I'm working on a python app, and have hit a snag. My goal is to have a main frame containing numerous controls, and a panel which will be loaded from an xrc file specified at run time. Essentially, when a user clicks a button, I want a panel to be populated from an xrc file, the xrc file is chosen based on which button is clicked.
I'm defining the UI with XRCed, and here's what I have so far. This seems to load the sub-panel controls into the frame, but they aren't clickable, and they don't appear within the DynamicPanel as I hoped they would. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT
I've revised my main code, and now the controls appear where they in the frame, however the buttons still aren't clickable. Can anyone tell me why?
Python code:
import wx
import wx.xrc as xrc
from UNTITLED_xrc import xrcFRAME1
class XrcFrameSubClass(xrcFRAME1):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self):
xrcFRAME1.__init__(self, parent = None)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnButton_1, self.button1)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnButton_2, self.button2)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnButton_Clear, self.Button_Clear)
self.Show()
def OnButton_Clear(self, event):
self.ClearSubPanel()
def ClearSubPanel(self):
try:
self.SubPanel.Destroy()
self.Fit()
self.Layout()
except:
pass
def OnButton_1(self, event):
self.ClearSubPanel()
SubPanel_xrc = '''<?xml version="1.0" ?><resource>
<object class="wxPanel" name="SubPanel">
<object class="wxBoxSizer">
<orient>wxVERTICAL</orient>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxStaticText">
<label>Your Mother was a</label>
</object>
</object>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxButton" name="SubButton1">
<label>Hamster</label>
</object>
</object>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxButton" name="SubButton2">
<label>Black Knight</label>
</object>
</object>
</object>
</object>
</resource>'''
#PanelCoord = self.DynamicPanel.GetPosition()
TopSizer = self.TopPanel.GetSizer()
res = xrc.EmptyXmlResource() #Here it is
res.LoadFromString(SubPanel_xrc)
self.SubPanel = res.LoadPanel(self, "SubPanel")
#Note: the first argument of the sizer.Insert() method is the index at which to insert the new item
TopSizer.Insert(1,self.SubPanel,1, wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, 5)
self.Fit()
self.Layout()
# #Not sure how to do the event binding dynamically yet
# self.SubButton1 = xrc.XRCCTRL(self.SubPanel, "SubButton1")
# self.SubButton2 = xrc.XRCCTRL(self.SubPanel, "SubButton2")
def OnButton_2(self, event):
self.ClearSubPanel()
SubPanel_xrc = '''<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<resource>
<object class="wxPanel" name="SubPanel">
<object class="wxBoxSizer">
<orient>wxHORIZONTAL</orient>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxStaticText">
<label>Your father smelt of</label>
</object>
</object>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxButton" name="SubButton1">
<label>Elderberries</label>
</object>
</object>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxButton" name="SubButton2">
<label>Shrubberies</label>
</object>
</object>
</object>
</object>
</resource>'''
TopSizer = self.TopPanel.GetSizer()
res = xrc.EmptyXmlResource() #Here it is
res.LoadFromString(SubPanel_xrc)
self.SubPanel = res.LoadPanel(self, "SubPanel")
#Note: the first argument of the sizer.Insert() method is the index at which to insert the new item
TopSizer.Insert(1,self.SubPanel,1, wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, 5)
self.Layout()
self.Fit()
# self.SubButton1 = xrc.XRCCTRL(self.SubPanel, "SubButton1")
# self.SubButton2 = xrc.XRCCTRL(self.SubPanel, "SubButton2")
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = wx.App(False)
frame = XrcFrameSubClass()
app.MainLoop()
MainFrame:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="cp1252"?>
<resource>
<object class="wxFrame" name="FRAME1">
<title>This is the title</title>
<object class="wxPanel" name="TopPanel">
<object class="wxBoxSizer">
<orient>wxVERTICAL</orient>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxBoxSizer">
<orient>wxVERTICAL</orient>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxButton" name="button1">
<label>Load SubXRC 1</label>
</object>
<option>1</option>
<flag>wxGROW</flag>
</object>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxButton" name="button2">
<label>Load SubXRC 2</label>
</object>
<option>1</option>
<flag>wxGROW</flag>
</object>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxButton" name="Button_Clear">
<label>Clear</label>
</object>
</object>
<object class="spacer">
<size>40,20</size>
</object>
</object>
</object>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxPanel" name="DynamicPanel"/>
<option>1</option>
<flag>wxEXPAND</flag>
<minsize>100,200</minsize>
</object>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxBoxSizer">
<orient>wxHORIZONTAL</orient>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxButton" name="button3">
<label>button3</label>
</object>
</object>
<object class="sizeritem">
<object class="wxButton" name="button4">
<label>button4</label>
</object>
</object>
</object>
<flag>wxALIGN_CENTRE</flag>
</object>
</object>
</object>
</object>
</resource>