fix crash on add block with no sections

gui.py

@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ class DocumentWindow(QMainWindow):
         self.window.sectionTableView.clicked.connect(self.sectionClickedAction)
         self.window.blockTableView.clicked.connect(self.blockClickedAction)
 
+        # Set the tab widget to Overview tab
+        self.window.tabWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)
+
     def UIInitDocument(self):
         """
         Fills the window's fields with the values from its document.
@@ -509,12 +512,12 @@ class DocumentWindow(QMainWindow):
 
             self.window.chordTableView.populate(self.doc.chordList)
             # remove the chord if any of the blocks have it attached
+            if self.currentSection is not None:
                 for s in self.doc.sectionList:
                         for b in s.blockList:
                             if b.chord:
                                 if b.chord.name == oldName:
                                     b.chord = None
-            if self.currentSection.blockList is not None:
                 self.window.blockTableView.populate(self.currentSection.blockList)
             self.clearChordLineEdits()
             self.updateChordDict()
@@ -755,7 +758,9 @@ class DocumentWindow(QMainWindow):
         """
         Update the block list by reading the table.
         """
-
+        if section is None:
+            BlockMustHaveSectionWarningMessageBox().exec()
+        else:
             blockTableList = []
             for i in range(self.window.blockTableView.model.rowCount()):
                 blockLength = float(
@@ -947,6 +952,23 @@ class SectionNameWarningMessageBox(QMessageBox):
         self.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox.Ok)
 
 
+class BlockMustHaveSectionWarningMessageBox(QMessageBox):
+    """
+    Message box to warn the user that a block must belong to a section
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self.setIcon(QMessageBox.Warning)
+        self.setWindowTitle("No sections found")
+        self.setText("Each block must belong to a section, but no sections have yet been created.")
+        self.setInformativeText(
+            "Please create a section before adding blocks.")
+        self.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Ok)
+        self.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox.Ok)
+
+
 class VoicingWarningMessageBox(QMessageBox):
     """
     Message box to warn the user that the voicing entered could not be parsed