wxPython/tests/alternateThread.py

   1 from time import sleep
   2 from threading import Thread
   3
   4 def test_a_window():
   5     print "starting window thread"
   6
   7     from wxPython.wx import *    # <-- the wxWin DLL is not loaded until here
   8
   9     app = wxPySimpleApp(1)
  10     frame = wxFrame(None, -1, "Hello", size=(400,200))
  11     frame.Show(true)
  12     EVT_SIZE(frame, OnFrameSize)
  13     app.MainLoop()
  14     print "finishing window thread"
  15
  16 def OnFrameSize(evt):
  17     print evt.GetSize()
  18
  19
  20
  21 keep_going = 1
  22 def counter():
  23     print "starting counter thread"
  24     count = 0
  25     while keep_going:
  26         sleep(1)
  27         count += 1
  28         print count
  29     print "finishing counter thread"
  30
  31 def main():
  32     print "main startup"
  33
  34     ct = Thread(target=counter)
  35     wt = Thread(target=test_a_window)
  36
  37     ct.start()
  38     wt.start()
  39     wt.join()
  40
  41     global keep_going
  42     keep_going = 0
  43
  44     ct.join()
  45
  46     print "main finished"
  47
  48 main()
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