need help with Boa Constructor

Franz GEIGER fgeiger at datec.at
Sat May 5 09:08:46 EDT 2001


> ..does anyone know an easy way to do
> layouts with wxPython, similar to
> the Tk layout stuff. ( eg. pack() )

Did you have a look at wxDesigner (www.roebling.de)? It makes heavy use of
sizers.

Regards
Franz


"Nick Perkins" <nperkins7 at home.com> wrote in message
news:8tMI6.71221$HF.15167417 at news4.rdc1.on.home.com...
> I can run Boa Constructor, but the
> 'Frame Designer' will not run.
> I press the button, and nothing happens.
> Has anyone else had this happen?
> Any suggestions?
> ( i am using:
>   Boa 0.0.5
>   Python 2.0
>   wxPython 2.2.5
>   Win NT 4.0
> )
>
>
> ..as a side note: ( comments about wxPython )
>
> wxPython has some impressive widgets,
> and looks really good (on windows, at least)
> but doing layout is a horrible chore!
> (hence my desire to use Boa..)
> ..does anyone know an easy way to do
> layouts with wxPython, similar to
> the Tk layout stuff. ( eg. pack() )
> The easiest way to code layouts that i
> have found is using layoutf(...), and
> even that seems like a pretty ugly function...
> Event handling is also a little less Pythonic
> in wxPython compared to Tkinter.
> The whole thing looks like a direct translation
> from C++, with it's associated style.
> I guess that's ok, but i wish there were
> more Pythonic implementations, (wrappers?)
> for this excellent toolkit.
>
> ..comments? suggestions? experiences?
>
>
>





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