boris-behav-obs 9.6.5__tar.gz → 9.7__tar.gz

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: boris-behav-obs
-Version: 9.6.5
+Version: 9.7
 Summary: BORIS - Behavioral Observation Research Interactive Software
 Author-email: Olivier Friard <olivier.friard@unito.it>
 License-Expression: GPL-3.0-only
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Requires-Dist: matplotlib==3.10.5
 Requires-Dist: pandas==2.3.2
 Requires-Dist: tablib[cli,html,ods,pandas,xls,xlsx]==3.8.0
 Requires-Dist: pyreadr==0.5.3
-Requires-Dist: pyside6==6.9
+Requires-Dist: pyside6==6.10
 Requires-Dist: hachoir==3.3.0
 Requires-Dist: scipy==1.16.1
 Requires-Dist: scikit-learn==1.7.1
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ It provides also some analysis tools like time budget and some plotting function
 <!-- The BO-RIS paper has more than [![BORIS citations counter](https://penelope.unito.it/friard/boris_scopus_citations.png) citations](https://www.boris.unito.it/citations) in peer-reviewed scientific publications. -->
 
 
-The BORIS paper has more than 2336 citations in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
+The BORIS paper has more than 2337 citations in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
 
 
 
 
 See the official [BORIS web site](https://www.boris.unito.it).
 
+<a href="https://www.boris.unito.it" target="_blank"><img alt="Website" src="https://img.shields.io/website?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boris.unito.it"></a>
+<a href="https://www.boris.unito.it/user_guide/" target="_blank"><img alt="User guide" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Documentation-orange"></a>
 [![Python web site](https://img.shields.io/badge/Made%20with-Python-1f425f.svg)](https://www.python.org)
 ![Python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/boris-behav-obs)
 ![BORIS license](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/boris-behav-obs)
@@ -136,7 +138,3 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 Distributed with a [GPL v.3 license](LICENSE.TXT).
 
 Copyright (C) 2012-2025 Olivier Friard
-
-
-
-

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/README.md

@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ It provides also some analysis tools like time budget and some plotting function
 <!-- The BO-RIS paper has more than [![BORIS citations counter](https://penelope.unito.it/friard/boris_scopus_citations.png) citations](https://www.boris.unito.it/citations) in peer-reviewed scientific publications. -->
 
 
-The BORIS paper has more than 2336 citations in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
+The BORIS paper has more than 2337 citations in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
 
 
 
 
 See the official [BORIS web site](https://www.boris.unito.it).
 
+<a href="https://www.boris.unito.it" target="_blank"><img alt="Website" src="https://img.shields.io/website?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boris.unito.it"></a>
+<a href="https://www.boris.unito.it/user_guide/" target="_blank"><img alt="User guide" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Documentation-orange"></a>
 [![Python web site](https://img.shields.io/badge/Made%20with-Python-1f425f.svg)](https://www.python.org)
 ![Python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/boris-behav-obs)
 ![BORIS license](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/boris-behav-obs)
@@ -98,7 +100,3 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 Distributed with a [GPL v.3 license](LICENSE.TXT).
 
 Copyright (C) 2012-2025 Olivier Friard
-
-
-
-

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/cmd_arguments.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def parse_arguments():
     parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
 
     parser.add_option("-d", "--debug", action="store_true", default=False, dest="debug", help="Use debugging mode")
+    parser.add_option("-q", "--quit", action="store_true", default=False, dest="quit", help="Quit after launch")
     parser.add_option("-v", "--version", action="store_true", default=False, dest="version", help="Print version")
     parser.add_option("-n", "--nosplashscreen", action="store_true", default=False, help="No splash screen")
     parser.add_option("-p", "--project", action="store", default="", dest="project", help="Project file")

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/connections.py

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ def connections(self):
     self.actionSelect_observations.triggered.connect(lambda: event_operations.select_events_between_activated(self))
 
     self.actionEdit_selected_events.triggered.connect(lambda: event_operations.edit_selected_events(self))
+    self.action_add_comment.triggered.connect(lambda: event_operations.add_comment(self))
     self.actionEdit_event_time.triggered.connect(lambda: event_operations.edit_time_selected_events(self))
 
     self.actionCopy_events.triggered.connect(lambda: event_operations.copy_selected_events(self))
@@ -343,6 +344,8 @@ def connections(self):
 
     self.tv_events.addAction(self.actionAdd_event)
     self.tv_events.addAction(self.actionEdit_selected_events)
+    self.tv_events.addAction(self.action_add_comment)
+
     self.tv_events.addAction(self.actionEdit_event_time)
 
     self.tv_events.addAction(self.actionCopy_events)

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/core.py

@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
     processes: list = []  # list of QProcess processes
     overlays: dict = {}  # dict for storing video overlays
 
-    undo_queue = deque()
-    undo_description = deque()
+    undo_queue = deque()  # queue for undoing event operations
+    undo_description = deque()  # queue for description of event operations
 
     current_player: int = 0  # id of the selected (left click) video player
 
@@ -3728,77 +3728,78 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         QMessageBox.warning(self, cfg.programName, "Function not yet implemented")
         return
 
-        if not self.observationId:
-            self.no_observation()
-            return
-
-        if self.twEvents.selectedItems():
-            row_s = self.twEvents.selectedItems()[0].row()
-            row_e = self.twEvents.selectedItems()[-1].row()
-            eventtime_s = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.EVENTS][row_s][0]
-            eventtime_e = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.EVENTS][row_e][0]
-
-            durations = []  # in seconds
-
-            # TODO: check for 2nd player
-            for mediaFile in self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.FILE][cfg.PLAYER1]:
-                durations.append(self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.MEDIA_INFO]["length"][mediaFile])
-
-            mediaFileIdx_s = [idx1 for idx1, x in enumerate(durations) if eventtime_s >= sum(durations[0:idx1])][-1]
-            media_path_s = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.FILE][cfg.PLAYER1][mediaFileIdx_s]
-
-            mediaFileIdx_e = [idx1 for idx1, x in enumerate(durations) if eventtime_e >= sum(durations[0:idx1])][-1]
-            media_path_e = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.FILE][cfg.PLAYER1][mediaFileIdx_e]
-
-            # calculate time for current media file in case of many queued media files
-
-            eventtime_onmedia_s = round(eventtime_s - util.float2decimal(sum(durations[0:mediaFileIdx_s])), 3)
-            eventtime_onmedia_e = round(eventtime_e - util.float2decimal(sum(durations[0:mediaFileIdx_e])), 3)
-
-            if media_path_s != media_path_e:
-                return
-
-            media_path = media_path_s
+        # if not self.observationId:
+        #    self.no_observation()
+        #    return
 
-            # example of external command defined in environment:
-            # export BORISEXTERNAL="myprog -i {MEDIA_PATH} -s {START_S} -e {END_S} {DURATION_MS} --other"
-
-            if "BORISEXTERNAL" in os.environ:
-                external_command_template = os.environ["BORISEXTERNAL"]
-            else:
-                return
-
-            external_command = external_command_template.format(
-                OBS_ID=self.observationId,
-                MEDIA_PATH=f'"{media_path}"',
-                MEDIA_BASENAME=f'"{os.path.basename(media_path)}"',
-                START_S=eventtime_onmedia_s,
-                END_S=eventtime_onmedia_e,
-                START_MS=eventtime_onmedia_s * 1000,
-                END_MS=eventtime_onmedia_e * 1000,
-                DURATION_S=eventtime_onmedia_e - eventtime_onmedia_s,
-                DURATION_MS=(eventtime_onmedia_e - eventtime_onmedia_s) * 1000,
-            )
-
-            print(external_command)
-            """
-            p = subprocess.Popen(external_command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
-            """
-            """
-            if eventtimeS == eventtimeE:
-                q = []
-            else:
-                durationsec = eventtimeE-eventtimeS
-                q = ["--durationmsec",str(int(durationsec*1000))]
-            args = [ex, "-f",os.path.abspath(fn),"--seekmsec",str(int(eventtimeS*1000)),*q,*("--size 1 --track 1 --redetect 100")
-            .split(" ")]
-            if os.path.split(fn)[1].split("_")[0] in set(["A1","A2","A3","A4","A5","A6","A7","A8","A9","A10"]):
-                args.append("--flip")
-                args.append("2")
-            print (os.path.split(fn)[1].split("_")[0])
-            print ("running",ex,"with",args,"in",os.path.split(ex)[0])
-            #pid = subprocess.Popen(args,executable=ex,cwd=os.path.split(ex)[0])
-            """
+    #
+    # if self.twEvents.selectedItems():
+    #    row_s = self.twEvents.selectedItems()[0].row()
+    #    row_e = self.twEvents.selectedItems()[-1].row()
+    #    eventtime_s = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.EVENTS][row_s][0]
+    #    eventtime_e = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.EVENTS][row_e][0]
+    #
+    #    durations = []  # in seconds
+    #
+    #    # TODO: check for 2nd player
+    #    for mediaFile in self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.FILE][cfg.PLAYER1]:
+    #        durations.append(self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.MEDIA_INFO]["length"][mediaFile])
+    #
+    #    mediaFileIdx_s = [idx1 for idx1, x in enumerate(durations) if eventtime_s >= sum(durations[0:idx1])][-1]
+    #    media_path_s = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.FILE][cfg.PLAYER1][mediaFileIdx_s]
+    #
+    #    mediaFileIdx_e = [idx1 for idx1, x in enumerate(durations) if eventtime_e >= sum(durations[0:idx1])][-1]
+    #    media_path_e = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.FILE][cfg.PLAYER1][mediaFileIdx_e]
+    #
+    #    # calculate time for current media file in case of many queued media files
+    #
+    #    eventtime_onmedia_s = round(eventtime_s - util.float2decimal(sum(durations[0:mediaFileIdx_s])), 3)
+    #    eventtime_onmedia_e = round(eventtime_e - util.float2decimal(sum(durations[0:mediaFileIdx_e])), 3)
+    #
+    #    if media_path_s != media_path_e:
+    #        return
+    #
+    #    media_path = media_path_s
+    #
+    #    # example of external command defined in environment:
+    #    # export BORISEXTERNAL="myprog -i {MEDIA_PATH} -s {START_S} -e {END_S} {DURATION_MS} --other"
+    #
+    #    if "BORISEXTERNAL" in os.environ:
+    #        external_command_template = os.environ["BORISEXTERNAL"]
+    #    else:
+    #        return
+    #
+    #    external_command = external_command_template.format(
+    #        OBS_ID=self.observationId,
+    #        MEDIA_PATH=f'"{media_path}"',
+    #        MEDIA_BASENAME=f'"{os.path.basename(media_path)}"',
+    #        START_S=eventtime_onmedia_s,
+    #        END_S=eventtime_onmedia_e,
+    #        START_MS=eventtime_onmedia_s * 1000,
+    #        END_MS=eventtime_onmedia_e * 1000,
+    #        DURATION_S=eventtime_onmedia_e - eventtime_onmedia_s,
+    #        DURATION_MS=(eventtime_onmedia_e - eventtime_onmedia_s) * 1000,
+    #    )
+    #
+    #    print(external_command)
+    #    """
+    #    p = subprocess.Popen(external_command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+    #    """
+    #    """
+    #    if eventtimeS == eventtimeE:
+    #        q = []
+    #    else:
+    #        durationsec = eventtimeE-eventtimeS
+    #        q = ["--durationmsec",str(int(durationsec*1000))]
+    #    args = [ex, "-f",os.path.abspath(fn),"--seekmsec",str(int(eventtimeS*1000)),*q,*("--size 1 --track 1 --redetect 100")
+    #    .split(" ")]
+    #    if os.path.split(fn)[1].split("_")[0] in set(["A1","A2","A3","A4","A5","A6","A7","A8","A9","A10"]):
+    #        args.append("--flip")
+    #        args.append("2")
+    #    print (os.path.split(fn)[1].split("_")[0])
+    #    print ("running",ex,"with",args,"in",os.path.split(ex)[0])
+    #    #pid = subprocess.Popen(args,executable=ex,cwd=os.path.split(ex)[0])
+    #    """
 
     def no_media(self):
         QMessageBox.warning(self, cfg.programName, "There is no media available")
@@ -5666,16 +5667,31 @@ def main():
     ret, msg = util.check_ffmpeg_path()
     if not ret:
         if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
-            QMessageBox.warning(
+            import ctypes
+
+            MessageBoxTimeoutW = ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxTimeoutW
+            MessageBoxTimeoutW.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_wchar_p, ctypes.c_wchar_p, ctypes.c_uint, ctypes.c_uint, ctypes.c_uint]
+            ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxTimeoutW(
                 None,
-                cfg.programName,
-                "FFmpeg is not available.<br>It will be downloaded",
-                QMessageBox.Ok | QMessageBox.Default,
-                QMessageBox.NoButton,
-            )
+                "The FFmpeg framework is not available.\nIt will be downloaded from the BORIS GitHub repository.",
+                "FFmpeg",
+                0,
+                0,
+                10000,
+            )  # time out
+
+            # if (not options.nosplashscreen):
+            #     QMessageBox.warning(
+            #         None,
+            #         cfg.programName,
+            #         "FFmpeg is not available.<br>It will be downloaded from the BORIS GitHub repository",
+            #         QMessageBox.Ok | QMessageBox.Default,
+            #         QMessageBox.NoButton,
+            #     )
+            logging.info("FFmpeg is not available. It will be downloaded from the BORIS GitHub repository")
 
             # download ffmpeg and ffprobe from https://github.com/boris-behav-obs/boris-behav-obs.github.io/releases/download/files/
-            url = "https://github.com/boris-behav-obs/boris-behav-obs.github.io/releases/download/files/"
+            url: str = "https://github.com/boris-behav-obs/boris-behav-obs.github.io/releases/download/files/"
 
             # search where to download ffmpeg
             ffmpeg_dir = Path(__file__).parent / "misc"
@@ -5807,6 +5823,10 @@ def main():
     if not options.nosplashscreen and (sys.platform != "darwin"):
         splash.finish(window)
 
+    # quit just after launch (used in the deployment procedure)
+    if options.quit:
+        sys.exit()
+
     return_code = app.exec()
 
     del window

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/core_ui.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 ## Form generated from reading UI file 'core.ui'
 ##
-## Created by: Qt User Interface Compiler version 6.9.0
+## Created by: Qt User Interface Compiler version 6.10.0
 ##
 ## WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost when recompiling UI file!
 ################################################################################
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.actionCreate_video_spectrogram.setObjectName(u"actionCreate_video_spectrogram")
         self.action_change_time_offset_of_players = QAction(MainWindow)
         self.action_change_time_offset_of_players.setObjectName(u"action_change_time_offset_of_players")
+        self.action_add_comment = QAction(MainWindow)
+        self.action_add_comment.setObjectName(u"action_add_comment")
+        self.action_add_comment.setMenuRole(QAction.MenuRole.NoRole)
         self.centralwidget = QWidget(MainWindow)
         self.centralwidget.setObjectName(u"centralwidget")
         self.horizontalLayout_2 = QHBoxLayout(self.centralwidget)
@@ -488,7 +491,7 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
         self.menubar = QMenuBar(MainWindow)
         self.menubar.setObjectName(u"menubar")
-        self.menubar.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 1509, 25))
+        self.menubar.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 1509, 20))
         self.menuHelp = QMenu(self.menubar)
         self.menuHelp.setObjectName(u"menuHelp")
         self.menuFile = QMenu(self.menubar)
@@ -1037,6 +1040,7 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.action_load_plugins.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Load plugins", None))
         self.actionCreate_video_spectrogram.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Create video spectrogram", None))
         self.action_change_time_offset_of_players.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Change time offset of players", None))
+        self.action_add_comment.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Add/Edit comment", None))
         self.lbLogoBoris.setText("")
         self.lbLogoUnito.setText("")
         self.lb_player_status.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"lb_player_status", None))

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/event_operations.py

@@ -454,6 +454,61 @@ def select_events_between_activated(self):
         self.tv_events.setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView.ExtendedSelection)
 
 
+def add_comment(self):
+    """
+    add a comment to the selected events
+    operation can be undone with Undo
+    """
+    tvevents_rows_to_edit = set([index.row() for index in self.tv_events.selectionModel().selectedIndexes()])
+    if not len(tvevents_rows_to_edit):
+        QMessageBox.warning(self, cfg.programName, "No event selected!")
+        return
+
+    comment_str: str = ""
+    if len(tvevents_rows_to_edit) == 1:
+        pj_event_idx = self.tv_idx2events_idx[self.tv_events.selectionModel().selectedIndexes()[0].row()]
+        comment_str = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.EVENTS][pj_event_idx][
+            cfg.PJ_OBS_FIELDS[self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.TYPE]][cfg.COMMENT]
+        ]
+    else:
+        # check if comment is the same in all selected events
+
+        if (
+            len(
+                set(
+                    [
+                        self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.EVENTS][self.tv_idx2events_idx[tvevents_row]][
+                            cfg.PJ_OBS_FIELDS[self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.TYPE]][cfg.COMMENT]
+                        ]
+                        for tvevents_row in tvevents_rows_to_edit
+                    ]
+                )
+            )
+            == 1
+        ):
+            pj_event_idx = self.tv_idx2events_idx[self.tv_events.selectionModel().selectedIndexes()[0].row()]
+            comment_str = self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.EVENTS][pj_event_idx][
+                cfg.PJ_OBS_FIELDS[self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.TYPE]][cfg.COMMENT]
+            ]
+
+    new_comment, ok = QInputDialog.getText(self, "Add/Edit a comment", "Comment:", text=comment_str)
+    if not ok:
+        return
+
+    # fill the undo list
+    fill_events_undo_list(self, "Undo last comment operation")
+
+    for tvevents_row in tvevents_rows_to_edit:
+        pj_event_idx = self.tv_idx2events_idx[tvevents_row]
+
+        self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.EVENTS][pj_event_idx][
+            cfg.PJ_OBS_FIELDS[self.pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][self.observationId][cfg.TYPE]][cfg.COMMENT]
+        ] = new_comment
+
+    # reload all events in tw
+    self.load_tw_events(self.observationId)
+
+
 def edit_selected_events(self):
     """
     edit one or more selected events for subject, behavior and/or comment

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/observation_operations.py

@@ -19,18 +19,19 @@ Copyright 2012-2025 Olivier Friard
   MA 02110-1301, USA.
 """
 
-from math import log2, floor
-import os
 import logging
-import time
-import tempfile
+from collections import deque
+import datetime as dt
+from decimal import Decimal as dec
 import json
-import subprocess
+from math import log2, floor
+import os
+import pathlib as pl
 import socket
+import subprocess
 import sys
-from decimal import Decimal as dec
-import pathlib as pl
-import datetime as dt
+import tempfile
+import time
 from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
 
 
@@ -1183,6 +1184,10 @@ def close_observation(self):
 
     self.observationId = ""
 
+    # delete undo queue
+    self.undo_queue = deque()
+    self.undo_description = deque()
+
     if self.playerType in (cfg.MEDIA, cfg.IMAGES):
         """
         for idx, _ in enumerate(self.dw_player):

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/plugins.py

@@ -310,7 +310,11 @@ def run_plugin(self, plugin_name):
 
     logging.info("preparing dataframe for plugin")
 
-    df = project_functions.project2dataframe(self.pj, selected_observations)
+    message, df = project_functions.project2dataframe(self.pj, selected_observations)
+    if message:
+        logging.critical(message)
+        QMessageBox.critical(self, cfg.programName, message)
+        return
 
     logging.info("done")
 

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/project_functions.py

@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def check_project_integrity(
                 out += "<br><br>" if out else ""
                 out += f"Observation: <b>{obs_id}</b><br>{msg}"
 
-    out_events = ""
+    out_events: str = ""
     for obs_id in pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS]:
         # check if timestamp between -2147483647 and 2147483647
         for event in pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][obs_id][cfg.EVENTS]:
@@ -573,6 +573,41 @@ def check_project_integrity(
         out += "<br><br>" if out else ""
         out += tmp_out
 
+    # check if the number of coded modifiers correspond to the number of sets of modifier
+    obs_results: dict = {}
+    for obs_id in pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS]:
+        for event_idx, event in enumerate(pj[cfg.OBSERVATIONS][obs_id][cfg.EVENTS]):
+            # event[2]
+            for idx in pj[cfg.ETHOGRAM]:
+                if pj[cfg.ETHOGRAM][idx]["code"] == event[2]:
+                    break
+            else:
+                raise
+            if (not event[3]) and not pj[cfg.ETHOGRAM][idx][cfg.MODIFIERS]:
+                continue
+
+            if len(event[3].split("|")) != len(pj[cfg.ETHOGRAM][idx][cfg.MODIFIERS]):
+                print("behavior", event[2])
+                print(f"modifier(s) #{event[3]}#", len(event[3].split("|")))
+                print(pj[cfg.ETHOGRAM][idx]["code"], pj[cfg.ETHOGRAM][idx][cfg.MODIFIERS])
+                print()
+                if obs_id not in obs_results:
+                    obs_results[obs_id] = []
+
+                obs_results[obs_id].append(
+                    (
+                        f"Event #{event_idx}: the coded modifiers for {event[2]} are {len(event[3].split('|'))} "
+                        f"but {len(pj[cfg.ETHOGRAM][idx][cfg.MODIFIERS])} sets were defined in ethogram."
+                    )
+                )
+
+    if obs_results:
+        out += "<br><br>" if out else ""
+        for o in obs_results:
+            out += f"<br>Observation <b>{o}</b>:<br>"
+            out += "<br>".join(obs_results[o])
+            out += "<br><br>"
+
     return out
 
 
@@ -1779,7 +1814,7 @@ def explore_project(self) -> None:
         QMessageBox.information(self, cfg.programName, "No events found")
 
 
-def project2dataframe(pj: dict, observations_list: list = []) -> pd.DataFrame:
+def project2dataframe(pj: dict, observations_list: list = []) -> Tuple[str, pd.DataFrame]:
     """
     returns a pandas dataframe containing observations data
     """
@@ -1950,7 +1985,10 @@ def project2dataframe(pj: dict, observations_list: list = []) -> pd.DataFrame:
             count_set = 0
             for modifier_set in all_modifier_sets:
                 if event[2] == modifier_set[0]:
-                    data[modifier_set].append(event[3].split("|")[count_set])
+                    try:
+                        data[modifier_set].append(event[3].split("|")[count_set])
+                    except Exception:
+                        return f"Modifier error for {event[2]} in observation {obs_id}", pd.DataFrame()
                     count_set += 1
                 else:
                     data[modifier_set].append(np.nan)
@@ -1971,7 +2009,7 @@ def project2dataframe(pj: dict, observations_list: list = []) -> pd.DataFrame:
                         data["Comment stop"].append(event2[4])
                         break
                 else:
-                    raise ("not paired")
+                    return f"Some events are not paired in {obs_id}", pd.DataFrame()
 
             else:  # point
                 data["Stop (s)"].append(float(event[0]))
@@ -1985,4 +2023,4 @@ def project2dataframe(pj: dict, observations_list: list = []) -> pd.DataFrame:
 
     pd.DataFrame(data).info()
 
-    return pd.DataFrame(data)
+    return "", pd.DataFrame(data)

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/utilities.py

@@ -62,11 +62,19 @@ except Exception:
     if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
         import ctypes
 
-        ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxW(0, "The MPV library was not found!\nIt will be downloaded.", "BORIS", 0)
+        logger.info("The MPV library was not found!\nIt will be downloaded from the BORIS GitHub repository")
+        # ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxW(0, "The MPV library was not found!\nIt will be downloaded.", "BORIS", 0)
 
-        # download libmpv2.dll and ffprobe from https://github.com/boris-behav-obs/boris-behav-obs.github.io/releases/download/files/
+        # test if following function works on windows
+        MessageBoxTimeoutW = ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxTimeoutW
+        MessageBoxTimeoutW.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_wchar_p, ctypes.c_wchar_p, ctypes.c_uint, ctypes.c_uint, ctypes.c_uint]
+        ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxTimeoutW(
+            None, "The MPV library was not found.\nIt will be downloaded from the BORIS GitHub repository.", "MPV library", 0, 0, 10000
+        )  # time out
 
-        url = "https://github.com/boris-behav-obs/boris-behav-obs.github.io/releases/download/files/"
+        # download libmpv2.dll from https://github.com/boris-behav-obs/boris-behav-obs.github.io/releases/download/files/
+
+        url: str = "https://github.com/boris-behav-obs/boris-behav-obs.github.io/releases/download/files/"
 
         external_files_dir = ""
         # search where to download libmpv-2.dll
@@ -91,7 +99,7 @@ except Exception:
         try:
             from . import mpv2 as mpv
         except Exception:
-            logger.warning("MPV library not found after dowloading")
+            logger.critical("MPV library not found after dowloading")
             sys.exit(5)
 
     elif sys.platform.startswith("linux"):

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris/version.py

@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ This file is part of BORIS.
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "9.6.5"
-__version_date__ = "2025-09-02"
+__version__ = "9.7"
+__version_date__ = "2025-10-21"

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris_behav_obs.egg-info/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: boris-behav-obs
-Version: 9.6.5
+Version: 9.7
 Summary: BORIS - Behavioral Observation Research Interactive Software
 Author-email: Olivier Friard <olivier.friard@unito.it>
 License-Expression: GPL-3.0-only
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Requires-Dist: matplotlib==3.10.5
 Requires-Dist: pandas==2.3.2
 Requires-Dist: tablib[cli,html,ods,pandas,xls,xlsx]==3.8.0
 Requires-Dist: pyreadr==0.5.3
-Requires-Dist: pyside6==6.9
+Requires-Dist: pyside6==6.10
 Requires-Dist: hachoir==3.3.0
 Requires-Dist: scipy==1.16.1
 Requires-Dist: scikit-learn==1.7.1
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ It provides also some analysis tools like time budget and some plotting function
 <!-- The BO-RIS paper has more than [![BORIS citations counter](https://penelope.unito.it/friard/boris_scopus_citations.png) citations](https://www.boris.unito.it/citations) in peer-reviewed scientific publications. -->
 
 
-The BORIS paper has more than 2336 citations in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
+The BORIS paper has more than 2337 citations in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
 
 
 
 
 See the official [BORIS web site](https://www.boris.unito.it).
 
+<a href="https://www.boris.unito.it" target="_blank"><img alt="Website" src="https://img.shields.io/website?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boris.unito.it"></a>
+<a href="https://www.boris.unito.it/user_guide/" target="_blank"><img alt="User guide" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Documentation-orange"></a>
 [![Python web site](https://img.shields.io/badge/Made%20with-Python-1f425f.svg)](https://www.python.org)
 ![Python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/boris-behav-obs)
 ![BORIS license](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/boris-behav-obs)
@@ -136,7 +138,3 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 Distributed with a [GPL v.3 license](LICENSE.TXT).
 
 Copyright (C) 2012-2025 Olivier Friard
-
-
-
-

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/boris_behav_obs.egg-info/requires.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ matplotlib==3.10.5
 pandas==2.3.2
 tablib[cli,html,ods,pandas,xls,xlsx]==3.8.0
 pyreadr==0.5.3
-pyside6==6.9
+pyside6==6.10
 hachoir==3.3.0
 scipy==1.16.1
 scikit-learn==1.7.1

{boris_behav_obs-9.6.5 → boris_behav_obs-9.7}/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "boris-behav-obs"
-version = "9.6.5"
+version = "9.7"
 description = "BORIS - Behavioral Observation Research Interactive Software"
 authors = [{ name="Olivier Friard", email="olivier.friard@unito.it" }]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pandas==2.3.2",
     "tablib[cli,html,ods,pandas,xls,xlsx]==3.8.0",
     "pyreadr==0.5.3",
-    "pyside6==6.9",
+    "pyside6==6.10",
     "hachoir==3.3.0",
     "scipy==1.16.1",
     "scikit-learn==1.7.1",