Please send questions to
st10@humboldt.edu .
"""
Module wxpython_ex4.py
Fourth wxpython example
from: http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/Getting_20Started,
wxPython Wiki, Getting Started subsection
slightly adapted by: Sharon M. Tuttle
last modified: 12-7-05
"""
import os
import wx
ID_ABOUT=101
ID_EXIT=110
class MainWindow(wx.Frame):
"""customized subclass of Frame for our baby editor"""
def __init__(self,parent,id,title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self,parent,wx.ID_ANY, title, size = (200,100),
style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE|
wx.NO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE)
self.control = wx.TextCtrl(self, 1, style=wx.TE_MULTILINE)
# A StatusBar in the bottom of the window
self.CreateStatusBar()
# Setting up the menu.
filemenu= wx.Menu()
filemenu.Append(ID_ABOUT, "&About"," Information about this program")
filemenu.AppendSeparator()
filemenu.Append(ID_EXIT,"E&xit"," Terminate the program")
# Creating the menubar.
menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
# Adding the "filemenu" to the MenuBar
menuBar.Append(filemenu,"&File")
# Adding the MenuBar to the Frame content.
self.SetMenuBar(menuBar)
# attach the menu-event ID_ABOUT to the method self.OnAbout
wx.EVT_MENU(self, ID_ABOUT, self.OnAbout)
# attach the menu-event ID_EXIT to the method self.OnExit
wx.EVT_MENU(self, ID_EXIT, self.OnExit)
self.Show(True)
def OnAbout(self,e):
"""method for the "About" menu item action"""
# Create a message dialog box
d= wx.MessageDialog( self, " A sample editor \n"
" in wxPython","About Sample Editor", wx.OK)
# Shows it --- since modal, cannot do anything with "parent"
# frame until this dialog box is closed
d.ShowModal()
# finally destroy it when finished.
d.Destroy()
def OnExit(self,e):
"""method for the "Exit" menu item action"""
self.Close(True) # Close the frame.
app = wx.PySimpleApp()
frame = MainWindow(None, -1, "Sample editor")
app.MainLoop()