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-rw-r--r--shell/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.c51
-rw-r--r--shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.h4
3 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/shell/ChangeLog b/shell/ChangeLog
index fa7f5702b6..3446cf5192 100644
--- a/shell/ChangeLog
+++ b/shell/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-10-13 Dan Winship <danw@ximian.com>
+
+ * evolution-shell-component-utils.c (e_activation_failure_dialog):
+ New function to try to activate a component when you know it's
+ going to fail, and then pop up a dialog explaining why it failed.
+
2001-10-12 Iain Holmes <iain@ximian.com>
* e-shell-importer.c (prepare_intelligent_page): Flush the gdk
diff --git a/shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.c b/shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.c
index e056fc54b3..38b307a4e5 100644
--- a/shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.c
+++ b/shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.c
@@ -27,8 +27,13 @@
#include "evolution-shell-component-utils.h"
#include <libgnome/gnome-defs.h>
+#include <libgnome/gnome-i18n.h>
#include <libgnome/gnome-util.h>
#include <bonobo/bonobo-ui-util.h>
+#include <bonobo/bonobo-moniker-util.h>
+#include <bonobo/bonobo-exception.h>
+#include <liboaf/oaf.h>
+#include <gal/widgets/e-gui-utils.h>
static void free_pixmaps (void);
static GSList *inited_arrays = NULL;
@@ -90,3 +95,49 @@ free_pixmaps (void)
g_slist_free (inited_arrays);
}
+
+/**
+ * e_activation_failure_dialog:
+ * @parent: parent window of the dialog, or %NULL
+ * @msg: the context-specific part of the error message
+ * @oafiid: the OAFIID of the component that failed to start
+ * @repo_id: the repo_id of the component that failed to start
+ *
+ * This puts up an error dialog about a failed component activation
+ * containing as much information as we can manage to gather about
+ * why it failed.
+ **/
+void
+e_activation_failure_dialog (GtkWindow *parent, const char *msg,
+ const char *oafiid, const char *repo_id)
+{
+ Bonobo_Unknown object;
+ CORBA_Environment ev;
+ char *errmsg;
+
+ CORBA_exception_init (&ev);
+ object = bonobo_get_object (oafiid, repo_id, &ev);
+ if (ev._major == CORBA_NO_EXCEPTION) {
+ if (object) {
+ Bonobo_Unknown_unref (object, &ev);
+ CORBA_Object_release (object, &ev);
+ }
+ errmsg = g_strdup_printf (_("%s\n\nUnknown error."), msg);
+ } else if (strcmp (CORBA_exception_id (&ev), ex_OAF_GeneralError) != 0) {
+ char *bonobo_err = bonobo_exception_get_text (&ev);
+ errmsg = g_strdup_printf (_("%s\n\nThe error from the "
+ "component system is:\n%s"),
+ msg, bonobo_err);
+ g_free (bonobo_err);
+ } else {
+ OAF_GeneralError *errval = CORBA_exception_value (&ev);
+
+ errmsg = g_strdup_printf (_("%s\n\nThe error from the "
+ "activation system is:\n%s"),
+ msg, errval->description);
+ }
+ CORBA_exception_free (&ev);
+
+ e_notice (parent, GNOME_MESSAGE_BOX_ERROR, errmsg);
+ g_free (errmsg);
+}
diff --git a/shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.h b/shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.h
index 4cf021ca64..c656927751 100644
--- a/shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.h
+++ b/shell/evolution-shell-component-utils.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#define __EVOLUTION_SHELL_COMPONENT_UTILS_H__
#include <bonobo/bonobo-ui-component.h>
+#include <gtk/gtkwindow.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ typedef struct _EPixmap {
/* Takes an array of pixmaps, terminated by E_PIXMAP_END, and loads into uic */
void e_pixmaps_update (BonoboUIComponent *uic, EPixmap *pixcache);
+void e_activation_failure_dialog (GtkWindow *parent, const char *msg,
+ const char *oafiid, const char *repo_id);
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */