Build and Deploy Windows

[CodyCBakerPhD]

The workflow is green: https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-guide/actions/workflows/Build-and-deploy-win.yml

But when I install from the release: https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-guide/releases/tag/untagged-953a574ccfe5adc959bc

Everything goes well up until the connection to the back-end, which times out

My suggestion, since we all work on different devices, and since Mac is more touchy about signing issues than the other platforms, is that we focus on debugging the sister PR #284 for linux on the DANDI Hub (remote desktop), which is the common linux environment we all have access to

[garrettmflynn]

Same issue as that reported in #256. Seems like it'll be restricted to Windows, maybe even just my environment. Otherwise the deployment commands should be correct:

[spawn]:   File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "setupUtils\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "setupUtils\configureRouteHandlers.py", line 1, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "apis\__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "apis\apiNeuroConv.py", line 6, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "manageNeuroconv\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>

[spawn]:   File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "manageNeuroconv\manage_neuroconv.py", line 2, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "neuroconv\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "neuroconv\basedatainterface.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "pynwb\__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module

[spawn]:   File "hdmf\common\__init__.py", line 210, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "hdmf\common\sparse.py", line 1, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "scipy\sparse\__init__.py", line 287, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "scipy\sparse\csgraph\__init__.py", line 185, in <module>

[spawn]:   File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "scipy\sparse\csgraph\_laplacian.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "scipy\sparse\linalg\__init__.py", line 120, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module

[spawn]:   File "scipy\sparse\linalg\_isolve\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
  File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module
  File "scipy\sparse\linalg\_isolve\iterative.py", line 9, in <module>
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _iterative: The specified module could not be found.     
[20428] Failed
[spawn]:  to execute script 'app' due to unhandled exception!

[spawn] exit: 1

After running npm run build:flask:win, you can quickly generate the same results by running node tests/testPyinstallerExecutable.js.

[garrettmflynn]

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling scipy and numpy several times to no avail. Maybe the .exe file works on someone else's computer or y'all have other ideas?

[CodyCBakerPhD]

Do you run into that same issue when running from an installation of the release version? https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-guide/releases/tag/untagged-9f2a67352fcc3420eed5

[CodyCBakerPhD]

Huh, when I adapt your node test to point to my installation from the release (nested now under <app install location>/resources/app/build/...) I also get this same error; odd however that when I build on my local device and run the same test, it works fine.

Trying a rerelease from this branch now

[CodyCBakerPhD]

I also see

when I launch the app on windows - but if I hit OK it launches fine

Just leaving here as a record

[garrettmflynn]

I also see

when I launch the app on windows - but if I hit OK it launches fine

Just leaving here as a record

But does it start the Python server properly? The issue is generally that we can't get that script to run properly.

This looks like the previous issues around finding the correct file path. Will see if we need to dig into that more.

[CodyCBakerPhD]

But does it start the Python server properly?

No distributable we currently have that I can test (Linux and Windows) runs the backend successfully due the scipy issue

The front-end itself even started properly in this case, I just wanted to leave a record of the error window that popped up upon launching the app

[CodyCBakerPhD]

@garrettmflynn

The CI shows the same behavior as our local devices, but does not return a zero exit code and so the GitHub workflow proceeds without catching the failure: https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-guide/actions/runs/5858252120/job/15881822817

I was going to insert a

throw new Error("The distributable pyflask failed to run!");

below https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-guide/blob/fix_windows_deployment/tests/testPyinstallerExecutable.js#L34 - is that what you would recommend?

[garrettmflynn]

Yeah that should work.