My first wxPython App with Twisted - barebones version

[koranthala]

On Aug 5, 6:41 am, koranthala <koranth... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>    I am creating the first GUI app (wxPython based) using Twisted.
>    I am facing an issue which I cannot seem to solve/understand due
> to lack of trace or anything.
>    I had a big app written on twisted and now I am creating a login
> screen to the app.
>    The app used to work without any issues. I added the login screen
> and the login screen comes up.
>     But then everything freezes up. I have to force quit the python
> application to get anything back. Can anyone help me solve it?
>    The code is as follows:
>
> import wx
> import os
> import logging
>
> from twisted.internet import wxreactor
> wxreactor.install()
> from twisted.internet import reactor #Called only after
> wxreactor.install()
> from twisted.internet.task import LoopingCall
>
> import clientapp
>
> def opj(path):
>     """ Convert paths to the platform-specific separator """
>     st = apply(os.path.join, tuple(path.split('/')))
>     if path.startswith('/'):
>         st = '/' + st
>     return st
>
> class APPApp(wx.App):
>     def OnInit(self):
>         self.frame = APPFrame(None, -1, " APP Login", size=(200, 150))
>         self.panel = APPPanel(self.frame,-1)
>         client = clientapp.setup_app()
>         call = LoopingCall(client.run)
>         call.start(.51)
>         return True
>
> def main():
>     app = APPApp(0)
>     reactor.registerWxApp(app)
>     try:
>         reactor.run()
>     except StandardError:
>         raise
>
> class APPFrame(wx.Frame):
>     def __init__(self, parent, id, title, size=None):
>         wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title,
>                           size=size, pos=wx.Point(400, 300))
>         icon = self.get_icon()
>         self.SetIcon(icon)
>         self.Show(True)
>         self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnCloseWindow)
>         self.Bind(wx.EVT_ICONIZE, self.OnIconify)
>
>     def on_login_click(self, username, password):
>         self.Hide()
>
>     def OnCloseWindow(self, event):
>         event.Skip()
>
>     def OnIconify(self, event):
>         self.Hide()
>
>     def get_image(self):
>         img= wx.Image(opj('client.ico'), wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
>         return img
>
>     def get_icon(self):
>         img = self.get_image()
>         icon = wx.IconFromBitmap(img.ConvertToBitmap() )
>         return icon
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     main()

Sorry for spamming this group.
I found that this was due to a interaction with pyHook and the
wxPython GUI.
I havent solved it, but atleast it is not due to twisted and wxPython.