Thread: RE: [Pythoncard-users] Easy way to get a multi-button dialg box

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Alex,

Not exactly what you are asking for....but it might be a feeble
starting point....

def     wxPython_YesNo_Cancel_Dialog ( wxapp =3D None,
                                       title=3D"Alert!",
                                       msg_text=3D"Nothing to say" ):
	"""Display a QUESTION string which can be answered with Yes or
No.
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	Return 1 when the user clicks the Yes button.
	Return 0 when the user clicks the No button.
	Return -1 when the user clicks the Cancel button.
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	When the user presses Return, the DEFAULT value is returned.
	If omitted, this is 0 (No).
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	The QUESTION string can be at most 255 characters.
	"""
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        dlg =3D wxPython.wx.wxMessageDialog(wxapp, msg_text,
                              title,=20
                              wxPython.wx.wxYES_NO |
wxPython.wx.wxCANCEL |
                              wxPython.wx.wxICON_INFORMATION)
        results =3D dlg.ShowModal()
        if results =3D=3D wxPython.wx.wxID_YES:
            results =3D True
        elif results =3D=3D wxPython.wx.wxID_NO:
            results =3D False
        elif results =3D=3D wxPython.wx.wxID_CANCEL:
            results =3D -1
        dlg.Destroy()
	return results

I have not had a need since using Pythoncard to create the exact wrapper
you
are discussing...  I think that WXPython has a MessageDialog that allows
you to
configure the 3 buttons, but I have not looked that up yet...

I just glanced, but did not see any obvious way to modify the
messagedialog in wxpython...
Without possibly customizing a subclass or creating a dialog from
scratch in wxpython....
But I am *NOT* a wxpython guru....

I was good at Tkinter, but got tired of using Tkinter, started to use
wxPython, and held
a "pity" party of myself regarding wxPython documentation, and migrated
to PythonCard...

So I classify myself as "good enough to be dangerous" in regards to
straight wxPython...

		- Benjamin=20

		- Benjamin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pyt...@li...=20
> [mailto:pyt...@li...] On=20
> Behalf Of Alex Tweedly
> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 4:38 PM
> To: PythonCard
> Subject: [Pythoncard-users] Easy way to get a multi-button dialg box
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> I was looking for an easy way to get a dialog box which=20
> presented some=20
> info, and then let the user choose one from a set of options, by=20
> clicking on one of a set of buttons. I was sure there was a=20
> way provided=20
> in Pythoncard (or at least in wxPython) to do this - but=20
> can't find it.
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> All I want is to get a dialog like
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>     Can I go to the movies tonight ?
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>    +-------+   +-------+   +-------+
>    |  Yes  |   |   No  |   | Maybe |
>    +-------+   +-------+   +-------+
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> without needing to build a new custom dialog each time.
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> So, I've built a couple of functions to do that for me - see=20
> code below=20
> to see the kind of thing I want. They could be improved and=20
> generalized=20
> a bit - but there's still this nagging feeling I'm missing=20
> some easy way=20
> .... anyone ?  If no one tells me about an easy way that=20
> already exists,=20
> I'll improve these a bit and post them somewhere ...
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> testdialogs.py     (needs a resource file, which only needs=20
> one button,=20
> so I didn't include it !!)
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> #!/usr/bin/python
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> """
> __version__ =3D "$Revision: 1.5 $"
> __date__ =3D "$Date: 2004/04/30 16:26:12 $"
> """
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> from PythonCard import model
> import multiButtonDialog
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> class MyBackground(model.Background):
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>     def on_initialize(self, event):
>         # if you have any initialization
>         # including sizer setup, do it here
>         pass
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>     def on_Button1_mouseClick(self, event):
>         result =3D multiButtonDialog.multiButtonDialog(self, 'some=20
> question', ['OK', 'Not OK', "Cancel"], "Test Dialog Title")
>         print "Dialog result:\naccepted: %s\ntext: %s" %=20
> (result.accepted, result.text)
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>         result =3D multiButtonDialog.multiButtonDialog(self,=20
> 'Dad, can I=20
> go to the movies tonight', \
>                 ['Yes', 'No', 'Maybe', 'Ask me later', 'Ask=20
> your mum'],=20
> "Movies Dialog Title")
>         print "Dialog result:\naccepted: %s\ntext: %s" %=20
> (result.accepted, result.text)
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> if __name__ =3D=3D '__main__':
>     app =3D model.Application(MyBackground)
>     app.MainLoop()
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> multiButtonDialog.py
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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> """
> __version__ =3D "$Revision: 1.3 $"
> __date__ =3D "$Date: 2004/08/12 19:14:23 $"
> """
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> # dialog to present a block of text and a number of=20
> alternative buttons
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> from PythonCard import model
> import controls
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> rsrc =3D {'type':'CustomDialog',
>     'name':'Template',
>     'title':'Template',
>     'position':(176, 176),
>     'size':(367, 230),
>     'components': [
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> ## {'type':'TextArea',
> {'type':'StaticText',
>     'name':'Text',
>     'position':(10, 10),
>     'size':(341, 123),
>     'actionBindings':{},
>     },
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> {'type':'Button',
>     'id':5101,
>     'name':'Button',
>     'position':(269, 145),
>     'actionBindings':{},
>     'label':'template',
>     },
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> ] # end components
> } # end CustomDialog
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> class MyDialog(model.CustomDialog):
>     def __init__(self, parent, txt, buttons):
>         model.CustomDialog.__init__(self, parent, rsrc)
>         self.components.Text.text =3D txt
>         self.components.Button.visible =3D False
>         self.components.Button.enabled =3D False
>         if len(buttons) =3D=3D 0: buttons =3D ["OK"]
>         bx, by =3D self.components.Button.size
>         dx =3D bx + 20
>         # check if all buttons will fit in window
>         owx, owy =3D self.size
>         startx, starty =3D self.components.Button.position
>         if len(buttons)*dx + bx + 40 > owx:
>             wx =3D len(buttons)*dx + bx + 40
>             self.size =3D (wx, owy)
>             startx, starty =3D (wx-bx-20, owy-by-30)   # AGT - why 30 =
??
>             tsx, tsy =3D self.components.Text.size
>             self.components.Text.size =3D (wx-20, tsy)
>       =20
>         localbuttons =3D buttons
>         localbuttons.reverse()
>         count =3D 0
>         for b in localbuttons:
>             n =3D controls.copyButton(self, "Button",=20
> "Button"+str(count), b)
>             self.components[n.name].position =3D startx-count*dx, =
starty
>             self.components[n.name].visible =3D True
>             self.components[n.name].enabled =3D True
>             count +=3D 1
>         self.accepted =3D False
>         self.text =3D ""
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>     def on_mouseClick(self, event):
>         self.text =3D event.target.userdata
>         if self.text =3D=3D "Cancel":
>             self.accepted =3D False
>         else:
>             self.accepted =3D True
>         self.Close()
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> def multiButtonDialog(parent, txt, buttons, title=3D""):
>     rsrc["title"] =3D title
>     dlg =3D MyDialog(parent, txt, buttons)
>     result =3D dlg.showModal()
>     result.accepted =3D dlg.accepted
>     result.text =3D dlg.text
>     dlg.destroy()
>     return result
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> controls.py
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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> #!/usr/bin/python
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> # controls.py - a set of funcitonsd to manipulate contorls at run time
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> from PythonCard import model
> from wxPython import wx
> import string, copy
> from types import *
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> class copyButton:
>     def __init__(self, Background, ButtonName, newname,=20
> Text=3D"new button"):
>         Flds =3D ['position', 'size', 'backgroundColor',=20
> 'foregroundColor', 'command', 'font']
>         aWidget =3D Background.components[ButtonName]
>         d =3D {}
>         d['type'] =3D aWidget.__class__.__name__
>         for key in Flds: # attributes
>             # I'm not exactly sure why I have to special-case=20
> these tuples
>             if key =3D=3D 'bitmap':
>                 # this should get recreated from the file attribute
>                 pass
>             elif key in ['position', 'size']:
>                 d[key] =3D getattr(aWidget, key)
>             elif getattr(aWidget, key) is not None:
>                 d[key] =3D getattr(aWidget, key)
>         d['userdata'] =3D Text
>         d['label'] =3D Text
>         d['name'] =3D newname
>         Background.components[newname] =3D d
>         self.name =3D newname
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