wxMaskedCtrl is actually a factory function for several types of masked edit controls:
wxMaskedCtrl works by looking for a special controlType parameter in the variable arguments of the control, to determine what kind of instance to return. controlType can be one of:
controlTypes.MASKEDTEXT
controlTypes.MASKEDCOMBO
controlTypes.IPADDR
controlTypes.TIME
controlTypes.NUMBER
These constants are also available individually, ie, you can
use either of the following:
from wxPython.wx.lib.maskedctrl import wxMaskedCtrl, MASKEDCOMBO, MASKEDTEXT, NUMBER
from wxPython.wx.lib.maskedctrl import wxMaskedCtrl, controlTypes
If not specified as a keyword argument, the default controlType is
controlTypes.MASKEDTEXT.
Each of the above classes has its own unique arguments, but wxMaskedCtrl provides a single "unified" interface for masked controls. wxMaskedTextCtrl, wxMaskedComboBox and wxIpAddrCtrl are all documented below; the others have their own demo pages and interface descriptions. """ from wxPython.lib.maskededit import wxMaskedTextCtrl, wxMaskedComboBox, wxIpAddrCtrl from wxPython.lib.maskednumctrl import wxMaskedNumCtrl from wxPython.lib.timectrl import wxTimeCtrl # "type" enumeration for class instance factory function MASKEDTEXT = 0 MASKEDCOMBO = 1 IPADDR = 2 TIME = 3 NUMBER = 4 # for ease of import class controlTypes: MASKEDTEXT = MASKEDTEXT MASKEDCOMBO = MASKEDCOMBO IPADDR = IPADDR TIME = TIME NUMBER = NUMBER def wxMaskedCtrl( *args, **kwargs): """ Actually a factory function providing a unifying interface for generating masked controls. """ if not kwargs.has_key('controlType'): controlType = MASKEDTEXT else: controlType = kwargs['controlType'] del kwargs['controlType'] if controlType == MASKEDTEXT: return wxMaskedTextCtrl(*args, **kwargs) elif controlType == MASKEDCOMBO: return wxMaskedComboBox(*args, **kwargs) elif controlType == IPADDR: return wxIpAddrCtrl(*args, **kwargs) elif controlType == TIME: return wxTimeCtrl(*args, **kwargs) elif controlType == NUMBER: return wxMaskedNumCtrl(*args, **kwargs) else: raise AttributeError( "invalid controlType specified: %s" % repr(controlType))