NewBie Doubt in Python Thread Programming

[Wojtek Mamrak]

Is there any special reason you don't want to use QThread?
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qthread.html#details

regards

2011/5/11 Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:08 PM, vijay swaminathan <swavijay at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sorry. My intention was not to send out a private message. when I chose
>> reply to all, I was confused if this would start as a new thread. so just
>> did a reply..
>
> No probs. If you just send your response to the list
> python-list at python.org. it'll get to everyone.
>
>> I have developed a GUI based on pyQT4 which has a run button. when I click
>> on run, it invokes a command prompt and runs a .bat file.
>>
>> Till the execution of .bat file is over, I want the run button on the GUI to
>> be disabled. so i thought of invoking the command prompt and running the
>> .bat file on a thread so that I could monitor the status of the thread
>> (assuming that the thread would be active till command prompt is active -
>> correct me if I'm wrong).
>
> Yes, but only if you use os.system().
>
>> Any flaw  in the logic? any other better ways of achieving this?
>>
>
> You'll find it easier to get an event at the end of it; simply have
> another line of code after the os.system() which will reenable the
> button.
>
> Chris Angelico
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