get rid of console; add visual exception handler

Author: bri3d

VW_Flash_GUI.py

@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@
 # Get an instance of logger, which we'll pull from the config file
 logger = logging.getLogger("VWFlash")
 
+def handle_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
+    if issubclass(exc_type, KeyboardInterrupt):
+        sys.__excepthook__(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback)
+        return
+
+    logger.error("Uncaught exception", exc_info=(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback))
+
+    try:
+        wx.MessageDialog(
+            None,
+            f"A Python exception occured: {exc_type}, {exc_value}. Please check the log file.",
+            wx.OK | wx.ICON_ERROR | wx.CENTRE,
+        ).ShowModal()
+    finally:
+        return
+
+sys.excepthook = handle_exception
+
 try:
     currentPath = path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))
 except NameError:  # We are the main py2exe script, not a module

VW_Flash_GUI.spec

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ exe = EXE(
     upx=True,
     upx_exclude=[],
     runtime_tmpdir=None,
-    console=True,
+    console=False,
     disable_windowed_traceback=False,
     argv_emulation=False,
     target_arch=None,

lib/flash_uds.py

@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ def tuner_payload(payload, tune_block_number=block_number):
     # Checksum
     checksum_data = bytearray([0x01, block_identifier, 0, 0x4])
     checksum_data.extend(block.uds_checksum)
-
     client.start_routine(0x0202, data=bytes(checksum_data))
 
     if callback: