How do I reference a wxWidget from a separate file?

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Inside of one Python file, I have a wx.Frame class called 'MyFrame,' which simply has a wx.StaticText label called 'label_1.' This file contains a subprocess (irrelevant) which runs the second file.

Inside the second Python file, I have a class that imports 'MyFrame', and contains a function called 'ChangeLabel()' which is supposed to change 'label_1' to display different text.

However, when I run the program, I get the following error:

AttributeError: type object 'MyFrame' has no attribute 'label_1'

I believe the issue has something to do with how I am importing the MyFrame class.

Below is the Code for both python files.

MainFile:

import wx
import subprocess
import sys

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
        # begin wxGlade: MyFrame.__init__
        kwds["style"] = kwds.get("style", 0) | wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
        self.SetSize((400, 300))
        self.SetTitle("frame")

        self.panel_1 = wx.Panel(self, wx.ID_ANY)

        sizer_1 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)

        label_1 = wx.StaticText(self.panel_1, wx.ID_ANY, "This is my label")
        sizer_1.Add(label_1, 0, 0, 0)

        self.panel_1.SetSizer(sizer_1)
        
        ##Subprocess that runs "second.py"
        result = subprocess.run([sys.executable, "SecondFile.py", "arg"])

        self.Layout()
        # end wxGlade
# end of class MyFrame

class MyTestApp(wx.App):
    def OnInit(self):
        self.frame = MyFrame(None, wx.ID_ANY, "")
        self.SetTopWindow(self.frame)
        self.frame.Show()
        return True

# end of class MyTestApp

if __name__ == "__main__":
    test_app = MyTestApp(0)
    test_app.MainLoop()

SecondFile:

from MainFile import MyFrame

class SecondFile():
    def __init__(self, arg):
        self.arg = arg
    def ChangeLabel():
        ## Supposed to manipulate MyFrame's label
        MyFrame.label_1.SetLabel("New Label Text")

    ChangeLabel()
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Following on from my comment I have produced this solution. As we all say, we don't know what you're trying to do, but this works (you need to do some work to make it a sensible app)

module_1.py

import wx
import subprocess
import sys

class MainFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(None, *args, **kwargs)
        self.Title = 'Wx App'

        self.panel = MainPanel(self)
        sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        sizer.Add(self.panel)
        self.SetSizer(sizer)
        self.Center()
        self.Show()

        result = subprocess.run([sys.executable, "module_2.py", "arg"])
        self.check_label()

    def check_label(self):
        with open('label_text.txt', 'r') as f_label:
            label_text = f_label.read()
        self.panel.label_1.SetLabel(label_text)



class MainPanel(wx.Panel):
    def __init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(parent, *args, **kwargs)

        self.label_1 = wx.StaticText(self, label='This is my label')
        sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        sizer.Add(self.label_1)
        self.SetSizer(sizer)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    wx_app = wx.App()
    MainFrame()
    wx_app.MainLoop()

module_2.py

def ChangeLabel():
    with open('label_text.txt', 'w') as f_label:
        f_label.write('New Label Text')

ChangeLabel()