wxWidgets/wxPython/samples/wxPIA_book/Chapter-18/clipboard.py
2006-11-01 22:36:23 +00:00

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import wx
t1_text = """\
The whole contents of this control
will be placed in the system's
clipboard when you click the copy
button below.
"""
t2_text = """\
If the clipboard contains a text
data object then it will be placed
in this control when you click
the paste button below. Try
copying to and pasting from
other applications too!
"""
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, title="Clipboard",
size=(500,300))
p = wx.Panel(self)
# create the controls
self.t1 = wx.TextCtrl(p, -1, t1_text,
style=wx.TE_MULTILINE|wx.HSCROLL)
self.t2 = wx.TextCtrl(p, -1, t2_text,
style=wx.TE_MULTILINE|wx.HSCROLL)
copy = wx.Button(p, -1, "Copy")
paste = wx.Button(p, -1, "Paste")
# setup the layout with sizers
fgs = wx.FlexGridSizer(2, 2, 5, 5)
fgs.AddGrowableRow(0)
fgs.AddGrowableCol(0)
fgs.AddGrowableCol(1)
fgs.Add(self.t1, 0, wx.EXPAND)
fgs.Add(self.t2, 0, wx.EXPAND)
fgs.Add(copy, 0, wx.EXPAND)
fgs.Add(paste, 0, wx.EXPAND)
border = wx.BoxSizer()
border.Add(fgs, 1, wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, 5)
p.SetSizer(border)
# Bind events
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnDoCopy, copy)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnDoPaste, paste)
def OnDoCopy(self, evt):
data = wx.TextDataObject()
data.SetText(self.t1.GetValue())
if wx.TheClipboard.Open():
wx.TheClipboard.SetData(data)
wx.TheClipboard.Close()
else:
wx.MessageBox("Unable to open the clipboard", "Error")
def OnDoPaste(self, evt):
success = False
data = wx.TextDataObject()
if wx.TheClipboard.Open():
success = wx.TheClipboard.GetData(data)
wx.TheClipboard.Close()
if success:
self.t2.SetValue(data.GetText())
else:
wx.MessageBox(
"There is no data in the clipboard in the required format",
"Error")
app = wx.PySimpleApp()
frm = MyFrame()
frm.Show()
app.MainLoop()