non descriptive error

Timothy Smith timothy at open-networks.net
Sun Oct 9 19:25:06 EDT 2005


Timothy Smith wrote:

>i have reproduced the error in this code block
>
>#save values in edit
>		self.FinaliseTill.SaveEditControlValue()
>		if 
>Decimal(self.parent.TillDetails[self.TillSelection.GetStringSelection()]['ChangeTinBalance'])) 
>== Decimal('0'):
>			#box must be checked before continuing
>			if self.PlacedInSafe.GetValue() != 1:
>				self.parent.Popup("You must place the till draw back in the 
>safe","Till draw")
>			else:
>				#finalise the till draw
>				if 	Decimal(self.TillFloat.GetLabel().split('$')[1]) != Decimal('0'):
>					Prompt = wx.MessageDialog(self,"""The correct amount has not been 
>returned from the till draw float to the main float!
>					If you proceed please contact your manager""","Change tin doesn't 
>balance!",wx.YES_NO)
>					if Prompt.ShowModal() == wx.ID_YES:
>						self.Submit()
>		else:
>			self.parent.Popup('You have an outstanding change tin balance on this 
>till','Change tin')
>
>
>i have NO idea what in there could be making it have such a strange 
>error. it just says "error" when you try run it. there nothing terribly 
>strange being done.
>  
>
FYI i have located where the problem was. in the first if statement
there was an unbalanced ). now since when does python not give a
descriptive error for that?




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