wxGlade and __init__

[crystalattice]

I'm making a GUI for a console-based program I just wrote.  I figured
it would be mostly straight forward to convert it over in wxPython but
now I'm confused.

In my console program, I have __init__ making the dictionaries et al.
and then my methods will populate them.  However, when I use wxGlade
under SPE to make the GUI, wxGlade makes it's own __init__.  I know not
to add anything to this section because it's written over everytime I
make changes in wxGlade.

How do I reconcile having the auto created __init__ from wxGlade and
the __init__ I want to use from my console version?

Here's an example of my console program:

def __init__(self):
        """Constructor to initialize each data member to zero."""

        #---Attribute info
        self.attrib = 0
        self.attrib_dict = self.default_attribs.copy()  #instance
version
        self.setAttribute("str")
        self.setAttribute("intel")
        self.setAttribute("build")
        self.setAttribute("char")
        self.setAttribute("will")
        self.setAttribute("throw")
        self.setAttribute("mass")
        self.setAttribute("load")
        self.setAttribute("dex")
        self.coreInitiative = 0

#---Create attributes---
    def setAttribute(self, attr):
        """Generate value for an attribute, between 2 and 20."""

        #---Get secondary attributes
        if attr == "throw":
           self.attrib_dict[attr] = self.attrib_dict["str"] * 2
#meters
        elif attr == "mass":
            self.attrib_dict[attr] = (self.attrib_dict["build"] * 5) +
15 #kg
        elif attr == "load":
            self.attrib_dict[attr] = (self.attrib_dict["str"] +
                self.attrib_dict["build"]) #kg
        #---Get core attributes
        else:
            self.attrib_dict[attr] = multiDie(2, 2)   #2d10

Here's the code created by wxGlade:

class Attributes(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
        # begin wxGlade: Attributes.__init__
        kwds["style"] = wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwds)
        self.panel_2 = wx.Panel(self, -1)
        self.btnAttributes = wx.Button(self.panel_2, -1, "Get
Attributes")
        self.lblAge = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Age:")
        self.txtAge = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblChar = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Charisma:")
        self.txtChar = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblStr = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Strength:")
        self.txtStr = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblBuild = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Build:")
        self.txtBuild = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblIntel = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1,
"Intelligence:")
        self.txtIntel = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblThrow = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Throw Range:")
        self.txtThrow = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblWill = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Willpower:")
        self.txtWill = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblMass = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Mass:")
        self.txtMass = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblDex = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Dexterity:")
        self.txtDex = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblLoad = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Load:")
        self.txtLoad = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblHP = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Hit Points")
        self.lblHead = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Head:")
        self.txtHead = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblTorso = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Torso:")
        self.txtTorso = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblRArm = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Right Arm:")
        self.txtRArm = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblLArm = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Left Arm:")
        self.txtLArm = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblRLeg = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Right Leg:")
        self.txtRLeg = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.lblLLeg = wx.StaticText(self.panel_2, -1, "Left Leg:")
        self.text_ctrl_18 = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_2, -1, "")
        self.btnNext2 = wx.Button(self.panel_2, -1, "Next Page")

        self.__set_properties()
        self.__do_layout()
        # end wxGlade