{"id":1620,"date":"2021-09-05T15:42:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T15:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.colinjones.co.uk\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2021-09-05T15:42:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T15:42:44","slug":"upgrading-my-9-year-old-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.colinjones.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/09\/05\/upgrading-my-9-year-old-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating My 9 Year Old Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Warning, lots of geeky words in this article!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New links for the next few months at work have been published. I tidy up the spreadsheets and make them available to all drivers at the depot.
I then port the sheet to my custom sheet so I can use my Python program to convert csv to iCal for import into my calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


This time I decided to create a template for customised dated sheets for all, and to convert my program to a Windows executable. This is were the problems started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I installed Python in Windows (easy). Then I tried to install PyQt4 (the UI framework) that my 9 year old code uses.
It’s deprecated.
No install candidate for any version of Python I can get for Windows.
So I try to use PyQt5 instead.

WHAT A FUCKING NIGHTMARE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 80% of the library calls have changed!(edited)
Most were simple, change from QtGui to QtWidgets.
One was dropped completely (softkey).
The last one was the file request. It used to return a single string, now it returns a list!
This means the variable is now the wrong type, but actually quite simple to fix, just use variable[0] instead of just variable. I did manage to get all that done and get the program running in native Python. Quite pleased with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then converted the program.
It does work, but\u2026
\u2026because it’s unsigned, Microsoft Defender doesn’t like it, and you have to jump through hoops to get it to run!
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fucking Windows! XD
So much easier to just use Python directly, even in Windows!
I wanted to make it as simple as possible but as simple as possible still requires some decent computer aptitude! Ah well \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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