[Boa Constr] How to decouple layout at design time with Boa?

[Hans-Peter J. <hp...@ur...>]

Hi wxPythonics,

I'm currently working on an inhouse project, involving ui for different
forms/grids working on sql databases. On a former project, I chose
notebooks for the different forms, but found that concept too limiting
(scrolling notebooks is awfull).

Now that I dicovered boa (again), I consider the "outlook" way as a nice
alternative: Using a wxTreeCtrl on the left, main screen right, and
a log frame (wxTextCtrl) below (based on two spitter windows):

+------------+----------------------------------------+
| Task1      | Main                                   |
|   Subtask1 |                                        |
| Task2      |                                        |
|   Subtask2 |                                        |
|            |                                        |
|            |                                        |
|            |----------------------------------------+
|            | Log                                    |
|            |                                        |
+------------+----------------------------------------+

I think wxPanel would be the right container for Main, is it?

What I want to archieve, is creating the different main forms separately
in external wxFrames or the like. I tried in wxFrame1:

    def __init__(self, parent):
        self._init_ctrls(parent)

        import wxFrame2
        self.dblogin = wxFrame2.create(self.mainWin)

self.mainWin is the wxPanel mentioned above.

Doesn't work :-( I also tried wxScrolledWindow as a container.

How can I layout different forms externally and overlay them
in my mainWin with Boa? Any hints?

For your confidence, I've attached this example.

Thanks for listening,
  Hans-Peter