[IronPython] Groping in the dark

[William Reade]

Hi Patrick

I haven't been able to see the anomalies you mention -- perhaps the 
following sample will help.
---------------------------
import clr
clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")

from System.Windows.Forms import (
    Application, DockStyle, Form, Keys, MenuStrip, ToolStripMenuItem, 
ToolStripSeparator
)

def SayHi(*_):
    print "hi"

f = Form()
f.Text = "Hello multiverse!"

menuStrip = MenuStrip()
menuStrip.Dock = DockStyle.Top
f.Controls.Add(menuStrip)

menu = ToolStripMenuItem()
menu.Text = "SomeMenu"
menuStrip.Items.Add(menu)

menuItem = ToolStripMenuItem()
menuItem.Text = "SomeMenuItem"
menuItem.Click += SayHi
menuItem.ShortcutKeys = Keys.Control | Keys.Q
menu.DropDownItems.Add(menuItem)
menu.DropDownItems.Add(ToolStripSeparator())

Application.Run(f)
----------------------------

Cheers
William

Patrick O'Brien wrote:

> Am I missing something or is everyone else groping around in the dark 
> as much as I am when it comes to figuring out acceptable syntax in 
> IronPython versus other languages supported by the CLR.  What I'm 
> doing is building a simple app in Visual Studio C# 2005 Express to see 
> what objects are available and what properties they have.  I'm also 
> looking at the generated code.  But my translations into Python don't 
> always work out as I expect.  For example, here are some differences 
> I've come across:
>
> For all of these examples I'm using this bit of code:
>
> import clr
> clr.AddReference('System.Windows.Forms')
> import System.Windows.Forms as SWF
>
>
> To add a separator to a menu you need to do this:
>
>         Add('-')
>
> Whereas this raises an exception:
>
>         Add(SWF.ToolStripSeparator())
>
> Various attempts at adding shortcut keys failed, but this works:
>
>         open_item.Shortcut = SWF.Shortcut.CtrlO
>
> Apparently the .ShortcutKeys property does not exist on menu items in 
> IronPython.
>
> So my basic question is how does one learn all these anomalies other 
> than by trial and error?
>
> -- 
> Patrick K. O'Brien
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