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Re: [Pythoncard-users] global menubar
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From: Brad A. <bra...@ma...> - 2005-03-29 14:34:49
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Thanks, Liam! I'll try it when I get to work today. It looks like the
key difference from what I was trying to do is to use a constructor
for the menubar and then run the Show method.
self.menuBar = menu.MenuBar(self, self.parent.menuBar)
self.Show(1)
>Hey Brad,
>
>You may want to copy and paste the following code. I poked around
>model.py in the bowels of Background, and here's how model.Background
>sets a menu -
>
>def _createMenus(self, aResource):
> # RDS - Only create a menubar if one is defined
> # in the stack's resource file.
> # This is a hack, I shouldn't be accessing
> # the stack resource's __dict)__ directly.
> if ('menubar' in aResource.__dict__) and (aResource.menubar is
>not None):
> self.menuBar = menu.MenuBar(self, aResource.menubar)
> elif wx.Platform == '__WXMAC__' and self.GetParent() is None:
> # always create at least a File menu with Quit on the Mac
> # so we automatically get the Apple menu...
> # KEA 2004-03-01
> # the elif was updated to make sure we only create a menubar
> # if the background has no parent, aka is the primary app window
> self._createMacMenu()
>
> # KEA and as a further hack, I now add a Debug menu
> # to the menubar. createMenu will create a menubar
> # if one doesn't already exist
> if self.application._showDebugMenu and self.GetParent() == None:
> self.application._debugMenu = debug.DebugMenu(self.application)
> self.application._debugMenu.createMenu(self)
> self.application._debugMenu.bindMenuEvents(self)
>
>
>Alrighty, lots of private methods there. But, the important part is
>from Pythoncard import menu
>
>and
>
>self.menuBar = menu.MenuBar(self, aResource.menubar)
>
>So... I present, my <drum roll> sample cooooooooodddddddde!!!!
>
>http://www.rafb.net/paste/results/Cm4rdR68.html
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>I've also attached a rar file of the code and the resource files.
>
>I really, really, hope that helps.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Liam Clarke
>On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:51:16 -0600, bra...@om...
><bra...@om...> wrote:
>>
>> I haven't tried it on Mac, partially because the menus are automatically
>> global on the Mac side.
>>
>> The wx.Yield() didn't have any effect, either. I tried a few other variants,
>> including the parent binding
>> on a separate line as you suggested. Still no luck. Here is my background
>> class as it currently stands:
>>
>>
>> class MyBackground (MycroftEventTrapper, model.Background):
>> def on_initialize(self, event):
>> # parent is a PageBackground, grandparent is background
>> "MainWindow"
>> # since a PageBackground has no getParent() method,
>> # instead use wx.GetTopLevelParent
>>
>> parent = wx.GetTopLevelParent(self.getParent())
>> print 'parent:', parent # prints
>> __main__.MainWindow
>> self.menuBar = parent.menuBar
>> self.Raise() #bring window forward
>> wx.Yield() # refresh? Doesn't make menu change
>>
>>
>> Liam Clarke <cy...@gm...> wrote on 03/28/2005 05:41:37 PM:
>>
>> > Well, you could try a wx.Yield() to force redraw, but I suspect that's
>> > not the answer.
> > >
>> > Try, and this is silly, but try it anyway, try
>> >
>> > parent = wx.GetTopLevelParent(self)
>> > self.menuBar = parent.menubar
>> >
>> > Although, you should've had an Attribute Error if that wasn't working
>> right.
>> >
>> > Try that in the meanwhile, I'll have a poke around my resource filesat
>> home.
>>
>> > I assume that you've tested it across platforms?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Liam Clarke
>> >
>> > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:00:54 -0600, bra...@om...
>> > <bra...@om...> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I meant to say,
>> > >
>> > > self.menuBar = wx.GetTopLevelParent(self).menuBar
>> > >
>> > > Brad Allen/Dallas wrote on 03/28/2005 04:57:29 PM:
> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Now I'm trying this within the tabs (Notebook pages):
>> > > >
>> > > > self.menuBar = self.wx.GetTopLevelParent(self).menuBar
>> > > >
>> > > > and then within the child windows:
>> > > >
>> > > > self.menuBar = self.getParent().menuBar
>> > > >
>> > > > Still not giving me the menu I want in the child windows.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > pyt...@li... wrote on 03/28/2005
>> 04:31:37
>> > > PM:
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Whoops, I must be blind. Apparently PageBackground objects have no
>> > > > > attribute getParent().
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > pyt...@li... wrote on 03/28/2005
>> > > > 04:21:51 PM:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > So, I've now got a main window with a tabbed interface and a
>> > > > global menubar
>> > > > > > that works for all the tabs. However, I still need to spawn a
>> few
>> > > > > > child windows, and these
>> > > > > > need to have a copy of the main menubar. I have tried binding
>> the
>> > > > > > menubar of the
>> > > > > > parent during the background initialization of the child
>> window,like
>> > > so:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > class MyBackground( model.Background):
>> > > > > > def on_initialize(self, event):
>> > > > > > self.menuBar = self.getParent().menuBar
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > This doesn't work, although it doesn't seem to generate any
>> > > > > > exceptions that I can see.
>> > > > > > I have tried it on child windows whose resource file contains no
>> > > > > > menubar, and I have tried
>> > > > > > it on child windows whose resource file contains no menubar.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Is there a method for refreshing the menubar?
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Thanks!
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > "Kevin Altis" <al...@se...> wrote on 03/21/2005
>> 10:25:35
>> > > AM:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > > On Mar 19, 2005, at 7:27 PM, bra...@om... wrote:
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > I'm thinking I can get by with a tabbed interface for the
>> > > > main window,
>> > > > > > > > and go with small menu-less child windows for some of the
>> > > individual
>> > > > > > > > forms. For instance, an Employees tab would show a
>> > > multiColumnList of
>> > > > > > > > employees with search filters at the top. To edit an
>> employee
>> > > record,
>> > > > > > > > the user doubleclicks a line and an employee edit window
>> > > > pops up. This
>> > > > > > > > seems like a workable approach. I guess I need to take a
>> look at
>> > > how
>> > > > > > > > to implement the Notebook.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > A tabbed interface seems like the way to go. There is
>> currently no
>> > > > > > > option to toggle the menubar for a window on and off in the
>> > > > > > > resourceEditor. The reason I didn't do that is if someone made
>> a
>> > > bunch
>> > > > > > > of menus and then accidentally got rid of them they wouldbe
>> pretty
>> > > > > > > upset, and we have no undo feature. Instead when you create
>> your
>> > > > > > > background by using New under the File menu, select the
>> appropriate
>> > > > > > > template, for whether you want menus or not.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > The "main" menubar is always available to all windows. Onthe
> > main
>> > > > > > > background, it is just self.menuBar so on a child window you
>> would
>> > > > > > > access it as self.getParent().menuBar.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > When you use a single menubar and child windows, one of the
>> things
>> > > you
>> > > > > > > have to watch out for is focus. Your main window will get the
>> > > focus. If
>> > > > > > > you run with the Message Watcher you'll see the deactivate,
>> > > loseFocus,
>> > > > > > > activate, loseFocus, gainFocus messages fire. Depending on
>> what you
>> > > > > > > want to do, you'll probably need to use the findFocus() method
>> or
>> > > some
>> > > > > > > other method of tracking what is going on in your child window
>> and
>> > > > > > > saving that information in an on_deactivate method which you
> > would
>> > > then
>> > > > > > > access in your main window menu item event handler.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > ka
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > 'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn
>> > well please.
>> > And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.
>>
>
>
>--
>'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn
>well please.
>And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.
>
>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:testMenu.rar ( / ) (0006D0E6)
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