[PythonCE] Spinner

[Luke Dunstan]

I am not aware of documentation on _pcceshell_support, and to be honest I 
only discovered it in the PythonCE source code because you asked the 
question. Previously I had worked around the problem using SetCursor() but 
this is a cleaner solution.

Actually this module is designed to be used internally by PythonCE but it 
could still be useful. For the benefit of the mailing list, I will describe 
what I can see in the code. It has the following methods:

Terminate() - exits PythonCE immediately
write(text) - writes a string to the output window
flush() - flushes buffered data to the output window
Busy(busyFlag) - changes whether the wait cursor is displayed
Wait() - waits for either the application to be closed (returns 0) or for 
console input to become available (returns 1)
Get_Input_Text() - returns the text entered at the prompt
Character_Input(ordinal) - sends a character to the output window
Get_Edit_Window_Line(lineNum) - returns the text on the specified line of 
the output window

As for taking control of the whole screen, I see that there is an API 
SHFullScreen() described in the Microsoft documentation that probably does 
what you want. To use this from PythonCE you would need to either use ctypes 
or write a Python extension module. ctypes was just released:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=71702

I haven't actually tried this release yet but I've used slightly earlier 
versions of ctypes from CVS so I'm sure it will work (assuming you are using 
2.3.5).

Luke

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Barish" <jeff_barish at earthlink.net>
To: <pythonce at python.org>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: [PythonCE] Spinner


Your suggestion solved the problem.  I am in awe of your erudition.  Is 
there
documentation on this module?  I am wondering whether it is capable of
additional magic about which I should know more.

Here are more questions for the list that I think are esoteric:  I intend 
that
the PDA run only my application.  Is there a way to run a program so that it
consumes the entire screen (without all the Microsoft stuff at the top)?
Also, what is the best way to get the program to run automatically when the
PDA reboots?

On Thursday 16 February 2006 04:00, pythonce-request at python.org wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:24:39 +0800
> From: "Luke Dunstan" <coder_infidel at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [PythonCE] Spinner
> To: <pythonce at python.org>
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> This happens in GUI applications because the PythonCE shell thinks that 
> the
> program is busy even though it may simply be in a message loop. One way to
> get rid of the wait cursor is:
>
> import _pcceshell_support
> _pcceshell_support.Busy(0)
>
>
> Luke
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey Barish" <jeff_barish at earthlink.net>
> To: <pythonce at python.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 7:42 AM
> Subject: [PythonCE] Spinner
>
> > Does anyone know why I get the spinner over any Python application that 
> > I
> > run?
> > The application seems to be running fine even though I am supposed to
> > wait for something.
> > --
> > Jeffrey Barish
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