Python 2.5 and WXPython demo's

[stef]

Wildemar Wildenburger wrote:
> Andrew P wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am new (very) to Python and have just down loaded the latest version
>> of Python (2.5) and WXPython (2.8).
>>
>> For some reason I cannot get the WXPython demo to run at all. I run
>> windows XP and it can't find a program to run the demo. Any advice?
>> (apologies if this has been posted before).
>>
>>   
> There *should* be a link in your startmenu in the wxPython group. I'm 
> quite positive, but not 100% sure. I think it has the snake-icon. But 
> if it's really not there (as you suggested), simply go the the folder 
> you installed the demo to and run demo.py.
>
> Maybe there's a blunder in the installer for the 2.8 demo? Anyone?
Can't answer that, but on one from two (almost identical) PC's,
I had trouble too, the other went fluently.
On both PC's,
there was an older wxPython (2.6 I believe),
(which from what I've read should be no problem at all),
which wasn't overruled, by some specific file (wx.pth) to point to the 
newest.
The effect is that the demo tries to run, can't find aiw?? or something 
like that and crashes
(on fast PC's you actually just see a dos box flashing).
Editing the wx.pth file solved the problem.

cheers,
Stef Mientki