[PythonCE] wxPython, handling close events

[Matt S.]

Luke,

I'll have to chew on this a bit more.  Yesterday afternoon I also discovered
(maybe rediscovered) the wxPython port notes for CE at,

http://wxwidgets.org/manuals/2.6.3/wx_wxmswport.html#wxmswport

The notes and your comments should make my life easier.

Thanks hombre,
Matt

On 2/23/07, Luke Dunstan <coder_infidel at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  As with any Pocket PC application (written in Python or otherwise), the X
> "close" button merely hides a window and does not destroy it. The Pocket PC
> platform is intended so that users don't need to "close" applications as
> such, and if you open enough other applications that the memory starts to
> become full, the OS will actually close (WM_CLOSE) some of the applications
> that were hidden in the background. If you try clicking the X button on
> any of the Microsoft's Pocket PC applications, e.g. Pocket Word, and then
> look in the task manager you will notice that it is still running.
>
> You may be able to capture the event as WM_SHOWWINDOW.
>
> As with any Python program on the PC, your script is not a process but is
> just a text file that is interpreted by the python.exe process.
>
> Luke
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Matt S. <sleepingbull at gmail.com>
> *To:* pythonce at python.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 22, 2007 2:12 PM
> *Subject:* [PythonCE] wxPython, handling close events
>
> I have a a wxPython application on the PPC 2003, Python 2.4, etc...
>
> I can gracefully exit on win32 from the frame close button or any button
> within the frame.  My trouble arises on the PPC because the frame widgets
> (esp. close button) seem to not be associated with wx as much as the system
> and don't clean up properly.  When I tap the close circle-X, the top level
> window goes away but the Python CE window remains.  Then if I want to
> delete/replace the program my request gets refused because the original file
> is in use.  Furthermore, if I start up the file again it will run but after
> loading up, the top level window is the old tlw.
>
> I've been experimenting with binding close events to a pre-exit function.
> I want to either kick up a message dialog to make sure the user wants to
> exit or just veto (event.Veto()) the frame level close button event.
>
> self.top_window.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.PreExit)
>
> I've also fooled around with the following at the application level,
>
> self.Bind(wx.EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION, self.OnExit)
> self.Bind(wx.EVT_END_SESSION , self.OnExit)
>
> I'm afraid the frame close button event I'm trying to handle is some sort
> of hybrid.
>
> I won't describe it here but I also have a few other issues:
> 1) when the PPC goes into sleep mode bad things happen to my app
> 2) I've tried to use PocketConsole and the kill utility to find a
> resulting hung python program file but I don't see the file as a process.
> Python.exe gets listed as a process but I'm not sure I've successfully
> ended it.  I assume that if I do, the hung python program will get cleaned
> up.
> 3) Basic PPC os questions:
> -If a python file that is being interpreted is not a process, what is it?
> -Anyone know how to clean up one of the files when it's not ended
> properly?
>
> If no one has a quick comment that breaks the dam, tomorrow I'll put
> together a simple example of my problem and post it for interrogation.
>
> Thanks!
> Matt
>
> Lastly, please let me know if you think this subject should be posted to a
> wxPython list (and which one).  Maybe a wxPythonCE list would be helpful in
> the near future?
>
>
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