Re: [Pythoncard-users] Resource Editor - Choice Component - Update String Selection doesn't work

[Kevin A. <al...@se...>]

On Sep 12, 2004, at 9:40 AM, Gregory Pi=F1ero wrote:

> Actually, it seems to only happen with numbers as items.  Also I typed=20=

> them as [1,2,3] in the resource editor field.  Maybe it's required to=20=

> do, ['1','2','3'] ?
>
> -Greg
>
>
> Gregory Pi=F1ero wrote:
>
>> Minor bug?  Maybe this was already fixed in the latest version? =20
>> Below is the code generated by the resource editor.  You can use it=20=

>> to replicate the bug, but any example should work.
>> -Greg
>> Version Info:
>> PythonCard version: 0.8
>> wxPython version: 2.5.2.7
>> Python version: 2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200 32 bit=20=

>> (Intel)]
>> Platform: win32
>> {'application':{'type':'Application',
>>           'name':'Template',
>>     'backgrounds': [
>>     {'type':'Background',
>>           'name':'bgTemplate',
>>           'title':'Standard Template with no menus',
>>           'position':(198, 198),
>>           'size':(490, 582),
>>          'components': [
>> {'type':'Choice',
>>     'name':'Choice1',
>>     'position':(118, 78),
>>     'size':(130, -1),
>>     'backgroundColor':(255, 128, 255),
>>     'foregroundColor':(0, 0, 255),
>>     'items':['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6'],
>>     },
>> ] # end components
>> } # end background
>> ] # end backgrounds
>> } }
>>

You didn't say what the bug was before, but I assume you mean that the=20=

items in the list are strings? If so, yes, the items in the list must=20
be strings for all the components that have an items list attribute.=20
Use str() and int() to convert back and forth in your code if you need=20=

to work with integers internally, but display them as strings in the=20
components.

If you wanted to use stringSelection to select the item '3' in the list=20=

then you would do something like:

self.components.Choice1.stringSelection =3D '3'

but if you wanted to select the item by its numeric position in the=20
list, remember to use an integer as well as that the list is=20
zero-based, like most things in Python.

self.components.Choice1.selection =3D 2

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