from wxPython.wx import * from wxPython.xrc import * #---------------------------------------------------------------------- resourceText = r''' 200,100 10,10 ''' #---------------------------------------------------------------------- class MyBluePanel(wxPanel): def __init__(self, parent, id, pos, size, style, name): wxPanel.__init__(self, parent, id, pos, size, style, name) # This is the little bit of customization that we do for this # silly example. It could just as easily have been done in # the resource. self.SetBackgroundColour("BLUE") self.SetForegroundColour("WHITE") # To do it the more complex way, (see below) we need to write the # class a little differently... This could obviously be done with a # single class, but I wanted to make separate ones to make clear what # the different requirements are. class PreMyBluePanel(wxPanel): def __init__(self): p = wxPrePanel() self.this = p.this def Create(self, parent, id, pos, size, style, name): wxPanel.Create(self, parent, id, pos, size, style, name) self.SetBackgroundColour("BLUE") self.SetForegroundColour("WHITE") #---------------------------------------------------------------------- class MyBluePanelXmlHandler(wxXmlResourceHandler): def __init__(self): wxXmlResourceHandler.__init__(self) # Specify the styles recognized by objects of this type self.AddStyle("wxNO_3D", wxNO_3D); self.AddStyle("wxTAB_TRAVERSAL", wxTAB_TRAVERSAL); self.AddStyle("wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY", wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY); self.AddStyle("wxCLIP_CHILDREN", wxCLIP_CHILDREN); self.AddWindowStyles(); # This method and the next one are required for XmlResourceHandlers def CanHandle(self, node): return self.IsOfClass(node, "MyBluePanel") def DoCreateResource(self): # NOTE: wxWindows can be created in either a single-phase or # in a two-phase way. Single phase is what you normally do, # and two-phase creates the instnace first, and then later # creates the actual window when the Create method is called. # (In wxPython the first phase is done using the wxPre* # function, for example, wxPreFrame, wxPrePanel, etc.) # # wxXmlResource supports either method, a premade instance can # be created and populated by xrc using the appropriate # LoadOn* method (such as LoadOnPanel) or xrc can create the # instance too, using the Load* method. However this makes # the handlers a bit more complex. If you can be sure that a # particular class will never be loaded using a pre-existing # instance, then you can make the handle much simpler. I'll # show both methods below. if 1: # The simple method assumes that there is no existing # instance. Be sure of that with an assert. assert self.GetInstance() is None # Now create the object panel = MyBluePanel(self.GetParentAsWindow(), self.GetID(), self.GetPosition(), self.GetSize(), self.GetStyle("style", wxTAB_TRAVERSAL), self.GetName() ) else: # When using the more complex (but more flexible) method # the instance may already have been created, check for it panel = self.GetInstance() if panel is None: # if not, then create the instance (but not the window) panel = PreMyBluePanel() # Now call the panel's Create method to actually create the window panel.Create(self.GetParentAsWindow(), self.GetID(), self.GetPosition(), self.GetSize(), self.GetStyle("style", wxTAB_TRAVERSAL), self.GetName() ) # These two things should be done in either case: # Set standard window attributes self.SetupWindow(panel) # Create any child windows of this node self.CreateChildren(panel) return panel #---------------------------------------------------------------------- class TestPanel(wxPanel): def __init__(self, parent, log): self.log = log wxPanel.__init__(self, parent, -1) # make the components label = wxStaticText(self, -1, "The lower panel was built from this XML:") label.SetFont(wxFont(12, wxSWISS, wxNORMAL, wxBOLD)) text = wxTextCtrl(self, -1, resourceText, style=wxTE_READONLY|wxTE_MULTILINE) text.SetInsertionPoint(0) line = wxStaticLine(self, -1) # Load the resource res = wxEmptyXmlResource() res.InsertHandler(MyBluePanelXmlHandler()) res.LoadFromString(resourceText) # Now create a panel from the resource data panel = res.LoadObject(self, "MyPanel", "MyBluePanel") # and do the layout sizer = wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL) sizer.Add(label, 0, wxEXPAND|wxTOP|wxLEFT, 5) sizer.Add(text, 1, wxEXPAND|wxALL, 5) sizer.Add(line, 0, wxEXPAND) sizer.Add(panel, 1, wxEXPAND|wxALL, 5) self.SetSizer(sizer) self.SetAutoLayout(True) #---------------------------------------------------------------------- def runTest(frame, nb, log): win = TestPanel(nb, log) return win #---------------------------------------------------------------------- overview = """

wxXmlResourceHandler

Deriving a class from wxXmlResourceHandler allows you to specify your own classes in XRC resources, and your handler class will then be used to create instances of that class when the resource is loaded. """ if __name__ == '__main__': import sys,os import run run.main(['', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])])