Hi,
I'd like to access the underlying C++ objects (such as a wxWindow or a wxMenu) from wxPython objects within my python extension? Does anyone have any idea how I should do this - I took a look, but I'm afraid the SWIG stuff just ended up confusing me 
-Sterling
Sterling Hughes wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to access the underlying C++ objects (such as a wxWindow or a wxMenu) from wxPython objects within my python extension? Does anyone have any idea how I should do this - I took a look, but I'm afraid the SWIG stuff just ended up confusing me
To just get access to the C++ objects you can do what I describe below. For making your own extensions that add additional wx classes to wxPython then see http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/C_2b_2bExtensions
To get access to the C++ objects wrapped by wxPython objects you need to include wxPython.h in your extension and call wxPyCoreAPI_IMPORT to "import" a set of functions from the core wxPython module into your extension module. (Actually it just sets a pointer to a structure of function pointers.) You can then use SWIG_GetPtrObj to get a pointer to the C++ wx object from a Python object. Use it like this:
wxWindow* wPtr;
if (SWIG_GetPtrObj(pyobj, (void **)&wPtr, "_wxWindow_p")) {
// Some error happened, and a Python
// exception has been set. React accordingly.
}
Things like the above are changing a lot in 2.5 however so be sure to isolate your usage of it into some wrapper functions or something so it will be easier to migrate your code to 2.5.
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Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
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