adding "Print" menu in wxPython

[Akand Islam]

On Jan 26, 12:54 am, rantingrick <rantingr... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 26, 12:19 am, rantingrick <rantingr... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Actually i found more cruft. Here is something that would be
> acceptable although i had to wrap lines shorter than i normally would
> for the sake of Usenet. Who ever wrote that code should be lashed 50
> times! You still need some error handling for the open and save file
> methods but crikey i can't do everything ;-)
>
> #--STARTCODE--#
> import wx
> import os.path, sys
>
> class MainWindow(wx.Frame):
>     def __init__(self, filename='noname.txt'):
>         wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, size=(400,200))
>         self.filename = filename
>         self.dirname = '.'
>         self.control = wx.TextCtrl(self, style=wx.TE_MULTILINE)
>         self.CreateMenu()
>         self.CreateStatusBar()
>         self.SetTitle('Editor %s'%self.filename)
>         self.dlgdefaults = {
>             'message':'Choose a file',
>             'defaultDir':self.dirname,
>             'wildcard':'*.*'
>             }
>
>     def CreateMenu(self):
>         fileMenu = wx.Menu()
>         item = fileMenu.Append(wx.ID_ABOUT, '&About', 'Info')
>         self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnAbout, item)
>         item = fileMenu.Append( wx.ID_OPEN, '&Open', 'Info')
>         self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnOpen, item)
>         item = fileMenu.Append(wx.ID_SAVE, '&Save', 'Info')
>         self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnSave, item)
>         item = fileMenu.Append(wx.ID_SAVEAS, 'Save &As', 'Info')
>         self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnSaveAs, item)
>         #
>         # psst: Hey put the print menu here!!!!
>         # psst: do the binding here!!!!
>         #
>         fileMenu.AppendSeparator()
>         item = fileMenu.Append(wx.ID_EXIT, 'E&xit', 'Exit')
>         self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnExit, item)
>         menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
>         # Add the fileMenu to the MenuBar
>         menuBar.Append(fileMenu, '&File')
>         # Add the menuBar to the Frame
>         self.SetMenuBar(menuBar)
>
>     def askUserForFilename(self, **kw):
>         dialog = wx.FileDialog(self, **kw)
>         if dialog.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
>             userProvidedFilename = True
>             self.filename = dialog.GetFilename()
>             self.dirname = dialog.GetDirectory()
>             self.SetTitle('Editor %s'%(self.filename))
>         else:
>             userProvidedFilename = False
>         dialog.Destroy()
>         return userProvidedFilename
>
>     def OnAbout(self, event):
>         dialog = wx.MessageDialog(
>             self,
>             'A sample editor in wxPython',
>             'About Sample Editor',
>             wx.OK
>             )
>         dialog.ShowModal()
>         dialog.Destroy()
>
>     def OnExit(self, event):
>         self.Close()
>
>     def OnSave(self, event):
>         textfile = open(os.path.join(self.dirname, self.filename),
> 'w')
>         textfile.write(self.control.GetValue())
>         textfile.close()
>
>     def OnOpen(self, event):
>         if self.askUserForFilename(
>             style=wx.OPEN,
>             **self.dlgdefaults
>             ):
>             textfile = open(os.path.join(self.dirname, self.filename),
> 'r')
>             self.control.SetValue(textfile.read())
>             textfile.close()
>
>     def OnSaveAs(self, event):
>         if self.askUserForFilename(
>             defaultFile=self.filename,
>             style=wx.SAVE,
>             **self.dlgdefaults
>             ):
>             self.OnSave(event)
>
>     def OnPrint(self, event):
>         sys.stdout.write(self.control.GetValue())
>
> app = wx.App()
> frame = MainWindow()
> frame.Show()
> app.MainLoop()
>
> #--ENDCODE--#

I really appreciate your cooperation. The codes you have written print
in command window, but I want to print (i.e. a popup window will
appear to select printer in order to print). Please assist me
regarding this. I am optimist that I can take care menu creating,
binding, error handling by myself. Therefore you can only show me the
"OnPrint" function to fulfill my purpose.

-- Akand