Python GUI app to impress the boss?

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Does wx work with ActiveState Python? I tried to use and as soon as
wxWindows imports, Python (2.2)
bombs and your back out at Windows with no error message. On another group I
was
told that this is a known issue and wxWindows doesn't work with Active State
Python.

Rob Hall <bloke at ii.net> wrote in message
news:3d8868b1$0$28683 at echo-01.iinet.net.au...
>
> > Matter of taste, really... I do prefer Tkinter, because I find it far
> > simpler than other GUI toolkits. But then, I've been into Tk for some
> years
> > now, and maybe I'm too used to it.
> >
>
> Yes I agree.  It is a matter of taste to some extent.  I evaluated both,
> coming from a position of not knowing either, and wx seemed much simpler
to
> me.
>
> Also, PythonCardPrototype is an excellent system for using wx.  It puts a
> lot of the hard work in a separate file, letting you concentrate more on
the
> application logic.
>
>
> > The first time I've looked at wxWindows and seen what's needed to open a
> > simple window, it just made me run away screaming ;-).
>
> I did that with tkinter.  I ran, and ran.  Then I found wx.  I thought it
> wasn't so bad.  Then when I looked at tk again, it didn't seem too bad
> either.
>
>
> I settled on wx for the following reasons...
>  - I needed to settle on something, and pretty soon
>  - wx has a native look and feel
>  - wx is fast - compiled C++, whereas tkinter is a script.  I found it to
be
> almost unacceptably slow in some instances.
>  - PythonCardPrototype would simplify things even further.
>
> Rob
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