'Close me' button

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Have you looked into CallLater (wxPython API Documentation — wxPython Phoenix 4.2.2 documentation)? It’s a convenience wrapper around the timer that lets you simply declare a time and a callable; you could use this to open a window after your period of time has passed.

Good luck!

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On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:58:48 PM UTC-7, dryhay wrote:

Hi

How to reopen MyMiniFrame (after hitting ‘Close me’ button) with a diffrent popup time?
Problem visualized: http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=33111
The code: http://pastebin.com/xbXnvXkg

dryhay

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Thank you for your answer, BUT unfortunately my code is still not working and showing no IDLE errors.

I’ve checked CallLater class according to: http://wiki.wxpython.org/Change%20wxGrid%20CheckBox%20with%20one%20click
and later some changes were made according to that: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3856413/call-class-method-from-another-class
and other changes I’ve tried as well, but nothing is working so far…

My current code is here: http://codepad.org/n3H8FVoH
and target is still the same, but never reached: http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=33111

dryhay

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Have you tried using a wx.Timer object to open a new mini frame?

  • Mike
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On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:35:40 AM UTC-5, dryhay wrote:

Thank you for your answer, BUT unfortunately my code is still not working and showing no IDLE errors.

I’ve checked CallLater class according to: http://wiki.wxpython.org/Change%20wxGrid%20CheckBox%20with%20one%20click
and later some changes were made according to that: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3856413/call-class-method-from-another-class
and other changes I’ve tried as well, but nothing is working so far…

My current code is here: http://codepad.org/n3H8FVoH
and target is still the same, but never reached: http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=33111

dryhay

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I’ve tried that as well until my ideas finished. My first frame is opening with wx.Timer, but so far I can’t find any solution to bind ‘Close me’ button from this mini frame to open the same mini frame but after different time.

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Hi,

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On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:58 AM, dryhay <dryhay@gmail.com> wrote:

I've tried that as well until my ideas finished. My first frame is opening
with wx.Timer, but so far I can't find any solution to bind 'Close me'
button from this mini frame to open the same mini frame but after different
time.

Not a 100% clear on what your trying but if you just want to show the
same window again after a fixed time then just call Hide in the
handler for the 'Close me' button, start a timer and then call Show
again in the timer handler.

Cody

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Hi
I don’t want to hide it. I want to close my mini frame and reopen later (with different values inside) 5000ms after clicking the button.
Maybe I have some problems to start a timer from this ‘Close me’ button or maybe python is loosing some data - I don’t know, I’m not so experienced to see it. This is what I want to learn - this code is only for testing and educational purposes.
What I want to get - problem visualized: http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=33111
and this is my code: http://codepad.org/n3H8FVoH
I’ve just stuck there, trying different solutions, but I can’t move forward, because I don’t know how should a working solution look.

dryhay

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Simplifying the problem, here’s a sample script with a frame that, when closed, re-opens a few seconds later.

Note that wxPython normally exits its main loop when the last frame is closed. To avoid this happening, I first open a unrelated frame (“Other Frame”). Since this stays open when the timer-close frame is closed, the program keeps running.

If you don’t have another frame that would stay open the whole time, you could either:

  • not really close and destroy the frame when onClose is called; instead, you could Hide() it and change the showFrame() to show it if it already exists

  • or, change the setting in wxPython so that it doesn’t quit when all windows are closed (there’s some setting for this, but I forget what it’s called)

  • or, slightly ugly, keep the code for “Other Frame” and remove the Show() line – there will still be a frame, but users won’t see it.

Code attached. Works for me on OSX/wx2.9.

frame.py (473 Bytes)

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On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 9:33:26 AM UTC-7, dryhay wrote:

Hi
I don’t want to hide it. I want to close my mini frame and reopen later (with different values inside) 5000ms after clicking the button.
Maybe I have some problems to start a timer from this ‘Close me’ button or maybe python is loosing some data - I don’t know, I’m not so experienced to see it. This is what I want to learn - this code is only for testing and educational purposes.
What I want to get - problem visualized: http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=33111
and this is my code: http://codepad.org/n3H8FVoH
I’ve just stuck there, trying different solutions, but I can’t move forward, because I don’t know how should a working solution look.

dryhay

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wx.App.SetExitOnFrameDelete

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On 6/13/12 10:28 AM, Joel Burton wrote:

- or, change the setting in wxPython so that it doesn't quit when all
windows are closed (there's some setting for this, but I forget what
it's called)

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

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Thx, it helped me.
I’ve improved my script and I’ve fixed some problems, but I stuck on this one:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_misc.py”, line 1357, in Notify
self.notify()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py”, line 14738, in Notify
self.result = self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File “/home/dry/Dokumenty/pyt/37.py”, line 73, in showFrame
var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame(“Mini frame”, wx.ID_ANY, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.TINY_CAPTION_HORIZ)
File “/home/dry/Dokumenty/pyt/37.py”, line 48, in init
wx.MiniFrame.init(self, parent, -1, title, pos, size, style)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_windows.py”, line 772, in init
windows.MiniFrame_swiginit(self,windows.new_MiniFrame(*args, **kwargs))
TypeError: in method ‘new_MiniFrame’, expected argument 1 of type ‘wxWindow *’

I’ve tried to fix it according to googled solutions, but nothing helps so far.

Target - problem visualized: http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=33111
and this is my current code: http://codepad.org/4V1DVcTO

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In your script, at:

var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame("Mini frame", wx.ID_ANY, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.TINY_CAPTION_HORIZ)

You’re calling MyMiniFrame with the first argument being “Mini frame” (which I’m guessing you want to be the title of the frame).

But in the definition for your class, you have:

def __init__(self, parent, title, pos=wx.DefaultPosition, size=wx.DefaultSize, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE):
        # parent.y='two'
        wx.MiniFrame.__init__(self, parent, -1, title, pos, size, style)



So that first argument becomes "parent", not "title"--and the parent of a Frame (or MiniFrame) needs to be either a

Frame or None if it's a top-level frame.



- j.
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On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:22:29 PM UTC-7, dryhay wrote:

Thx, it helped me.
I’ve improved my script and I’ve fixed some problems, but I stuck on this one:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_misc.py”, line 1357, in Notify
self.notify()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py”, line 14738, in Notify
self.result = self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File “/home/dry/Dokumenty/pyt/37.py”, line 73, in showFrame
var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame(“Mini frame”, wx.ID_ANY, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.TINY_CAPTION_HORIZ)
File “/home/dry/Dokumenty/pyt/37.py”, line 48, in init
wx.MiniFrame.init(self, parent, -1, title, pos, size, style)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_windows.py”, line 772, in init
windows.MiniFrame_swiginit(self,windows.new_MiniFrame(*args, **kwargs))
TypeError: in method ‘new_MiniFrame’, expected argument 1 of type ‘wxWindow *’

I’ve tried to fix it according to googled solutions, but nothing helps so far.

Target - problem visualized: http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=33111
and this is my current code: http://codepad.org/4V1DVcTO

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Also: you’re also trying to pass the ID in your call to MyMiniFrame (the “wx.ID_ANY”), but your init signature doesn’t take an ID (when you call the superclass wx.MiniFrame.init, you use -1 as the ID).

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On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:26:51 PM UTC-7, Joel Burton wrote:

In your script, at:

var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame("Mini frame", wx.ID_ANY, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.TINY_CAPTION_HORIZ)

You’re calling MyMiniFrame with the first argument being “Mini frame” (which I’m guessing you want to be the title of the frame).

But in the definition for your class, you have:

def __init__(self, parent, title, pos=wx.DefaultPosition, size=wx.DefaultSize, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE):
        # parent.y='two'
        wx.MiniFrame.__init__(self, parent, -1, title, pos, size, style)




So that first argument becomes "parent", not "title"--and the parent of a Frame (or MiniFrame) needs to be either a

Frame or None if it's a top-level frame.




- j.

On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:22:29 PM UTC-7, dryhay wrote:

Thx, it helped me.
I’ve improved my script and I’ve fixed some problems, but I stuck on this one:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_misc.py”, line 1357, in Notify
self.notify()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py”, line 14738, in Notify
self.result = self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File “/home/dry/Dokumenty/pyt/37.py”, line 73, in showFrame
var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame(“Mini frame”, wx.ID_ANY, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.TINY_CAPTION_HORIZ)
File “/home/dry/Dokumenty/pyt/37.py”, line 48, in init
wx.MiniFrame.init(self, parent, -1, title, pos, size, style)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_windows.py”, line 772, in init
windows.MiniFrame_swiginit(self,windows.new_MiniFrame(*args, **kwargs))
TypeError: in method ‘new_MiniFrame’, expected argument 1 of type ‘wxWindow *’

I’ve tried to fix it according to googled solutions, but nothing helps so far.

Target - problem visualized: http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=33111
and this is my current code: http://codepad.org/4V1DVcTO

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I’m trying and trying and trying every possible combination (because the first one is not working)…

When I do it step, by step starting from:

var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame("Mini frame", -1, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.TINY_CAPTION_HORIZ)

So that first argument becomes “parent”

var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame(parent, "Mini frame", -1, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.TINY_CAPTION_HORIZ)

and the parent of a Frame needs to be either Frame…

parent.var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame(parent, "Mini frame", -1, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.TINY_CAPTION_HORIZ)

I’m not sure about the last one, but I’ve checked also other scripts/codes I’ve seen before. But the most common Error I receive is:

in method ‘new_miniframe’, expected argument 1 of type ‘xwindow *’
or that this 'parent is not defined.
My solutions have finished. I don’t know what else I could do.

Is it difficult, not intuitive? I don’t have any problems with php, javascript, ajax though…

Maybe I need more of short and simple expamples, like frame.py (which I haven’t seen before) - has anyone got a *.zip file containing lot’s of them (I have a demo.py already), please?

dryhay

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I'm trying and trying and trying every possible combination (because the
first one is not working)...

var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame(parent, "Mini frame", -1,
style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.TINY_CAPTION_HORIZ)

Is it difficult, not intuitive?

No.

I don't have any problems with php, javascript, ajax though...

I don't think it's a problem with Python or wxPython.

What happens if you try this?:

var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame(None, wx.ID_ANY)
var_MyMiniFrame.Show()

Che

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On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:49 PM, dryhay <dryhay@gmail.com> wrote:

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What happens if you try this?:

var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame(None, wx.ID_ANY)

var_MyMiniFrame.Show()

Che

After that IDLE returns message the one below:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_misc.py”, line 1357, in Notify
self.notify()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py”, line 14738, in Notify
self.result = self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File “/home/dry/Dokumenty/pyt/37.py”, line 73, in showFrame
var_MyMiniFrame=MyMiniFrame(None, wx.ID_ANY)
File “/home/dry/Dokumenty/pyt/37.py”, line 48, in init
wx.MiniFrame.init(self, parent, -1, title, pos, size, style)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_windows.py”, line 772, in init
windows.MiniFrame_swiginit(self,windows.new_MiniFrame(*args, **kwargs))
TypeError: String or Unicode type required

I’ve checked different combinations of arguments and google answers as well, but errors still appear.

dryhay

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One issue that you might have missed is that IDLE and wx don’t
always play nicely together so try running your code from the
command prompt - your problem above looks to be that you are not
supplying a title for your new mini-Frame.

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One issue that you might have missed is that IDLE and wx don't

always play nicely together so try running your code from the
command prompt - your problem above looks to be that you are not
supplying a title for your new mini-Frame.

That has been checked as well with different combinations:

TypeError: init() got multiple values for keyword argument ‘title’

Target - problem visualized: http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=33111
and this is my script: http://codepad.org/4V1DVcTO

dryhay