Hi, Tyler,

Sorry, your post back in March fell through the cracks.

First, re intellisense, we do support code completion on
third-party Python modules, but we are parsing the code.
Modules that consist of a thin layer of Python over C code currently
aren't supported.

Second, are you running the Python programs in a DOS/Cmd window?
Choose project properties, click the "Run in shell window", and try
debugging.  The problem here is that the Python UI program and the
IDE have contention problems for the UI event loop.  Running out of
the DOS shell solves this problem.

Finally, it's better to post bugs and sample code to our bugzilla-based
bug database at http://bugs.activestate.com

Let me know if this helps.

- Eric

On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 12:03:05PM -0400, Tyler W. Wilson wrote:
>  Hello, I have been trying out the Visual Python environment and have hot 
>  a couple snags - one large and one medium. Here they are:
>  
>  - The environment does not perform IntelliSense on third-party modules. 
>  Specifically I am using the pygtk package and none of the methods or 
>  method parameters are expanded for me. Not a huge deal, but it would be 
>  nice to know how Visual Python does it so that perhaps we could fix it. 
>  My guess is that it uses the doc strings on the methods, but I am not sure.
>  
>  - The second issue is a show-stopper. In my ptgtk application when I 
>  step over (or simply Debug) the gtk.mainloop() method while debugging it 
>  crashes the whole Visual IDE. I have filed a bug on this but no response 
>  yet. Perhaps somebody out there has a clue how to fix it. I have 
>  attached an app that exhibits the issue. You will of course need GTK for 
>  Windows (http://www.dropline.net/gtk/) and PyGTK 
>  (http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/).
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Tyler

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