Lots of bup fixes, API updates, etc

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@24621 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

wxPython/wx/lib/colourdb.py

@@ -661,9 +661,10 @@ _haveUpdated = False
 def updateColourDB():
     global _haveUpdated
     if not _haveUpdated:
-        from wxPython.wx import wxTheColourDatabase
+        import wx
+        assert wx.GetApp() is not None, "You must have a wx.App object before you can use the colour database."
         cl = getColourInfoList()
         for info in cl:
-            wxTheColourDatabase.Append(*info)
+            wx.TheColourDatabase.Append(*info)