wx.Timer not working

[Vlastimil Brom]

2008/7/26 <5lvqbwl02 at sneakemail.com>

> Windows XP SP3
> Python 2.5
> wx.version() = '2.8.1.1 (msw-unicode)'
> ------
> I have written the following *simplest* implementation of wx.timer I
> can think of.  No workie.   I want an exception, a print statement, or
> something.
>
> The wxpython demos all work, but for some reason this isn't.  The
> demos are simple and straghtforward, so I think I understand how it
> should work.  Clues please?  I've tried variations of ID's, SetOwners,
> using and redefining Notify(), Bind, Connect, etc.  In the cases where
> the interpreter doesn't complain about passed argument types, the
> callback function is never called.
>
>
> import wx
>
> class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
>        def __init__(self, parent, id, title):
>                wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id,     title, pos=(100,
> 100))
>
>                timer = wx.Timer(self, -1)
>                self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTick, timer)
>                timer.Start(100)
>
>        def OnTick(self, event):
>                print 'Hi. Bye.'
>                1/0 #<-- should crash as evidence callback is being called
>
> class MyApp(wx.App):
>        def OnInit(self):
>                frame1 = MyFrame(None, wx.ID_ANY, "This is a test")
>                frame1.Show(True)
>                return True
>
> app     = MyApp(0)
> app.MainLoop()
>
>
> Thanks for any advice!!
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
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Hi,

not exactly sure, but compared to the demo, it seems to be a binding
problem;

Using "self.timer" instead of "timer" in the __init__ section

and

self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTick)
instead of

self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTick, timer)

seems to work;

HTH,

Vlasta
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