wxFormBuilder

[sturlamolden]

On 20 Mar, 17:21, Stef Mientki <S.Mientki-nos... at mailbox.kun.nl>
wrote:

> I've tried several of the above mentioned builders,
> with the same result.
> I've also looked at wxFormBuilder,
> but I found it far too difficult and
> fully unreadable (how can you create actions/bindings on components you don't see ?).
> So I might be very very naive,
> but why all so complex ??


Complex? Not at all! Let me show you an 'hello world!' example. Below
is the content of two files: HelloWorld.py hand-written be me, and
HelloWorld.xrc emitted by wxFormBuilder. I gave each control a care
about a name in wxFormBuilder, and use that to e.g. bind events and
load resources.





HelloWorld.py:

import wx
from wx import xrc
import sys

class MainFrame(object):

    def __init__(self, xml):
        self.xml = xml
        self.frame = xml.LoadFrame(None,'MainFrame')
        self.frame.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.on_menu_exit,
id=xrc.XRCID('menuExit'))
        self.frame.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.on_say_hello,
id=xrc.XRCID('btnSayHello'))
        self.frame.Show()

    def on_say_hello(self, evt):
        dlg = self.xml.LoadDialog(self.frame, 'HelloDialog')
        dlg.ShowModal()
        dlg.Destroy()

    def on_menu_exit(self, evt):
        self.frame.Destroy()
        sys.exit(0)


class HelloWordApp(wx.App):

    def OnInit(self):
        xml = xrc.XmlResource('HelloWorld.xrc')
        self.MainFrame = MainFrame(xml)
        return True


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = HelloWordApp(0)
    app.MainLoop()






HelloWorld.xrc:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<resource xmlns="http://www.wxwindows.org/wxxrc" version="2.3.0.1">
	<object class="wxFrame" name="MainFrame">
		<style>wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE|wxTAB_TRAVERSAL</style>
		<size>289,171</size>
		<title></title>
		<object class="wxMenuBar" name="m_menubar2">
			<label></label>
			<object class="wxMenu" name="fileMenu">
				<label>File</label>
				<object class="wxMenuItem" name="menuExit">
					<label>Exit </label>
					<help></help>
				</object>
			</object>
		</object>
		<object class="wxBoxSizer">
			<orient>wxVERTICAL</orient>
			<object class="spacer">
				<option>1</option>
				<flag>wxEXPAND</flag>
				<border>5</border>
				<size>0,0</size>
			</object>
			<object class="sizeritem">
				<option>0</option>
				<flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL</
flag>
				<border>5</border>
				<object class="wxButton" name="btnSayHello">
					<label>Say hello</label>
					<default>0</default>
				</object>
			</object>
			<object class="spacer">
				<option>1</option>
				<flag>wxEXPAND</flag>
				<border>5</border>
				<size>0,0</size>
			</object>
		</object>
	</object>
	<object class="wxDialog" name="HelloDialog">
		<style>wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE</style>
		<size>190,144</size>
		<title></title>
		<object class="wxBoxSizer">
			<orient>wxVERTICAL</orient>
			<object class="sizeritem">
				<option>1</option>
				<flag>wxEXPAND</flag>
				<border>5</border>
				<object class="wxBoxSizer">
					<orient>wxVERTICAL</orient>
					<object class="spacer">
						<option>1</option>
						<flag>wxEXPAND</flag>
						<border>5</border>
						<size>0,0</size>
					</object>
					<object class="sizeritem">
						<option>0</option>
						<flag>wxALIGN_CENTER|wxALL</flag>
						<border>5</border>
						<object class="wxStaticText" name="m_staticText11">
							<font>
								<size>14</size>
								<family>swiss</family>
								<style>normal</style>
								<weight>normal</weight>
								<underlined>0</underlined>
								<face>Times New Roman</face>
							</font>
							<label>Hello World!</label>
						</object>
					</object>
					<object class="spacer">
						<option>1</option>
						<flag>wxEXPAND</flag>
						<border>5</border>
						<size>0,0</size>
					</object>
				</object>
			</object>
			<object class="sizeritem">
				<option>0</option>
				<flag>wxEXPAND | wxALL</flag>
				<border>5</border>
				<object class="wxStaticLine" name="m_staticline4">
					<style>wxLI_HORIZONTAL</style>
				</object>
			</object>
			<object class="sizeritem">
				<option>0</option>
				<flag>wxEXPAND</flag>
				<border>5</border>
				<object class="wxStdDialogButtonSizer">
					<object class="button">
						<flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL</flag>
						<border>5</border>
						<object class="wxButton" name="wxID_OK">
							<label>&OK</label>
						</object>
					</object>
				</object>
			</object>
		</object>
	</object>
</resource>