wx.Timer not working

[5lvqbwl02 at sneakemail.com]

On Jul 26, 3:13 pm, Mike Driscoll <kyoso... at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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


I think I figured it out.  By looking at the wxTimer example here:
http://wiki.wxpython.org/AnotherTutorial#head-420329f7c159d81cb03a6dd226ddb822ea296c92

My code created a temporary timer object and did not make it a class
member.  When I changed it to be a class member with self.timer, then
it worked.

thanks
Michael