[openlp-dev] Trouble with pyinstaller/ Jenkins account enable request.

[Chris Reed]

Presumably if I am able to start a job in Jenkins, that'll build a .exe 
for me, which is a way of getting changes into a testable state..?  
Could Raoul/ someone enable my account in Jenkins - cr212 - to do 
builds?  Thanks.

FYI, I'm working on a patch ( 
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cr212/openlp/pptpresenterview/revision/2700 
) for adding a configuration option to use the powerpoint presenter 
view.  Rationale: we want auto-advancing slides for our notices, and 
powerpoint won't advance slides if it doesn't have focus.  By putting 
the presenter view up, it avoids operator error by hiding the OpenLP 
window with the presenter view, so less danger of losing focus from ppt.

It works for me if I'm running from the checkout, but I'm struggling to 
build a pyinstaller executable to test in an existing installation.  
I've checked out the packaging branch, copied windows\config.ini.default 
to config.ini, and run:

C:\Users\Chris\dev\packaging\windows>\Python34\python.exe 
windows-builder.py -u -b c:\\Users\\Chris\\dev\openlp

This produces an OpenLP.exe in the dist output, but running it seems to 
not do anything, nor does putting it into a portable installation - no 
splash screen and no OpenLP starts up.  Running ProcessMonitor shows it 
is running and scanning through the plugins, but no sign of a window.  
Any pointers?

Also, I've looked at the existing tests for the powerpoint controller, 
but there doesn't seem to be any practical way of adding a test for this 
patch - the bulk of it is making sure the right window has focus, and it 
looks like the existing tests don't even run against a real powerpoint.  
Is just manual testing of such a change acceptable?

Many thanks.