added error bar on the bottom side

2 files changed, 39 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/h-client/hclient.py b/h-client/hclient.py
index 709165a..e8783b8 100644
--- a/h-client/hclient.py
+++ b/h-client/hclient.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from hlibrary import *
 class hclient:
 
 	#the device that has to be displaced in the right window
-	currentDevice = ''
+	currentDevice = None
 
 	#get the active text from a combo
 	#combo: the gtk combo instance
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ class hclient:
 				self.resetButton.set_sensitive(True)
 
 			else:
-
+				#make non sensitive the apply button
+				self.applyButton.set_sensitive(False)
+				self.resetButton.set_sensitive(False)
 				self.currentDevice = None
 
 
@@ -237,13 +239,31 @@ class hclient:
 		
 		self.prefWindow.show_all()
 
-
+	#synchronize with the server XML database
 	def synchronize(self,widget):
 		self.client.sync()
-		print self.client.errors
+		self.printErrors()
+		#print self.client.errors
 		self.setEntries()
 
-		
+
+	def printErrors(self):
+		if len(self.client.errors) > 0:
+			sw = gtk.ScrolledWindow()
+			#sw.set_shadow_type(gtk.SHADOW_ETCHED_IN)
+			sw.set_policy(gtk.POLICY_AUTOMATIC, gtk.POLICY_NEVER)
+			hbox = gtk.HBox(False, 0)
+			for error in self.client.errors:
+				label = gtk.Label("error: " + error)
+				hbox.pack_start(label, False, True, 0)
+				
+			sw.add_with_viewport(hbox)
+			sw.set_border_width(5)
+			sw.show_all()
+			self.bottomWindow.add(sw)
+
+			self.client.errors = []
+	
 	#another callback
 	def delete_event(self, widget, event, data=None):
 		gtk.main_quit()
@@ -273,7 +293,8 @@ class hclient:
 		self.window.add(vbox)
 		
 		self.centerWindow = gtk.HBox(False, 0)
-
+		self.bottomWindow = gtk.HBox(False, 0)
+		
 		## build the toolbar ##
 		toolbar = gtk.Toolbar()
 		toolbar.set_tooltips(True)
@@ -297,6 +318,7 @@ class hclient:
 		
 
 		vbox.pack_start(self.centerWindow, True, True, 0)
+		vbox.pack_start(self.bottomWindow, True, True, 0)
 		vbox.show()
 
 		
@@ -523,7 +545,7 @@ class hclient:
 		#self.rframe.set_border_width(30)
 		
 		self.centerWindow.show_all()
-
+		self.bottomWindow.show_all()
 		self.leftWindow.show()
 		self.window.show()
 		
diff --git a/h-client/hlibrary.py b/h-client/hlibrary.py
index 415b04b..3205fbd 100644
--- a/h-client/hlibrary.py
+++ b/h-client/hlibrary.py
@@ -337,11 +337,16 @@ class Mycurl:
 			c.setopt(c.POSTFIELDS, urllib.urlencode(self._post))
 		c.setopt(c.WRITEFUNCTION, self.body_callback)
 
-		c.perform()
-
-		result = False
-		if c.getinfo(c.HTTP_CODE) == 200:
+		try:
+			c.perform()
 			result = True
+		except:
+			result = False
+
+		#print c.getinfo(c.HTTP_CODE)
+		#result = False
+		#if c.getinfo(c.HTTP_CODE) == 200:
+			#result = True
 
 		c.close()
 		return result
@@ -573,7 +578,7 @@ class Client:
 								dev[3] = idDevice
 		else:
 			self._status = False
-			self.errors.append("couldn't connect to host")
+			self.errors.append("unable to connect to server")
 				
 	def submit(self):
 		for key,dev in self.devices.iteritems():