar, 2011, at 11:57, Christopher Barker wrote: > On 3/15/11 6:11 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: >>> Once deployed as .app using py2app, I am not getting all the env vars that are >>> available to users. > >> That's on OSX issue, and not a problem in py2app. Most of the environment variables you see from the command-line are initialized by the shell and/or Terminal.app and are not available to GUI applications. You'd see the same issue with a native application. > > Indeed, and we did explain that to the OP on the wxPython list. It would have been nice if he'd mentioned that in his post here. > > However, it seems that it is fairly common that folks write applications that call command line utilities. In this case, they need the environment to be set up the way that it is in the user's default shell. I suggest that it might be nice to have an option for py2app to build an app that will initialize the environment that a user would see in their standard shell. That is non-trivial, especially when the user has specified a different shell in the Terminal preferences. To get the right environment you'd probably have to: * Reverse engineer the default shell created by Terminal.app * Parse the environment plist file (I don't recall the name, but have an PyObjC example that uses is) * Run 'login -f USER' in a subprocess, then run the "env" command using that shell All of this should be done in a bootstrap script (in py2app), and code should then be added to the distutils command to ensure that the script gets included when an option is specified (lets say, "--emulate-shell-environment") All of this is definitely possible, but I don't know when I'll get around to doing it. If someone can write a function that fetches the information I can easily integrate it into py2app. This should be a function that takes no arguments and updates os.environ, something like: .. def _emulate_shell_environment(): .. import os .. os.environ['KEY'] = 'value' BTW. I've filed issue #15 for this, to ensure the request doesn't get lost (<https://bitbucket.org/ronaldoussoren/py2app/issue/15/py2app-should-have-way…>) Ronald -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker(a)noaa.gov

1 0

py2app and stripped os.environ
by Prashant Saxena March 15, 2011

March 15, 2011

Hi, Once deployed as .app using py2app, I am not getting all the env vars that are available to users. A detailed discussion on this topic is available at here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/wxpython-users/8IuO_Q1ZjA8 Considering the last post in that topic, Now all the user env vars are available when starting the app from terminal using command 'open test.app". When you double click the app in finder, app starts but again os.environ gives limited vars. The idea is to get all the vars in os.environ which are available to the user.(All vars available using 'env' command) Prashant

3 3

[patch] GetURL argv emulation for py2app 0.5.2
by Brendan Simon (eTRIX) March 13, 2011

March 13, 2011

Below is my patch to get URLs/URIs to be added to sys.argv when an app is opened via the Launcher. It should be applied to: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/py2app/bootstrap/argv_emulation.py Can this patch *please* be integrated (please modify if necessary) in to 0.5.3 release !! eg. You can test with "open myapp myurl:test" The sys.argv attribute should include "myurl:test" :) NOTE: for some reason the AppleEvent constants kAEInternetSuite and kAEISGetURL does not work as they are set to 'gurl' (lowercase). However using 'GURL' does work :) Cheers, Brendan. --- argv_emulation_orig.py 2011-03-11 08:49:13.000000000 +1100 +++ argv_emulation.py 2011-03-11 09:47:00.000000000 +1100 @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import traceback from Carbon import AE from Carbon.AppleEvents import kCoreEventClass, kAEOpenApplication, \ - kAEOpenDocuments, keyDirectObject, typeAEList, typeAlias + kAEOpenDocuments, keyDirectObject, typeAEList, typeAlias, \ + kAEInternetSuite, kAEISGetURL, typeChar from Carbon import Evt from Carbon import File from Carbon.Events import highLevelEventMask, kHighLevelEvent @@ -23,10 +24,14 @@ self.__runapp) AE.AEInstallEventHandler(kCoreEventClass, kAEOpenDocuments, self.__openfiles) + #AE.AEInstallEventHandler(kAEInternetSuite, kAEISGetURL, self.__geturl) + AE.AEInstallEventHandler('GURL', 'GURL', self.__geturl) def close(self): AE.AERemoveEventHandler(kCoreEventClass, kAEOpenApplication) AE.AERemoveEventHandler(kCoreEventClass, kAEOpenDocuments) + #AE.AERemoveEventHandler(kAEInternetSuite, kAEISGetURL) + AE.AERemoveEventHandler('GURL', 'GURL') def mainloop(self, mask = highLevelEventMask, timeout = 1*60): # Note: this is not the right way to run an event loop in OSX or @@ -91,6 +96,20 @@ self._quit() + def __geturl(self, requestevent, replyevent): + try: + listdesc = requestevent.AEGetParamDesc(keyDirectObject, typeAEList) + for i in range(listdesc.AECountItems()): + desc = listdesc.AEGetNthDesc(i+1, typeChar)[1] + url = desc.data.decode('utf8') + sys.argv.append(url) + except Exception, e: + print "argvemulator.py warning: can't unpack a GetURL event" + import traceback + traceback.print_exc() + + self._quit() + return ArgvCollector() def _argv_emulation():

2 3

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [patch] GetURL argv emulation for py2app 0.5.2
by Brendan Simon (eTRIX) March 13, 2011

March 13, 2011

On 12/03/11 10:00 PM, pythonmac-sig-request(a)python.org wrote: > On 10 Mar, 2011, at 18:04, Brendan Simon (eTRIX) wrote: >> > Below is my patch to get URLs/URIs to be added to sys.argv when an app >> > is opened via the Launcher. >> > >> > It should be applied to: >> > >> > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/py2app/bootstrap/argv_emulation.py >> > >> > Can this patch *please* be integrated (please modify if necessary) in to >> > 0.5.3 release !! > Which OS release are you on? I've tried to test with python 2.5 and 2.7 on OSX 10.6 and those seem to work fine without your patch (even with the lowercase values you mention furtheron). > > My test has a simple main.py script that saves sys.argv in a text file. When I add that file to an application bundle with py2app and then start the bundle with 'open -a dist/myapp.app file:/usr/bin/ssh' the saved argv contains the file to open. As code says more than my description I've attached the unittest testcase I've tried. > > Is this test testing the failure your reporting or did I misread your message? I am running on OS 10.6, but my app needs to run on 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 (PPC and Intel). I am using Python 2.5.4. I don't think your test would work if you were to use a custom url, rather than 'file:' and a filename/path. If I ran the command "open myurl:mycommand" from the terminal, and my plist has configured 'myurl' as a recognised url, then the app bundle should fire up. It may need to be in the Application folder for it to work ?? I expect 'myurl:mycommand' to be appended to sys.argv. Here is a snippet of my py2app setup.py. # A custom plist for letting it associate with a URL protocol. URLTYPES = [ { 'CFBundleURLName' : "MyUrl", 'CFBundleURLSchemes' : [ "myurl" ] } ] Plist = dict( NSAppleScriptEnabled = 'YES', CFBundleIdentifier = 'com.myurl', LSMinimumSystemVersion = "10.4", CFBundleURLTypes = URLTYPES ) OPTIONS = { 'argv_emulation' : True, 'iconfile' : 'images/myurl.icns', 'plist' : Plist, } Hope that helps, Brendan.

2 2

Framework Python and X11
by Ben McClure March 10, 2011

March 10, 2011

The group I work with needs a Python with tkinter over X11 as well as wxPython. wxPython requires a framework build of Python on Mac, and the current one I have is non-framework, using X11. Is there a way of building a framework Python that still supports X11 tkinter? Thanks, -Ben -- Ben McClure Structural Biology Grid Harvard Medical School www.sbgrid.org

4 3

py2app 0.5.2 fails to copy main-i386 file
by Brendan Simon (eTRIX) March 10, 2011

March 10, 2011

I upgraded to py2app 0.5.2 and now my app does not build :( I'm using OS X 10.6 and Python 2.5.4 from python.org. File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/shutil.py", line 51, in copyfile fsrc = open(src, 'rb') IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/py2app/apptemplate/prebuilt/main-i386' > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/shutil.py(58)copyfile() -> fsrc.close() (Pdb) interrupted make: *** [dist/SureAnalysis.app] Error 1 I thought I read that this was fixed in 0.5.2 (from 0.5.1) but it does not seem to be the case. I did see a message to copy main-fat to main-i386. I tried that and the app builds ok. I note that there is also main-intel, main-universal, etc. I presume main-fat is the one to use ?? My app does not parse the command line arguments anymore when invoked with 'open' e.g. $ open myurl:mycommand I remember modifying something with argv emulation quite a while ago (1 or 2 years ago). Is this still expected with py2app 0.5.2 ?? Thanks, Brendan.

2 3

py2app os.getenv and path not working
by Prashant Saxena March 10, 2011

March 10, 2011

Hi, Mac Leopard 10.5.5 Intel python 2.6.6 wxpython 2.8.11.0 py2app 0.5.2 My program is working fine in source environment. In source environment 'os.getenv' is working fine. When deploying .app using py2app 'os.getenv' is returning none. I am also facing problems when executing external program using wx.Process. These programs are available on path and there is no problem when executing them using terminal or running from my script in source environment. I tried using full path of these external programs but they are also complaining about their own environment vars missing. I am new to mac and absolutely node idea why .app is not able to access environment variables. Cheers Prashant

1 0

Trouble
by Felicia Betancourt March 10, 2011

March 10, 2011

Hi, Apologies for having to reach out to you like this, but I made a quick trip to London,United Kingdom and had my bag stolen from me with my passport and credit cards in it. The embassy is willing to help by authorizing me to fly without my passport, I just have to pay for a ticket and settle Hotel bills. Unfortunately, I can't have access to funds without my credit card, I've made contact with my bank but they need more time to come up with a new one. I was thinking of asking you to lend me some quick funds that I can give back as soon as I get in. I really need to be on the next available flight. I can forward you details on how you can get money to me. You can reach me via email or the hotel's help desk, 08715046355. I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks Felicia Betancourt

1 0