Throbber displays but won't move

wxPython Users
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The original problem was that I was calling wxInitAllImageHandlers() too
late and so image handlers were missing. Alas, it appears that this
information is dumped to stdout rather than raising an exception and so it
was escaping my notice (running on Windows without a console window).

Now the image appears but there is no animation *unless* the dialog is
modal. Making the dialog non-modal seems to prohibit the images from
getting updated (I note that I must call Update() on the dialog to get the
wxStaticText to display in it).

Is there any solution to this, or should I use some other widget (a
MiniFrame?)??

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Gary H. Merrill
Director and Principal Scientist, New Applications
Data Exploration Sciences
GlaxoSmithKline Inc.
(919) 483-8456

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An event loop needs to be active (either the MainLoop or the one in ShowModal) in order for timer events to be sent to the throbber.

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gary.h.merrill@gsk.com wrote:

The original problem was that I was calling wxInitAllImageHandlers() too
late and so image handlers were missing. Alas, it appears that this
information is dumped to stdout rather than raising an exception and so it
was escaping my notice (running on Windows without a console window).

Now the image appears but there is no animation *unless* the dialog is
modal. Making the dialog non-modal seems to prohibit the images from
getting updated (I note that I must call Update() on the dialog to get the
wxStaticText to display in it).

Is there any solution to this, or should I use some other widget (a
MiniFrame?)??

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Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
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