import wx #---------------------------------------------------------------------- class TestPanel(wx.Panel): def __init__(self, parent, log): self.log = log wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, -1) sizer = wx.FlexGridSizer(0, 3, 5, 5) box = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) fs = self.GetFont().GetPointSize() bf = wx.Font(fs+4, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD) t = wx.StaticText(self, -1, "StandardPaths") t.SetFont(bf) box.Add(t, 0, wx.CENTER|wx.ALL, 4) box.Add(wx.StaticLine(self, -1), 0, wx.EXPAND) # get the global (singleton) instance of wx.StandardPaths sp = wx.StandardPaths.Get() # StandardPaths will use the value of wx.App().GetAppName() # for some of the stnadard path components. Let's set it to # something that makes that obvious for the demo. In your own # apps you'll set it in to something more meaningfull for your # app in your OnInit, (or just let it default.) wx.GetApp().SetAppName("AppName") self.help = {} # Loop through all of the getters in wx.StandardPaths and make # a set of items in the sizer for each. def makeitem(name, *args): func = getattr(sp, name) sizer.Add(wx.StaticText(self, -1, "%s%s:" %(name, repr(args))), 0, wx.ALIGN_RIGHT|wx.ALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL) sizer.Add(wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, func(*args), size=(275,-1), style=wx.TE_READONLY), 0, wx.ALIGN_RIGHT|wx.ALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL) btn = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_HELP) sizer.Add(btn) self.help[btn] = func.__doc__ for x in ['GetConfigDir', 'GetUserConfigDir', 'GetDataDir', 'GetLocalDataDir', 'GetUserDataDir', 'GetUserLocalDataDir', 'GetDocumentsDir', 'GetPluginsDir', 'GetInstallPrefix', 'GetResourcesDir', 'GetTempDir', 'GetExecutablePath', ]: makeitem(x) # this one needs parameters makeitem('GetLocalizedResourcesDir', 'en', wx.StandardPaths.ResourceCat_Messages ) self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnShowDoc, id=wx.ID_HELP) box.Add(sizer, 0, wx.CENTER|wx.ALL, 10) self.SetSizer(box) def OnShowDoc(self, evt): doc = self.help[evt.GetEventObject()] # trim the whitespace from each line lines = [] for line in doc.split('\n'): lines.append(line.strip()) doc = '\n'.join(lines) wx.TipWindow(self, doc, 500) #---------------------------------------------------------------------- def runTest(frame, nb, log): win = TestPanel(nb, log) return win #---------------------------------------------------------------------- overview = """

StandardPaths

wxWidgets provides this class to simply determine where to locate certain types of files in a platform specific manner. This includes things like configuration files, general data files writeable by the user, and application files that are shared by all user. """ if __name__ == '__main__': import sys,os import run run.main(['', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])] + sys.argv[1:])