[Tutor] Get user input in wxpython

[Kent Johnson]

_ Dan _ wrote:
> Hi:
> I'm new to python and wxpython, and I'm trying to make
> a program to send mail. I'm using what follows:
> class MyFrame1(wx.Frame):
>     def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
>     ...
>     self.message = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel_1, -1, "")
>     self.button_1 = wx.Button(self.panel_1, -1, "SEND
> Mail")
>     ...
>     # And then:
>     wx.EVT_BUTTON(self,self.button_1.GetId(),
> self.Mail)
> 
>     # The Mail method is:
>     def Mail(self,event):
>        self.from = "dquepal at hotmail.com"
>        self.host = "localhost"
>        self.to = "danf_1979 at yahoo.es"
> 
>        self.body = self.message

This line is the problem as you might have guessed :-)
self.message is an instance of wx.TextCtrl, not a text string. Try
  self.body = self.message.GetValue()

Kent

PS There doesn't seem to be any need to make from, host, to and body be attributes of self; you could use plain local variables here.

> 
>        server = smtplib.SMTP(self.host)
>        server.sendmail(self.from, [self.to],
> self.body)
>        server.quit()
> 
> But when pressing the Send Mail button I only get:
> TypeError: len() of unsized object
> 
> Anybody knows what I'm doing wrong? Maybe I'm not
> getting the user input, or just dont know how to use
> that input in the Mail method...
> 
> Because if I use:
> def Mail(self,event):
>    self.from = "dquepal at hotmail.com"
>    self.host = "localhost"
>    self.to = "danf_1979 at yahoo.es"
> 
>    self.body = "any message" #as string everything
> works fine.
> 
>    server = smtplib.SMTP(self.host)
>    server.sendmail(self.from, [self.to], self.body)
>    server.quit()
> 
> Thanks in advanced.
> Daniel Queirolo.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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