Bring wxFileDialog to front in frameless app

wxPython Users
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I have a small client daemon program that has no frames or windows of
any kind, all it does is popup a wxFileDialog when a file is received. I
can't seem to make the dialog come to the front though, any suggestions?
Here's what I've tried:

    myapp = wxPySimpleApp()
    dlg = wxFileDialog(None, 'Save your PDF file',
                       default_path, 'printout.pdf',
                       style=wxSAVE|wxSTAY_ON_TOP|wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT)
    dlg.Show(True)
    dlg.Hide()
    dlg.Show(True)
    dlg.Iconize(False)
    res = dlg.ShowModal()
    
All the Show/Hide/Iconize stuff is the result of my futile attempt to
bring the window to the front. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Mark

2

hello,

I have a small client daemon program that has no frames or windows of
any kind, all it does is popup a wxFileDialog when a file is received. I
can't seem to make the dialog come to the front though, any suggestions?
Here's what I've tried:

   myapp = wxPySimpleApp()
   dlg = wxFileDialog(None, 'Save your PDF file',
                      default_path, 'printout.pdf',
                      style=wxSAVE|wxSTAY_ON_TOP|wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT)
   dlg.Show(True)
   dlg.Hide()
   dlg.Show(True)
   dlg.Iconize(False)
   res = dlg.ShowModal()
   
All the Show/Hide/Iconize stuff is the result of my futile attempt to
bring the window to the front. Any ideas?

did you tried myapp.SetTopWindow(dlg) ?

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David <izi@club-internet.fr>

3

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did you tried myapp.SetTopWindow(dlg) ?

Yup, tried that too

-Mark

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On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 06:37, David JL wrote:

4

Thought I would send the solution to this problem for future reference.

I had to create a wxFrame and use it as my dialog's parent. I just left
out the frame.Show() call and my app is effectively frameless.

-Mark

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On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 12:50, Roach, Mark R. wrote:

On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 06:37, David JL wrote:
[...]
> did you tried myapp.SetTopWindow(dlg) ?