wx.Timer not working

[Mike Driscoll]

On Jul 26, 2:33 pm, 5lvqbw... at sneakemail.com wrote:
> Windows XP SP3
> Python 2.5
> wx.version() = '2.8.1.1 (msw-unicode)'
> ------
> I have written the following *simplest* implementation of wx.timer I
> can think of.  No workie.   I want an exception, a print statement, or
> something.
>
> The wxpython demos all work, but for some reason this isn't.  The
> demos are simple and straghtforward, so I think I understand how it
> should work.  Clues please?  I've tried variations of ID's, SetOwners,
> using and redefining Notify(), Bind, Connect, etc.  In the cases where
> the interpreter doesn't complain about passed argument types, the
> callback function is never called.
>
> import wx
>
> class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
>         def __init__(self, parent, id, title):
>                 wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id,     title, pos=(100, 100))
>
>                 timer = wx.Timer(self, -1)
>                 self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTick, timer)
>                 timer.Start(100)
>
>         def OnTick(self, event):
>                 print 'Hi. Bye.'
>                 1/0 #<-- should crash as evidence callback is being called
>
> class MyApp(wx.App):
>         def OnInit(self):
>                 frame1 = MyFrame(None, wx.ID_ANY, "This is a test")
>                 frame1.Show(True)
>                 return True
>
> app     = MyApp(0)
> app.MainLoop()
>
> Thanks for any advice!!
>
> Michael

I'm not seeing anything either. Please post this to the wxPython
user's group for additional help:

http://www.wxpython.org/maillist.php

Mike