How to update window after wxGrid is updated?

[Tim Williams]

Brian Kelley <bkelley at wi.mit.edu> wrote in message news:<40a11859$0$560$b45e6eb0 at senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>...
> Tim Williams wrote:
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I'm starting to learn wxPython and for an exercise I'm writing a
> > simple CSV file viewer. I just read in the CSV file and create a
> > wx.Grid with the data.  I'm using Python 2.3.2 with wxPython 2.4.2.4.
> > 
> > Everything runs fine under linux, but when I try the same code on a
> > Win XP machine, I have a window, but the frame the grid is in isn't
> > seen until I do a minimize/maximize on the window. Besides that, it
> > seems to run fine.  I tried to do a self.Refresh(True,
> > self.grid.GetRect()), but that didn't help.
> 
> Annoying isn't it?  There are probably many solutions to this problem, 
> but the one that I use is:
> 
>  >           self.grid.AutoSizeColumns(True)
>  >           #self.Refresh(True, self.grid.GetRect())
>              self.twiddle()
> 
>      def twiddle(self):
>          x,y = self.GetSize()
>          self.SetSize((x, y+1))
>          self.SetSize((x,y))
> 
> This forces a repaint of the window and will also add scroll bars if 
> necessary.  You are welcome to join us on the wxpython user list as well 
> for more in-depth answers.
> 
> You have an unrelated bug in your code as well:
> 
> for i in len(row):
> 
> should be
> for i in range(len(row)):
> 
> 
> Brian

Thanks. I caught this bug after I posted. I've been in a class the
last 3 days. When I get back on Monday, I'll try out your answer and
the other poster's one.