X-Git-Url: https://harishankar.org/repos/?p=biaweb_qt.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=generate_dialog.py;fp=generate_dialog.py;h=bd20db87840ae2ddcfd6273fbcb7d3def85bc8c8;hp=e236451b7295ad010596034fa794e38b9ef951de;hb=3ded989fee52f6804d0f8b5b5c0847a9030c7f04;hpb=6ba107bc3e5bef66a447978048e6c41ed038e969

diff --git a/generate_dialog.py b/generate_dialog.py
index e236451..bd20db8 100644
--- a/generate_dialog.py
+++ b/generate_dialog.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import sys
 import os
 import os.path
 import ui_generate_dialog
+import biaweb_db
 import biaweb_exporter
 
 class GenerateDialog (PyQt4.QtGui.QDialog, ui_generate_dialog.Ui_SiteGenerateDialog):
@@ -74,6 +75,14 @@ class GenerateDialog (PyQt4.QtGui.QDialog, ui_generate_dialog.Ui_SiteGenerateDia
 
 	# when site generate button is clicked
 	def onSiteGenerate (self):
+		# first check whether there are any articles in the website. If no articles
+		# are found, then website cannot be generated
+		arts = biaweb_db.get_articles (self.current_db)
+		# if no articles are found or cannot be retrieved
+		if arts == False or len (arts) == 0:
+			PyQt4.QtGui.QMessageBox.critical (self, "Error", "Cannot create website with no articles")
+			return
+
 		files_list = self.get_list_from_tree (self.additional_files)
 		folder_list = self.get_list_from_tree (self.additional_folders)
 		if self.fulltextindex.isChecked ():