Updated status bar, and a few warning dialogs

ArmoryQt.py

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ def __init__(self, parent=None, settingsPath=None):
 
       self.extraHeartbeatFunctions = []
 
+      self.lblArmoryStatus = QRichLabel('<font color=#550000><i>Offline</i></font>', \
+                                                                          doWrap=False)
+      self.statusBar().insertPermanentWidget(0, self.lblArmoryStatus)
+
       # Keep a persistent printer object for paper backups
       self.printer = QPrinter(QPrinter.HighResolution)
       self.printer.setPageSize(QPrinter.Letter)
@@ -746,9 +750,13 @@ def loadBlockchain(self):
          self.ledgerSize = len(self.combinedLedger)
          print 'Ledger entries:', len(self.combinedLedger), 'Max Block:', self.latestBlockNum
          self.statusBar().showMessage('Blockchain loaded, wallets sync\'d!', 10000)
+         self.lblArmoryStatus.setText(\
+               '<font color="green">Connected (%s blocks)</font> ' % self.latestBlockNum)
+         self.blkReceived  = self.settings.getSettingOrSetDefault('LastBlkRecvTime', 0)
       else:
          self.statusBar().showMessage('! Blockchain loading failed !', 10000)
 
+
       # This will force the table to refresh with new data
       self.walletModel.reset()
 
@@ -1479,6 +1487,7 @@ def Heartbeat(self, nextBeatSec=2):
       # Check for new blocks in the blk0001.dat file
       if TheBDM.isInitialized():
          newBlks = TheBDM.readBlkFileUpdate()
+         self.topTimestamp   = TheBDM.getTopBlockHeader().getTimestamp()
          if newBlks>0:
             self.ledgerModel.reset()
             self.latestBlockNum = TheBDM.getTopBlockHeader().getBlockHeight()
@@ -1495,6 +1504,23 @@ def Heartbeat(self, nextBeatSec=2):
                self.walletListChanged()
             self.NetworkingFactory.purgeMemoryPool()
             self.createCombinedLedger()
+            self.blkReceived  = RightNow()
+            self.settings.set('LastBlkRecvTime', self.blkReceived)
+            self.lblArmoryStatus.setText(\
+               '<font color="green">Connected (%s blocks)</font> ' % self.latestBlockNum)
+
+         nowtime = RightNow()
+         blkRecvAgo  = nowtime - self.blkReceived
+         blkStampAgo = nowtime - self.topTimestamp
+         #if self.usermode==USERMODE.Standard:
+            #self.lblArmoryStatus.setToolTip( 'Last block was received %s ago' % \
+                                                         #secondsToHumanTime(blkRecvAgo))
+         #else:
+            ##self.lblArmoryStatus.setToolTip( \
+                  #'Last block was received %s ago \n(block timestamp is %s ago)' % \
+                  #(secondsToHumanTime(blkRecvAgo), secondsToHumanTime(blkStampAgo)))
+         self.lblArmoryStatus.setToolTip('Last block timestamp is %s ago' % \
+                                                   secondsToHumanTime(blkStampAgo))
 
 
       #for wltID, wlt in self.walletMap.iteritems():
@@ -1503,6 +1529,7 @@ def Heartbeat(self, nextBeatSec=2):
          self.walletBalances[idx] = self.walletMap[wltID].getBalance()
          self.walletMap[wltID].checkWalletLockTimeout()
 
+
       for func in self.extraHeartbeatFunctions:
          func()
 

Using_Armory.README

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ that all features with an X in either column are accessible in SWIG.
             All OS:   https://launchpad.net/qt4reactor
             Windows Only:  qt4reactor relies on pywin32 (for win32event module)
                         http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build216/
+
+   - pywin32
    - py2exe
             (OPTIONAL - if you want to make a standalone executable in Windows)
             Windows: http://www.py2exe.org/

WindowsBuild.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+Make sure you have MSVS 2005 or 2008.  [b]And if you are on a 64-bit system, make sure you select to install the x64 compilers under C++ options
+
+(The MSVS 2010 project is desperately out of date.  Don't even bother trying it unless you're ready for a battle!  However, I will be updating at some point in the future, I just want to make available the 2005 project first.
+
+
+Install Git and TortoiseGit
+   http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/detail?name=Git-1.7.8-preview20111206.exe
+   http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/downloads/list
+
+
+Clone the repo:
+   Right click on the directory where you want the code to go: select "Git clone..."
+   URL: git://github.com/etotheipi/BitcoinArmory.git
+   Click OK
+
+
+While that's going, start downloading python-related stuff (there's a lot!)
+
+-- Download and install Python 2.6 or 2.7: 
+         http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/
+-- Download and install Python-Twisted:
+         http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Downloads
+-- Download and install zope.interface (for python-twisted):
+         http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.interface/3.8.0#downloads
+   Unless you know what to with an .egg file, you're going to have 
+   to download the tar.gz, unpack it, and then execute setup.py via:
+         python setup.py install
+
+-- Download and UNPACK SWIG.  
+         http://www.swig.org/download.html
+
+   Move the inner-most swig-2.0.4 directory to BtcoinArmory/cppForSwig 
+   (you should now see 3 subdirectories in cppForSwig dir:  
+    cryptopp, reorgTest and swig-2.0.4):
+
+-- Download and full-install PyQt4:
+   http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download
+
+-- (OPTIONAL) py2exe AND pywin32 AND MSVCP90.dll
+         http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe/files/py2exe/0.6.9/
+         http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build216/
+
+   MSVS is setup to create a standalone .exe of Armory if it finds
+   py2exe (otherwise it bails at the last build-step, but you can 
+   still manually run ArmoryQt.py as long as the SWIG dir is in the 
+   right place, and all packages are installed).  pywin32 is needed
+   to
+
+
+
+During the last compilation step, you might observe an error about not finding 'python'.  For whatever reason, python doesn't add itself to your PATH environment variable.  You'll have to add ";C:\Python27\" or ";C:\Python26" to your path depending on which version you're using.  Do this through control panel, search for "environment" and then edit the path and append the appropriate string.  Reboot

armoryengine.py

@@ -612,6 +612,29 @@ def unixTimeToFormatStr(unixTime, formatStr='%Y-%b-%d %I:%M%p'):
    dtstr = dtobj.strftime(formatStr)
    return dtstr[:-2] + dtstr[-2:].lower()
 
+def secondsToHumanTime(nSec):
+   strPieces = []
+   floatSec = float(nSec)
+   if floatSec < 0.9*MINUTE:
+      strPieces = [floatSec, 'second']
+   elif floatSec < 0.9*HOUR:
+      strPieces = [floatSec/MINUTE, 'minute']
+   elif floatSec < 0.9*DAY:
+      strPieces = [floatSec/HOUR, 'hour']
+   elif floatSec < 0.9*WEEK:
+      strPieces = [floatSec/DAY, 'day']
+   elif floatSec < 0.9*MONTH:
+      strPieces = [floatSec/WEEK, 'week']
+   else:
+      strPieces = [floatSec/MONTH, 'month']
+
+   if strPieces[0]<1.25:
+      return '1 '+strPieces[1]
+   elif strPieces[0]<=1.75:
+      return '1.5 '+strPieces[1]+'s'
+   else:
+      return '%d %ss' % (int(strPieces[0]+0.5), strPieces[1])
+
 
 ##### HEXSTR/VARINT #####
 def packVarInt(n):

qtdialogs.py

@@ -4708,6 +4708,15 @@ def signTx(self):
 
 
    def broadTx(self):
+      if not self.main.internetAvail:
+         QMessageBox.warning(self, 'No Internet!', \
+            'You do not currently have a connection to the Bitcoin network. '
+            'If this does not seem correct, verify your internet connection '
+            'and restart Armory!', QMessageBox.Ok)
+         return
+
+
+
       try:
          finalTx = self.txdpObj.prepareFinalTx()
       except: