wx.grid.GridCellDateRenderer

Newbie Help
#1

Hello,
I’m just starting with python programming and wxPython and I’d appreciate a little help from the experts.

I have created a grid for which I am trying to define an attribute for the various data types.
I didn’t encounter any problem with all the other data types except for the DATE.

attrD = wx.grid.GridCellAttr()
attrD.SetRenderer(wx.grid.GridCellDateRenderer())
attrD.SetEditor(wx.grid.GridCellDateEditor())

The error message is:
AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘GridCellDateRenderer’

I’ve seen GridCellDateRenderer in various wxPython documentation. I’ve also search the internet on how to create a renderer for a cell in the grid containing a date value but have been unable to find the answer.

Will greatly appreciate any help.

Thank you.

#2

What version of wxPython are you using?

On Python 3.8.5 + wxPython 4.1.1 gtk3 (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.1.5 on Linux Mint 20.1, wx.grid.GridCellDateRenderer is available:

import wx
import wx.grid

renderer = wx.grid.GridCellDateRenderer()
print(renderer)

This outputs:
<wx._grid.GridCellDateRenderer object at 0x7f261e67f1f0>

The wxPython documentation says “New in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.3”.

#3

When I entered the command you gave, I get the same error message. AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘GridCellDateRenderer’

I’m using Python 2.7.15.
When I check wxPython version via wx.version(), I get 4.0.3 msw (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.0.5

#4

Richard,

Python 2.7 is just old as 10 years …
If you are not blocked by a lib upgrade to Python 3, you will have a better support and update easily with pip command (or other) to last wxPython suitable for your environment.

#5

If for some reason you can’t upgrade to wxPython 4.1 or later, you could try to derive your own GridCellDateRenderer class from the abstract wx.grid.GridCellRenderer class.

#6

I can’t upgrade to Python 3 because I’m using dbf from dbfpy which has no version 3 yet (I’m converting applications written in VFP to Python).

I will look into your other suggestion.

Thank you very much for your reply. I really appreciate it.

#7

I have moved several VFP apps to python3. First I don’t actually use dbf’s - I either convert the table to Postgresql or sqlite. I transfer the data using dbf_light · PyPI. There are also some free ETL’s available.

I also use dabo (version 3 - https://github.com/dabodev/dabo.git then use branch dabo3). Dabo uses the same thinking that VFP - there are differences but overall the thinking works. Dabo also uses Postgresql or sqlite. BTW dabo provides the UI and the way to attach data to the widgets.

#8

I am converting an integrated system with several applications (finance, payroll, inventory, sales, etc.) I am not able to convert them all at the same time and since they’re all integrated, I need dbfpy for the python programs to access dbf files. I have already converted several VFP forms to wxPython without problem until I needed to create a VFP table that has cells containing dates.

I looked up dabo and found it to be promising. However, there doesn’t seem to be enough documentation on it for a newbie like me who has barely two weeks of python experience. I will try it later when I don’t have a deadline.

Thanks for the reply.