MacApp.py

#!/usr/bin/env pythonw


"""
MacApp.py

This is a small, simple app that tried to do all the right things on
OS-X -- putting standard menus in the right place, etc. It should work
just fine on other platforms as well : that's the beauty of wx!
"""

import wx


class DemoFrame(wx.Frame):
 """ This window displays a button """
 def __init__(self, title="Micro App"):
 wx.Frame.__init__(self, None , -1, title)

 MenuBar = wx.MenuBar()

 FileMenu = wx.Menu()

 item = FileMenu.Append(wx.ID_EXIT, item="&Exit")
 self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnQuit, item)

 item = FileMenu.Append(wx.ID_ANY, item="&Open")
 self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnOpen, item)

 item = FileMenu.Append(wx.ID_PREFERENCES, item="&Preferences")
 self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnPrefs, item)

 MenuBar.Append(FileMenu, "&File")

 HelpMenu = wx.Menu()

 item = HelpMenu.Append(wx.ID_HELP, "Test &Help",
 "Help for this simple test")
 self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnHelp, item)

 ## this gets put in the App menu on OS-X
 item = HelpMenu.Append(wx.ID_ABOUT, "&About",
 "More information About this program")
 self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnAbout, item)
 MenuBar.Append(HelpMenu, "&Help")

 self.SetMenuBar(MenuBar)

 btn = wx.Button(self, label="Quit")

 btn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnQuit )

 self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnQuit)

 s = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
 s.Add((200, 50))
 s.Add(btn, 0, wx.CENTER, wx.ALL, 20)
 s.Add((200, 50))

 self.SetSizerAndFit(s)

 def OnQuit(self,Event):
 self.Destroy()

 def OnAbout(self, event):
 dlg = wx.MessageDialog(self, "This is a small program to test\n"
 "the use of menus on Mac, etc.\n",
 "About Me", wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION)
 dlg.ShowModal()
 dlg.Destroy()

 def OnHelp(self, event):
 dlg = wx.MessageDialog(self, "This would be help\n"
 "If there was any\n",
 "Test Help", wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION)
 dlg.ShowModal()
 dlg.Destroy()

 def OnOpen(self, event):
 dlg = wx.MessageDialog(self, "This would be an open Dialog\n"
 "If there was anything to open\n",
 "Open File", wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION)
 dlg.ShowModal()
 dlg.Destroy()

 def OnPrefs(self, event):
 dlg = wx.MessageDialog(self, "This would be an preferences Dialog\n"
 "If there were any preferences to set.\n",
 "Preferences", wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION)
 dlg.ShowModal()
 dlg.Destroy()


class MyApp(wx.App):
 def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 wx.App.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)

 # This catches events when the app is asked to activate by some other
 # process
 self.Bind(wx.EVT_ACTIVATE_APP, self.OnActivate)

 def OnInit(self):

 frame = DemoFrame()
 frame.Show()

 import sys
 for f in sys.argv[1:]:
 self.OpenFileMessage(f)

 return True

 def BringWindowToFront(self):
 try: # it's possible for this event to come when the frame is closed
 self.GetTopWindow().Raise()
 except:
 pass

 def OnActivate(self, event):
 # if this is an activate event, rather than something else, like iconize.
 if event.GetActive():
 self.BringWindowToFront()
 event.Skip()

 def OpenFileMessage(self, filename):
 dlg = wx.MessageDialog(None,
 "This app was just asked to open:\n%s\n"%filename,
 "File Dropped",
 wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION)
 dlg.ShowModal()
 dlg.Destroy()

 def MacOpenFile(self, filename):
 """Called for files droped on dock icon, or opened via finders context menu"""
 print(filename)
 print("%s dropped on app" %(filename)) #code to load filename goes here.
 self.OpenFileMessage(filename)

 def MacReopenApp(self):
 """Called when the doc icon is clicked, and ???"""
 self.BringWindowToFront()

 def MacNewFile(self):
 pass

 def MacPrintFile(self, file_path):
 pass


if __name__ == "__main__":
 app = MyApp(False)
 app.MainLoop()