wxPython having trouble with frame objects

[Mike Driscoll]

On May 1, 12:12 am, Soumen banerjee <soume... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Im not adding any GUI elements from the changer thread. Im just
> attempting to change the value of a preexisting widget made in thread
> one. The point is that i need to display text generated in thread 2 in
> a GUI generated in thread 1.
> As far as inter thread synchronization is concerned, i see your point.
> So i took this approach
>
> import wx,gui,threading
> fix=0
> i=1
> class guithread(threading.Thread):
>     def run(self):
>         global fix
>         app = wx.PySimpleApp(0)
>         wx.InitAllImageHandlers()
>         guithread.frame_1 = gui.MyFrame(None, -1, "")
>         app.SetTopWindow(guithread.frame_1)
>         guithread.frame_1.Show()
>         print "setting fix"
>         fix=1
>         app.MainLoop()
> gui1=guithread()
> gui1.start()
> class changer(threading.Thread):
>     def run(self):
>         print fix
>         gui1.frame_1.text_ctrl_1.SetValue("hello")
> print fix
> while i:
>     if fix == 1:
>         print "starting changer"
>         chang=changer()
>         chang.start()
>         i=0
> This works, but is there anything simpler?
> Regards
> Soumen

For additional ideas on using threads in wxPython, see the wiki:

http://wiki.wxpython.org/LongRunningTasks

- Mike