Problem with wxPython

[Ali]

Hi

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, pardon me if it's not.
I'm having a problem with an application written with wxpython. The frame
seems only to refresh when moving my mouse of it, though i frequently call:
frame.Refresh(True). In fact, that line is called by another thread, right
after having modified some of the frames attributes.

here are some snippets of code :
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
        self.queue=Queue.Queue(0)
        # begin wxGlade: MyFrame.__init__
        kwds["style"] = wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
        iconFile = "gnobots2.xpm"
        icon1 = wx.Icon(iconFile, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_XPM)
        self.SetIcon(icon1)
        self.panel_1 = wx.Panel(self, -1)
        self.panel_1.Bind(wx.EVT_PAINT, self.on_paint) 
        self.static_line_1 = wx.StaticLine(self, -1)
        self.text_ctrl_1 = 
	wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "",style=wx.TE_MULTILINE|wx.TE_READONLY|wx.TE_WORDWRAP)

        self.__set_properties()
        self.__do_layout()
        # end wxGlade
    def __set_properties(self):
        # begin wxGlade: MyFrame.__set_properties
        self.SetTitle("Simulation")
        self.SetSize((600, 400))
        self.static_line_1.SetBackgroundColour(wx.Colour(0, 0, 0))
        self.text_ctrl_1.SetMinSize((600, 100))
        # end wxGlade

        self.blues = []

    def __do_layout(self):
        # begin wxGlade: MyFrame.__do_layout
        sizer_1 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        sizer_1.Add(self.panel_1, 1, wx.EXPAND, 0)
        sizer_1.Add(self.static_line_1, 0, wx.EXPAND, 0)
        sizer_1.Add(self.text_ctrl_1, 0, wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE, 0)
        self.SetAutoLayout(True)
        self.SetSizer(sizer_1)
        self.Layout()
        # end wxGlade

    def on_paint(self, event):
        dim = self.panel_1.GetSize()
        dc = wx.PaintDC(self.panel_1)
        total_types = len(Parameters.DEMANDERS_NUMBERS)
        large = dim[1] / (total_types + 3)
        long = dim[0] / Parameters.NUMBER_OF_BLUES - 1
        for type in range(total_types):
            counter = long
            for blue in self.blues:
                    green = (int(blue.biais[type])) * 20
                    red = - green
                    if red<0:
                        red=0
                    if green<0:
                        green=0
                    color = wx.Colour(red, green, 75)
                    dc.SetPen(wx.Pen(color,long))
                    dc.DrawLine(counter,50 + (type * (20 +
                    large)),counter, 50 + large + (ty
pe * (20 + large)))
                    counter += long
        while(not self.queue.empty()):
            self.text_ctrl_1.AppendText(str(self.queue.get()) + "\n")
        

# end of class MyFrame

class MyApp( wx.App):
    def OnInit(self):
        self.text = ""
        self.frame = MyFrame(None , -1, 'Frame Window Demo') 
        self.frame.Show(True) 
        self.SetTopWindow(self.frame) 
        return True
#this is called by an external thread
def paint(self, blues):
        self.frame.blues = blues
        self.frame.Refresh(True)



I don't know if that is enough information, feel free to ask for more.