I'm using wxPython to search all the files in a particular directory. As it searches the files, progress (number of files) is sent to the progress bar, just to give a little background. What I want to do is to move the progress bar down to the bottom of the frame where SetStatusText usually show a name. But, when a search is commenced, I would like the name/text to be replaced by the progress bar. Currently, when I try to change the position of the progress bar, it's only visible to right above the progress bar.
Secondly, I want to lock the gui at it's current size, so the window can't be resized. I looked at a few examples, but every one started at some default size. I want my gui to remain at the size that I give it because the way the buttons are displayed warrants it. Here is what the gui code looks like:
class MyApp(wx.App):
def OnInit(self):
frame = MainWindow("ST v2.0.0", (50, 60), (458, 332))
frame.Show()
self.SetTopWindow(frame)
return True
class MainWindow(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, pos, size, title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, -1, pos, size, title)
panel = wx.Panel(self, wx.ID_ANY)
panel.SetBackgroundColour('LIGHT GREY')
toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()
toolbar.Realize()
menuFile = wx.Menu()
menuFile.Append(1, "&About...")
menuFile.AppendSeparator()
menuFile.Append(2, "E&xit")
menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
menuBar.Append(menuFile, "&File")
menu2 = wx.Menu()
menu2.Append(wx.NewId(), "&Copy", "Copy in status bar")
menu2.AppendSeparator()
menu2.Append(wx.NewId(), "C&ut", "")
menu2.AppendSeparator()
menu2.Append(wx.NewId(), "Paste", "")
menu2.AppendSeparator()
menu2.Append(wx.NewId(), "&Options...", "Display Options")
menuBar.Append(menu2, "&Edit")
self.SetMenuBar(menuBar)
self.CreateStatusBar()
self.SetStatusText("Welcome to sQAST!")#can put connected here when logged in
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnAbout, id=1)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnQuit, id=2)
x = 100
#Progress Gauge
self.gauge = wx.Gauge(panel, -1, x ,pos=(180, 0), size=(-1, 20))
#Close button
self.button = wx.Button(panel, label="EXIT", pos=(229, 160), size=(229, 80))
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnQuit, self.button)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnCloseWindow)
#Dispenser button
self.button2 = wx.Button(panel, label="Serv 1", pos=(0, 160), size=(229, 80))
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnStartButton, self.button2)
#Site Server
self.button3 = wx.Button(panel, label="SERV 2", pos=(0, 80), size=(229, 80))
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnSiteservButton, self.button3)
#Local Search
self.button4 = wx.Button(panel, label="ABORT", pos=(229, 80), size=(229, 80))
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnAbortButton, self.button4)
self.button4.Disable()
self.shouldAbort = False
This worked for me:
count = 0
count2 = 0
for afile in filelist:
(head, filename) = os.path.split(afile)
if afile.endswith(".log") or afile.endswith(".txt"):
count2 += 1
self.progress_bar.Show()
wx.CallAfter(self.progress_bar.SetValue, count2)# This works ....
f=ftp.open(afile, 'r')
for i, line in enumerate(f.readlines()):
result = regex.search(line)
if self.shouldAbort:
return self.shouldAbort
break
There are a couple of different ways to do this. I think the simplest is to just use the EnhancedStatusBar widget: http://wiki.wxpython.org/EnhancedStatusBar
However, this thread also mentions a way to do it with the normal StatusBar: http://wxpython-users.1045709.n5.nabble.com/Add-a-progressbar-in-a-statusbar-td2365269.html
As for making the Frame's size "fixed", try setting it's SetSizeHints to the size you want.