I build an application in wxPython and in the application I want to show a message for a limited time and then, it will be disappeared by itself (the user of the application doesn't have to nothing to make it disappear) I tried to do it like that, but it didn't closed by itself.
dialog = wx.MessageDialog(None,'message', wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION | wx.STAY_ON_TOP)
threading.Timer(2.0, dialog.Destroy).start()
dialog.ShowModal()
I also tried to do it like that and it either didn't do nothing:
dialog = wx.MessageDialog(None,'message', wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION | wx.STAY_ON_TOP)
threading.Timer(2.0, dialog.EndModal,args=wx.ID_OK).start()
dialog.ShowModal()
I don't have enough context to see what is the problem with your timer. You could try this however.
import wx
# ================================================================================
class TimedDialog(wx.Dialog):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(TimedDialog, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.SetSize((400, 300))
self.SetTitle('Please wait!')
self.Centre()
self.timer = wx.Timer(self)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTimer)
self.timer.Start(2000) # 2 second interval
def OnTimer(self, event):
self.Close()
# ================================================================================
class Example(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.InitUI()
def InitUI(self):
self.SetSize((300, 200))
self.SetTitle('app')
self.Centre()
self.btn = wx.Button(self, -1, "click Me")
self.btn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnClicked)
def OnClicked(self, event):
dlg = TimedDialog(self)
dlg.ShowModal()
def main():
app = wx.App()
ex = Example(None)
ex.Show()
app.MainLoop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()