wxpython and loop

[zahar]

Hi, I'm a newbie struggling to understand wxpython, much appreciated if you guys can solved my problem. Try googling but still does not have any clue on how to stop the loop by pressing the stop button.

Window XP / Python 2.5 /wxpython 2.8

import wx
 
global OK
 
def Start(event):
 
        OK=1
 
        while OK:
                # Hopefully  this GUI take input from external device
                print "Testing"
 
        # close port
 
def Stop(event):
        OK=0
 
 
app=wx.App()
win=wx.Frame(None,title="Simple Editor",size=(410,335))
 
bkg=wx.Panel(win)
 
loadButton=wx.Button(bkg,label='Start')
loadButton.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON,Start)
 
saveButton=wx.Button(bkg,label='Stop')
saveButton.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON,Stop)
 
 
contents=wx.TextCtrl(bkg,style=wx.TE_MULTILINE)
 
 
hbox = wx.BoxSizer()
 
hbox.Add(loadButton,proportion=0,border=2)
hbox.Add(saveButton,proportion=0,border=2)
 
 
vbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
vbox.Add(contents,proportion=1,flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.LEFT|wx.RIGHT,border=5)
vbox.Add(hbox,proportion=0,flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL,border=5)
 
bkg.SetSizer(vbox)
 
win.Show()
 
app.MainLoop()
 

[bartonc]

Hi, I'm a newbie struggling to understand wxpython, much appreciated if you guys can solved my problem. Try googling but still does not have any clue on how to stop the loop by pressing the stop button.

Window XP / Python 2.5 /wxpython 2.8

import wx
 
global OK
 
def Start(event):
 
        OK=1
 
        while OK:
                # Hopefully  this GUI take input from external device
                print "Testing"
 
        # close port
 
def Stop(event):
        OK=0
 
 
app=wx.App()
win=wx.Frame(None,title="Simple Editor",size=(410,335))
 
bkg=wx.Panel(win)
 
loadButton=wx.Button(bkg,label='Start')
loadButton.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON,Start)
 
saveButton=wx.Button(bkg,label='Stop')
saveButton.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON,Stop)
 
 
contents=wx.TextCtrl(bkg,style=wx.TE_MULTILINE)
 
 
hbox = wx.BoxSizer()
 
hbox.Add(loadButton,proportion=0,border=2)
hbox.Add(saveButton,proportion=0,border=2)
 
 
vbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
vbox.Add(contents,proportion=1,flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.LEFT|wx.RIGHT,border=5)
vbox.Add(hbox,proportion=0,flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL,border=5)
 
bkg.SetSizer(vbox)
 
win.Show()
 
app.MainLoop()
 

While this in not good structure, it is very common for beginners. Here's what it would look like to do what you want:

 
OK = 0
 
def Start(event):
    global OK
 
        OK=1
# .....
 
def Stop(event):
    global OK
    OK=0

[gogomon]

Well from what I am seeing it seems that the application would get stuck in an infinite loop inside of the while OK loop. and therefore even if you press the stop button it can't process it since its stuck inside of the start function inside that while OK loop.

You might want to look into threads and how to spawn them to do your bidding without blocking the main one.

[zahar]

Well from what I am seeing it seems that the application would get stuck in an infinite loop inside of the while OK loop. and therefore even if you press the stop button it can't process it since its stuck inside of the start function inside that while OK loop.

You might want to look into threads and how to spawn them to do your bidding without blocking the main one.

Find difficulty in using threads, has to settle for wx.Yield() inside the loop. It works, but not as elegant as thread

[bartonc]

Find difficulty in using threads, has to settle for wx.Yield() inside the loop. It works, but not as elegant as thread

Thanks for the update. Glad that you got it working.