wxPython code giving strange errors.

[teh_sAbEr]

I'm busy trying to learn wxPython, and i'm trying to run the following
piece of code (its from the wxPyWiki tutorial):

import wx

ID_ABOUT = 101
ID_EXIT = 110

class MainWindow(wx.F rame):
def __init__(self,p arent,id,title) :
wx.Frame.__init __(self,parent, wx.ID_ANY,title ,size=(200,100) )
self.control = wx.TextCtrl(sel f,1,style=wx.TE _MULTILINE)
self.CreateStat usBar()

filemenu = wx.Menu()
filemenu.Append (ID_ABOUT,"&Abo ut"," Information about this
program.")
filemenu.Append Separator()
filemenu.Append (ID_EXIT,"E&xit "," Terminate the program.")

menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
menuBar.Append( filemenu,"&File ")
self.SetMenuBar (menuBar)
self.Show(True)

app = wx.PySimpleApp( )
frame = MainWindow(None , -1, "Sample editor")
app.MainLoop()

Simple enough, but every single time I try to run it IDLE gives me
this instead of the app I was hoping for:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Documen ts and Settings\Enrico Jr\My Documents\Jr's Crap
\Python Stuff\Batch Picture Converter\main. py", line 24, in <module>
frame = MainWindow(None , -1, "Sample editor")
File "C:\Documen ts and Settings\Enrico Jr\My Documents\Jr's Crap
\Python Stuff\Batch Picture Converter\main. py", line 9, in __init__
wx.Frame.__init __(self,parent, wx.ID_ANY,title ,size=(200,100) )
File "C:\Python25\Li b\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\wx
\_windows.py", line 501, in __init__
_windows_.Frame _swiginit(self, _windows_.new_F rame(*args,
**kwargs))
PyNoAppError: The wx.App object must be created first!

As far as I can tell, the wx.App object IS being created first. I
suspect a race condition of some sort here, but can anyone shed some
light on this?

[Thin Myrna]

teh_sAbEr wrote:

I'm busy trying to learn wxPython, and i'm trying to run the following
piece of code (its from the wxPyWiki tutorial):

import wx

ID_ABOUT = 101
ID_EXIT = 110

class MainWindow(wx.F rame):
def __init__(self,p arent,id,title) :
wx.Frame.__init __(self,parent, wx.ID_ANY,title ,size=(200,100) )
self.control = wx.TextCtrl(sel f,1,style=wx.TE _MULTILINE)
self.CreateStat usBar()

filemenu = wx.Menu()
filemenu.Append (ID_ABOUT,"&Abo ut"," Information about this
program.")
filemenu.Append Separator()
filemenu.Append (ID_EXIT,"E&xit "," Terminate the program.")

menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
menuBar.Append( filemenu,"&File ")
self.SetMenuBar (menuBar)
self.Show(True)

app = wx.PySimpleApp( )
frame = MainWindow(None , -1, "Sample editor")
app.MainLoop()

Simple enough, but every single time I try to run it IDLE gives me
this instead of the app I was hoping for:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Documen ts and Settings\Enrico Jr\My Documents\Jr's Crap
\Python Stuff\Batch Picture Converter\main. py", line 24, in <module>
frame = MainWindow(None , -1, "Sample editor")
File "C:\Documen ts and Settings\Enrico Jr\My Documents\Jr's Crap
\Python Stuff\Batch Picture Converter\main. py", line 9, in __init__
wx.Frame.__init __(self,parent, wx.ID_ANY,title ,size=(200,100) )
File "C:\Python25\Li b\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\wx
\_windows.py", line 501, in __init__
_windows_.Frame _swiginit(self, _windows_.new_F rame(*args,
**kwargs))
PyNoAppError: The wx.App object must be created first!

As far as I can tell, the wx.App object IS being created first. I
suspect a race condition of some sort here, but can anyone shed some
light on this?

The main frame has to be created by the app itself, e.g. like so:
class App(wx.App):

def OnInit(self):

self._frame = MainFrame( None, -1, _APP_CAPTION)
self._frame.Sho w( True)
self.SetTopWind ow( self._frame)
return True
def Run():
app = App()
app.MainLoop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
Run()
HTH
Thin

[Mike Driscoll]

On Jul 13, 10:18*am, teh_sAbEr <teh.sa...@gmai l.comwrote:

I'm busy trying to learn wxPython, and i'm trying to run the following
piece of code (its from the wxPyWiki tutorial):

import wx

ID_ABOUT = 101
ID_EXIT = 110

class MainWindow(wx.F rame):
* * def __init__(self,p arent,id,title) :
* * * * wx.Frame.__init __(self,parent, wx.ID_ANY,title ,size=(200,100) )
* * * * self.control = wx.TextCtrl(sel f,1,style=wx.TE _MULTILINE)
* * * * self.CreateStat usBar()

* * * * filemenu = wx.Menu()
* * * * filemenu.Append (ID_ABOUT,"&Abo ut"," Information about this
program.")
* * * * filemenu.Append Separator()
* * * * filemenu.Append (ID_EXIT,"E&xit "," Terminate the program.")

* * * * menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
* * * * menuBar.Append( filemenu,"&File ")
* * * * self.SetMenuBar (menuBar)
* * * * self.Show(True)

app = wx.PySimpleApp( )
frame = MainWindow(None , -1, "Sample editor")
app.MainLoop()

Simple enough, but every single time I try to run it IDLE gives me
this instead of the app I was hoping for:

Traceback (most recent call last):
* File "C:\Documen ts and Settings\Enrico Jr\My Documents\Jr's Crap
\Python Stuff\Batch Picture Converter\main. py", line 24, in <module>
* * frame = MainWindow(None , -1, "Sample editor")
* File "C:\Documen ts and Settings\Enrico Jr\My Documents\Jr's Crap
\Python Stuff\Batch Picture Converter\main. py", line 9, in __init__
* * wx.Frame.__init __(self,parent, wx.ID_ANY,title ,size=(200,100) )
* File "C:\Python25\Li b\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\wx
\_windows.py", line 501, in __init__
* * _windows_.Frame _swiginit(self, _windows_.new_F rame(*args,
**kwargs))
PyNoAppError: The wx.App object must be created first!

As far as I can tell, the wx.App object IS being created first. I
suspect a race condition of some sort here, but can anyone shed some
light on this?

This code works "as is" on Windows XP. However, I have gotten this
error when trying to run it from IDLE and I've heard that that can
happen in other Tkinter-based IDEs. Try running it from the command
line and I'll bet you won't get that error.

Also, there's a great wxPython user's group you can join from the
official website:

www.wxpython.org

Mike

[David C. Ullrich]

In article
<c2************ *************** *******@34g2000 hsh.googlegroup s.com>,
Mike Driscoll <ky******@gmail .comwrote:

On Jul 13, 10:18*am, teh_sAbEr <teh.sa...@gmai l.comwrote:

I'm busy trying to learn wxPython, and i'm trying to run the following
piece of code (its from the wxPyWiki tutorial):

import wx

[...]

app = wx.PySimpleApp( )
frame = MainWindow(None , -1, "Sample editor")
app.MainLoop()
[...]

This code works "as is" on Windows XP. However, I have gotten this
error when trying to run it from IDLE and I've heard that that can
happen in other Tkinter-based IDEs.

So I've heard. Just for fun I tried running it in a wxPython-based
shell - it worked fine.

Try running it from the command
line and I'll bet you won't get that error.

Also, there's a great wxPython user's group you can join from the
official website:

www.wxpython.org

Mike

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David C. Ullrich