From 6bb98bb230e56502a65a3d892d5db902563b8412 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Blank <doug.blank@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:26:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for when active_handle is ''

svn: r23297
---
 gramps/plugins/gramplet/ancestor.py   | 16 ++++++++--------
 gramps/plugins/gramplet/descendant.py | 15 ++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gramps/plugins/gramplet/ancestor.py b/gramps/plugins/gramplet/ancestor.py
index f2751a7d5..1f41cc34e 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/gramplet/ancestor.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/gramplet/ancestor.py
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ class Ancestor(Gramplet):
         """
         Return True if the gramplet has data, else return False.
         """
-        if active_handle is None:
-            return False
-        person = self.dbstate.db.get_person_from_handle(active_handle)
-        family_handle = person.get_main_parents_family_handle()
-        family = self.dbstate.db.get_family_from_handle(family_handle)
-        if family and (family.get_father_handle() or 
-                       family.get_mother_handle()):
-                return True
+        if active_handle:
+            person = self.dbstate.db.get_person_from_handle(active_handle)
+            if person:
+                family_handle = person.get_main_parents_family_handle()
+                family = self.dbstate.db.get_family_from_handle(family_handle)
+                if family and (family.get_father_handle() or 
+                               family.get_mother_handle()):
+                    return True
         return False
         
     def cb_double_click(self, treeview):
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/gramplet/descendant.py b/gramps/plugins/gramplet/descendant.py
index f2e18b211..c17d76e77 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/gramplet/descendant.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/gramplet/descendant.py
@@ -77,13 +77,14 @@ class Descendant(Gramplet):
         """
         Return True if the gramplet has data, else return False.
         """
-        if active_handle is None:
-            return False
-        person = self.dbstate.db.get_person_from_handle(active_handle)
-        for family_handle in person.get_family_handle_list():
-            family = self.dbstate.db.get_family_from_handle(family_handle)
-            for child_ref in family.get_child_ref_list():
-                return True
+        if active_handle:
+            person = self.dbstate.db.get_person_from_handle(active_handle)
+            if person:
+                for family_handle in person.get_family_handle_list():
+                    family = self.dbstate.db.get_family_from_handle(family_handle)
+                    if family:
+                        for child_ref in family.get_child_ref_list():
+                            return True
         return False
         
     def cb_double_click(self, treeview):