wxPython frames shown in XP but not win2003 server

I have written an app that runs fine on my XP dev platform. When I compile it with py2exe and move it to other XP platforms without python etc installed it also works fine. When I move it to a 2003 server platform it fails to display the main frame, but will display the wx.messagebox popups.

On the same 2003 platform, I install python 2.7, wx 2.8, ObjectListView to mimic my development environment, but I have the same result. The wx.messagebox popups display, but the main frame does not.

I ran the compiled exe version through dependency walker and it highlighted the fact that the 2003 platform was missing a msjava.dll. I then recompiled and inlcuded it in the py2exe setup. But this did not change anything.

Any help is much appreciated.

Code Sample

import wx
import random
import datetime
import sys
import getpass
import os
import socket
import subprocess
import platform
from _winreg import *
import zipfile
import bisect
from threading import Thread
import fileinput
import subprocess
from subprocess import call

######################
# Thread functions
#####################
class unzipThread(Thread):
    def __init__(self, fileName, destination):
        self.fileName = fileName
        self.destination = destination
        super(unzipThread, self).__init__()

    def run(self):
        print "unzipThread", self.fileName, self.destination
        zip = zipfile.ZipFile(self.fileName)        
        zip.extractall(self.destination)
        zip.close()

###########################################


def create(parent):
    return Frame1(parent)

[wxID_FRAME1, wxID_FRAME1BTBEGININSTALL, wxID_FRAME1BTVALIDATEALL, 
 wxID_FRAME1BTVALIDATEIAS_ADMIN, wxID_FRAME1BTVALIDATEINFRASYSTEM, 
 wxID_FRAME1BTVALIDATEIWPCADMIN, wxID_FRAME1BTVALIDATEIWPCIWPCDBA, 
 wxID_FRAME1BTVALIDATEIWPCSYSTEM, wxID_FRAME1BTVALIDATELDAPOC4JADMIN, 
 wxID_FRAME1BTVALIDATELDAPORCLADMIN, wxID_FRAME1CBINSTALLPATCH3, 
 wxID_FRAME1CBINSTALLPATCH4, wxID_FRAME1CBINSTALLPATCH5, 
 wxID_FRAME1CBINSTALLSSP, wxID_FRAME1LISTCTRL1, wxID_FRAME1PANEL1, 
 wxID_FRAME1STACCOUNTSETTINGS, wxID_FRAME1STIAS_ADMIN, 
 wxID_FRAME1STINFRASYSTEM, wxID_FRAME1STINSTALLACTIONS, 
 wxID_FRAME1STIWPCADMIN, wxID_FRAME1STIWPCIWPCDBA, wxID_FRAME1STIWPCSYSTEM, 
 wxID_FRAME1STLDAPOC4JADMIN, wxID_FRAME1STLDAPORCLADMIN, wxID_FRAME1STSTATUS, 
 wxID_FRAME1TXIAS_ADMIN, wxID_FRAME1TXINFRASYSTEM, wxID_FRAME1TXIWPCADMIN, 
 wxID_FRAME1TXIWPCIWPCDBA, wxID_FRAME1TXIWPCSYSTEM, 
 wxID_FRAME1TXLDAPOC4JADMIN, wxID_FRAME1TXLDAPORCLADMIN, 
] = [wx.NewId() for _init_ctrls in range(33)]

class Frame1(wx.Frame):

    listSSP=[]    
    sspStartPoint=""
    passwordsTestList = {"infra.system":False, "iwpc.system":False, "iwpc.iwpcdba":False, "ldap.oc4jadmin":False, "ldap.orcladmin":False, "ias_admin":False, "iwpcadmin":False}  
    passwordsValidList = {"infra.system":"", "iwpc.system":"", "iwpc.iwpcdba":"", "ldap.oc4jadmin":"", "ldap.orcladmin":"", "ias_admin":"", "iwpcadmin":""}


    def _init_coll_listCtrl1_Columns(self, parent):
        # generated method, don't edit

        parent.InsertColumn(col=0, format=wx.LIST_FORMAT_LEFT,
              heading=u'Timestamp', width=200)
        parent.InsertColumn(col=1, format=wx.LIST_FORMAT_LEFT,
              heading=u'Action', width=200)
        parent.InsertColumn(col=2, format=wx.LIST_FORMAT_LEFT,
              heading=u'Result', width=400)

    def _init_ctrls(self, prnt):
        # generated method, don't edit
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, id=wxID_FRAME1, name='', parent=prnt,
              pos=wx.Point(1932, 17), size=wx.Size(849, 748),
              style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE,
              title=u'IWPC Patch and SSP Installer')
        self.SetClientSize(wx.Size(841, 714))

        self.panel1 = wx.Panel(id=wxID_FRAME1PANEL1, name='panel1', parent=self,
              pos=wx.Point(0, 0), size=wx.Size(841, 714),
              style=wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL)

        self.listCtrl1 = wx.ListCtrl(id=wxID_FRAME1LISTCTRL1, name='listCtrl1',
              parent=self.panel1, pos=wx.Point(15, 24), size=wx.Size(808, 419),
              style=wx.LC_REPORT)
        self._init_coll_listCtrl1_Columns(self.listCtrl1)

--- snip to get post length under max chars...---

    def __init__(self, parent):
        self._init_ctrls(parent)

    def updateList(self, action, result):
        self.listCtrl1.Append([datetime.datetime.now(),action,result])
        self.listCtrl1.EnsureVisible(self.listCtrl1.GetItemCount() -1)
        self.Update()

    def allPasswordsValid(self):       
        #if all passwords are true then enable the button
        for k, v in self.passwordsTestList.items():
            print "  %s=%s" % (k,v)
            if v == False:
                print "  NOT ENABLED"
                return()

        print "  ENABLE IT"
        self.btBeginInstall.Enable()
        self.btValidateAll.Disable()

    def checkPassword(self, password):

        #randomize password results
        bResult = random.choice([True,False])

        return bResult

    def passwordChecker(self, sAccount, sTxName, sBtName):
        print "check " + sAccount
        self.btBeginInstall.Disable()

        if self.passwordsTestList[sAccount] == False:
            #Get password from value
            sPassword = sTxName.Value

            #TODO: Make diff tests for each password type
            bResult = self.checkPassword(sPassword)

            #update test list with current result
            self.passwordsTestList[sAccount] = bResult

            #Do results from test
            if bResult == True:
                self.passwordsValidList[sAccount] = sPassword
                sTxName.SetBackgroundColour('Green')
                self.updateList("Validate " + sAccount,"Passed")
                sBtName.Disable()
            else:
                sTxName.SetBackgroundColour('Red')
                self.updateList("Validate " + sAccount,"Failed")
        else:
            #reset the displayed password back to the previously validated state
            self.updateList(sAccount + " is already valid","Display value reset to " + self.passwordsValidList[sAccount])
            sTxName.SetValue(self.passwordsValidList[sAccount])

        #run test to see if all are valid
        self.allPasswordsValid()        

    def OnBtValidateInfraSystemButton(self, event):
        print "button InfraSystem"
        self.passwordChecker("infra.system",self.txInfraSystem,self.btValidateInfraSystem)
        self.Refresh()

    def OnBtValidateIwpcSystemButton(self, event):
        print "button IwpcSystem"
        self.passwordChecker("iwpc.system",self.txIwpcSystem,self.btValidateIwpcSystem)
        self.Refresh()

    def OnBtValidateIwpcIwpcdbaButton(self, event):
        print "button IwpcIwpcdba"
        self.passwordChecker("iwpc.iwpcdba",self.txIwpcIwpcdba,self.btValidateIwpcIwpcdba)
        self.Refresh()

    def OnBtValidateLdapOc4jadminButton(self, event):
        print "button LdapOc4jadmin"
        self.passwordChecker("ldap.oc4jadmin",self.txLdapOc4jadmin,self.btValidateLdapOc4jadmin)
        self.Refresh()

    def OnBtValidateLdapOrcladminButton(self, event):
        print "button LdapOrcladmin"
        self.passwordChecker("ldap.orcladmin",self.txLdapOrcladmin,self.btValidateLdapOrcladmin)
        self.Refresh()

    def OnBtValidateIas_adminButton(self, event):
        print "button Ias_admin"
        self.passwordChecker("ias_admin",self.txIas_admin,self.btValidateIas_admin)
        self.Refresh()

    def OnBtValidateiwpcadminButton(self, event):
        print "button iwpcadmin"
        self.passwordChecker("iwpcadmin",self.txIwpcadmin,self.btValidateiwpcadmin)
        self.Refresh()

    def OnBtValidateAllButton(self, event):
        print "button Validate All"
        self.passwordChecker("infra.system",self.txInfraSystem,self.btValidateInfraSystem)
        self.passwordChecker("iwpc.system",self.txIwpcSystem,self.btValidateIwpcSystem)
        self.passwordChecker("iwpc.iwpcdba",self.txIwpcIwpcdba,self.btValidateIwpcIwpcdba)
        self.passwordChecker("ldap.oc4jadmin",self.txLdapOc4jadmin,self.btValidateLdapOc4jadmin)
        self.passwordChecker("ldap.orcladmin",self.txLdapOrcladmin,self.btValidateLdapOrcladmin)
        self.passwordChecker("ias_admin",self.txIas_admin,self.btValidateIas_admin)
        self.passwordChecker("iwpcadmin",self.txIwpcadmin,self.btValidateiwpcadmin)
        self.Refresh()

    def writeData(self):

        fileName = 'd:\ssptemp\OracleData.txt'
        FILE = open(fileName,"w")

        for key, value in self.passwordsValidList.items():
            writeLine = key + ': ' + value + '\n'
            FILE.write(writeLine)

        FILE.close()

        self.updateList("Account data stored","Complete")

    def find_fwd_iter(self, S, i):
        #Allows iteration of a list from a specific match of value in the list
        j = bisect.bisect_left(S, i)
        for k in xrange(j, len(S)):
            yield S[k]

    def copySSPTemp(self):
        #Unzip sourc\ssp X-Y\ssptemp.zip to d:\ssptemp\ssp X-Y

        #put start point into [X,y] form
        sYr, sQtr = self.sspStartPoint.split('-')
        iYr = int(sYr)
        iQtr = int(sQtr)

        sspStart =[iYr,iQtr]

        for yr, qtr in self.find_fwd_iter(self.listSSP,sspStart):
            dirName = 'ssp ' + str(yr) + '-' + str(qtr)
            sspDest = os.path.join('d:\ssptemp',dirName)
            currentDir = os.getcwd()
            sspTempPath = os.path.join(currentDir,dirName,'ssptemp.zip')
            installPath = os.path.join(currentDir,dirName,'install.zip')

            #create destination dir if needed d:\ssptemp\ssp yr-qtr
            if os.path.isdir(sspDest) == False:
                os.mkdir(sspDest)

            if os.path.isdir('d:\install') == False:
                os.mkdir('d:\install')

            #Unzip ssptemp to dest
            print "UNZIP"
            self.updateList("Unzip " + dirName + " ssptemp.zip", "Begining unzip.  Process may take several minutes")
            t1 = unzipThread(sspTempPath,sspDest)
            t1.start()
            t1.join()

            #Unzip install.zip to d:\install
            self.updateList("Unzip " + dirName + " install.zip", "Begining unzip.  Process may take several minutes")
            t2 = unzipThread(installPath,'d:\install')
            t2.start()
            t2.join()

        self.updateList("Unzip SSP control files","Complete")
        self.updateList("Unzip SSP install files","Complete")

    def createChain(self):

        ####### TODO - DON'T DO CHAIN IF LIST SIZE IS ONLY 1 #########

        #Iterate through all d:\ssptemp\sspX-Y dirs add all iwpcpatch files to list
        listOfFiles = []
        for path, dirs, files in os.walk('d:\ssptemp'):
            for file in files:
                newFile = os.path.join(path,file)
                if newFile.find('IWPCPatch') >= 0:
                    for line in fileinput.FileInput(newFile):
                        if "IWPCPatchFinal_a.wsf" in line:
                            print "Added", newFile
                            listOfFiles.append(newFile)

        #Iterate through list looking for "D:\ssptemp\<currentFilesDir>\IWPCPATCHFinal_a.wsf
        idx = 1
        for item in listOfFiles[0:len(listOfFiles)-1]:
            currentPath, currentFile = os.path.split(item)
            currentPath = os.path.join(currentPath,"IWPCPatchFinal_a.wsf")
            nextPath, nextFile = os.path.split(listOfFiles[idx])
            nextPath = os.path.join(nextPath,'IWPCPatch.wsf')
            print currentPath, nextPath
            for line in fileinput.FileInput(item,inplace=1):
                if currentPath in line:
                    line = line.replace(currentPath,nextPath)
                sys.stdout.write(line)
            idx += 1
            self.updateList("Edit " + currentPath,"Complete")

        self.updateList("Create install chain","Complete")

    # TODO: Null the GW to prevent Oracle from attempting to dial home
    def nullGateWay(self):
        self.updateList("Gateway set to null","PLACEHOLDER: Complete")

    def enableWFS(self):        
        key = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
                      r'Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings',
                      0,
                      KEY_ALL_ACCESS)

        try:
            SetValueEx(key, "Enabled", 0, REG_DWORD, 1)
            self.updateList(".WFS Scripts enable","Complete")
        except:
            self.updateList(".WFS Scripts enable","ERROR: Key not present")
            self.markWarning()

        CloseKey(key)

    def disableJedi(self):
        key = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
                      r'Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon',
                      0,
                      KEY_ALL_ACCESS)
        try:
            SetValueEx(key, "GinaDLL", 0, REG_SZ, "msgina.dll")
            self.updateList("Jedi Disabled","Complete")
        except:
            self.updateList("Jedi Disabled","ERROR: Key not present")
            self.markWarning()

        CloseKey(key)        

    def enableVBS(self):
        key = OpenKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
                      r'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.VBS',
                      0,
                      KEY_ALL_ACCESS)
        try:
            DeleteValue(key, "Application")
            self.updateList("Remove VBS to Notepad mapping","Complete")
        except:
            self.updateList("Remove VBS to Notepad mapping","ERROR: Key not present")
            self.markWarning()

        CloseKey(key) 

    def runInstall(self):
        print "-- runInstall --"

        #Run
        print self.sspStartPoint
        firstRun = "d:\ssptemp\ssp " + str(self.sspStartPoint)
        firstRun = os.path.join(firstRun,"IWPCPatch.wsf")


        retcode = subprocess.call(["wscript.exe", "d:\ssptemp\ssp 9-2\IWPCPatch.wsf"])

    def OnBtBeginInstallButton(self, event):
        #Disable to prevent multi-clicks
        self.btBeginInstall.Disable

        # TODO: Enable button only if all passwords are valid
        self.writeData()
        self.copySSPTemp()
        self.createChain()
        #self.nullGateWay()
        self.enableWFS()
        self.disableJedi()
        self.enableVBS()
        self.runInstall()

        self.updateList("Begin Install","Complete")


        self.Refresh()

    def validateCurrentUser(self):
        sCurrentUser = getpass.getuser()
        print sCurrentUser

        if (sCurrentUser == 'Chris.White'):
            print "iwpcadmin verified"
            self.updateList('Validate user as Chris.White', 'user validated as Chris.White')
            return True
        else:
            print "Error:  Current user is " + sCurrentUser + " not iwpcadmin"
            strError = "ERROR:  Current user is not iwpcadmin.  Please logoff and logon as iwpcadmin"

            self.updateList('Validate user as iwpcadmin',strError)
            self.markError()
            return False

    def createDir(self, sDir):
        if os.path.isdir(sDir):
            self.updateList('Check for ' + sDir,'exists')
            return True

        else:
            self.updateList('Check for ' + sDir,'does not exist')
            os.mkdir(sDir)
            if os.path.isdir(sDir):
                self.updateList('Created ' + sDir, 'success')
                return True

            else:
                self.updateList('Created ' + sDir, 'FAILED')
                self.markError()
                return False

    def markError(self):
        idx = self.listCtrl1.GetItemCount()
        idx -= 1
        self.listCtrl1.SetItemBackgroundColour(idx,"red")
        self.listCtrl1.SetItemTextColour(idx,"white")

    def markWarning(self):
        idx = self.listCtrl1.GetItemCount()
        idx -= 1
        self.listCtrl1.SetItemBackgroundColour(idx,"yellow")

    def getServerID(self):
        sHostname = platform.uname()[1]
        self.updateList('Get Hostname', sHostname)

        sIP = socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())[-1][0]
        self.updateList('Get IP', sIP)

        fileName = "d:\ssptemp\PCinfo.txt"

        FILE = open(fileName,"w")

        writeline = "Hostaname: " + sHostname + '\n'
        FILE.write(writeline)

        writeline = "IP: " + sIP + '\n'
        FILE.write(writeline)

        FILE.close()

        if os.path.isfile(fileName):
            return True
        else:
            return False

    #TODO Get Netmask and GW

    def getCurrentSSP(self):
        try:            
            key = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, r'SOFTWARE\IWPC')
            SSPYr = QueryValueEx(key, "SSPYr")[0]
            SSPQtr = QueryValueEx(key, "SSPQtr")[0]

            CloseKey(key)

        except WindowsError:
            print "no value in reg"
            self.updateList('Check Registry for current SSP Level',
                            'Registry key SSPYr does not exist - Checking Folder Structure')

            if os.path.isdir('D:\OracleAppSvr\10.1.3\.patch_storage\9173042'):
                SSPYr = '10'
                SSPQtr = '02'
            elif os.path.isdir('D:\OracleAppSvr\10.1.3\.patch_storage\9173036'):
                SSPYr = '10'
                SSPQtr = '01'                
            elif os.path.isdir('D:\OracleAppSvr\10.1.3\.patch_storage\8874212'):
                SSPYr = '09'
                SSPQtr = '04'
            elif os.path.isdir('D:\OracleAppSvr\10.1.3\.patch_storage\8537043'):
                SSPYr = '09'
                SSPQtr = '03'
            elif os.path.isdir('D:\OracleAppSvr\10.1.3\.patch_storage\8300356'):
                SSPYr = '09'
                SSPQtr = '02'
            elif os.path.isdir('D:\OracleAppSvr\10.1.3\.patch_storage\7608333'):
                SSPYr = '09'
                SSPQtr = '01'
            elif os.path.isdir('D:\OracleAppSvr\10.1.3\.patch_storage\7135490'):
                SSPYr = '09'
                SSPQtr = '01'                
            else:
                SSPYr = '99'
                SSPQtr = '99'

            keyValue = r'SOFTWARE\IWPC'
            key = CreateKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, keyValue)

            SetValueEx(key, "SSPYr", 0, REG_DWORD, int(SSPYr))
            SetValueEx(key, "SSPQtr", 0, REG_DWORD, int(SSPQtr))
            self.updateList("SSP Value set in registry","Complete")

            CloseKey(key)

        sCurrentSSP = str(SSPYr) + "-" + str(SSPQtr)
        self.updateList('Check Registry for current SSP Level',
                            'Current SSP is ' + sCurrentSSP)

        #TODO Write Reg Value


        return sCurrentSSP

    def getNextSSP(self, currentSSP):
        sCurrentYr, sCurrentQtr = currentSSP.split('-')

        if int(sCurrentQtr) == 4:
            iNextYr = int(sCurrentYr)+1
            iNextQtr = 1
        else:
            iNextYr = int(sCurrentYr)
            iNextQtr = int(sCurrentQtr)+1

        sNextSSP = str(iNextYr) + "-" + str(iNextQtr)
        self.updateList('Set next SSP Level',
                            'Next SSP is ' + sNextSSP)

        return sNextSSP

    def getListSSP(self):
        #Get current dir
        currentDir = os.getcwd()

        #List dirs in current
        dirContents = os.listdir(currentDir)

        for item in dirContents:
            if os.path.isdir(item):
                if (item.find('ssp') >= 0):
                    sSSP = item.lstrip('ssp ')
                    sYr, sQtr = sSSP.split('-')
                    iYr = int(sYr)
                    iQtr = int(sQtr)
                    self.listSSP.append([iYr,iQtr])

        #Put list in yr,qtr order
        self.listSSP.sort()

        #Display resutls to user
        for yr,qtr in self.listSSP:
            sSSP = str(yr) + '-' + str(qtr)
            self.updateList('Check media for SSPs', sSSP + " is present")

    def getSSPStart(self, sNextSSP):
        #split next to yr,qtr
        print sNextSSP

        #Make nextssp to int
        sNextYr, sNextQtr = sNextSSP.split('-')
        iNextYr = int(sNextYr)
        iNextQtr = int(sNextQtr)

        for yr,qtr in self.listSSP:         
            if ([yr,qtr] == [iNextYr,iNextQtr]):
                sspStart = str(yr) + '-' + str(qtr)
                self.updateList('Set SSP Start', sspStart + ' set as start')
                self.sspStartPoint = sspStart
                return sspStart

        self.updateList('Set SSP Start', 'ERROR: No valid SSP start point found')
        self.markError()
        return False

    def validateSSPMedia(self):

        #Get Current SSP Level
        sCurrentSSP = self.getCurrentSSP()
        print "CURRENT SSP", sCurrentSSP

        #Get Next SSP
        sNextSSP = self.getNextSSP(sCurrentSSP)
        print "NEXT SSP", sNextSSP

        #Compile list of SSPs on media
        self.getListSSP()
        print "LIST SSP", self.listSSP

        #define start point
        sspStart = self.getSSPStart(sNextSSP)

        if sspStart == False:
            return False
        else:
            return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = wx.PySimpleApp()
    frame = create(None)
    f开发者_开发问答rame.Show()

    #disable the buttons
    frame.btBeginInstall.Disable()
    frame.btValidateInfraSystem.Disable()
    frame.btValidateIwpcSystem.Disable()
    frame.btValidateIwpcSystem.Disable()
    frame.btValidateIwpcIwpcdba.Disable()
    frame.btValidateLdapOc4jadmin.Disable()
    frame.btValidateLdapOrcladmin.Disable()
    frame.btValidateIas_admin.Disable()
    frame.btValidateiwpcadmin.Disable()
    frame.btValidateAll.Disable()

# 1) Prompt with backup warning message - offer to exit
    sMessage = """ WARNING: You should always have a valid, tested backup prepared
                prior to performing any type of upgrade in case of failure.
                Only press YES to continue if you are confident that you will be
                able to recover in case of failure"""

    successWarning = wx.MessageBox(sMessage, "WARNING", wx.YES_NO)
    if (successWarning == wx.YES):
        print "User selected Yes to warning"
    else:
        print "User selected No or cancled"
        sys.exit()

# 2) Validate current user = iwpcadmin
    successIwpcadmin = frame.validateCurrentUser()
    print "iwpcadmin ", successIwpcadmin

# 3) Compile starting variables
    successTempDir = frame.createDir('d:\ssptemp')
    print "TempDir ", successTempDir

    successLogDir = frame.createDir('d:\ssplogs')
    print "LogDir ", successLogDir

# 4) Write PC data to PCinfo.txt
    successServerID = frame.getServerID()
    print "ServerID", successServerID

# 5) Read available from media
    successValidateMedia = frame.validateSSPMedia()
    print "ValidateMedia", successValidateMedia

    testPreReq = [successIwpcadmin,
                  successTempDir,
                  successServerID,
                  successValidateMedia]

    for item in testPreReq:
        if item == False:
            dlg = wx.MessageBox('You have one or more errors and cannot continue',
                                'Error')
        else:
            #frame.btBeginInstall.Enable()
            frame.btValidateInfraSystem.Enable()
            frame.btValidateIwpcSystem.Enable()
            frame.btValidateIwpcSystem.Enable()
            frame.btValidateIwpcIwpcdba.Enable()
            frame.btValidateLdapOc4jadmin.Enable()
            frame.btValidateLdapOrcladmin.Enable()
            frame.btValidateIas_admin.Enable()
            frame.btValidateiwpcadmin.Enable()
            frame.btValidateAll.Enable()            




    app.MainLoop()

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I don't have time to read your lengthy code sample, but I wonder if it is the infamous msvcr90.dll issue. I got good feedback on this from the py2exe list here and here.

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I rebuilt the code using wxGlade (original was done using boaConstructor) and for some reason, It works. I don't know why or how, but it does. I can provide the new code upon request if somebody is interested.