new DC API fix

[wxWidgets.git] / wxPython / demo / Timer.py

diff --git a/wxPython/demo/Timer.py b/wxPython/demo/Timer.py
index 7f71b1f442db52cfe6aab78203d661aaccfc3a69..86892c7f88203492a8ffbc9ff9467a10d7b49d30 100644 (file)
--- a/wxPython/demo/Timer.py
+++ b/wxPython/demo/Timer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,27 @@
-# 11/21/2003 - Jeff Grimmett (grimmtooth@softhome.net)
-#
-# o Updated for wx namespace
 # 
+# 1/11/2004 - Jeff Grimmett (grimmtooth@softhome.net)
+#
+# o It appears that wx.Timer has an issue where if you use
+#
+#       self.timer = wx.Timer(self, -1)
+#
+#   to create it, then
+#
+#       self.timer.GetId()
+#
+#   doesn't seem to return anything meaningful. In the demo, doing this
+#   results in only one of the two handlers being called for both timers.
+#   This means that
+#
+#       self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.onTimer, self.timer)
+#
+#   doesn't work right. However, using
+#
+#       self.timer = wx.Timer(self, wx.NewId())
+#
+#   makes it work OK. I believe this is a bug, but wiser heads than mine
+#   should determine this.
+#
 
 import  time
 import  wx
@@ -10,41 +30,33 @@ import  wx
 
 ## For your convenience; an example of creating your own timer class.
 ##
-## class TestTimer(wxTimer):
+## class TestTimer(wx.Timer):
 ##     def __init__(self, log = None):
-##         wxTimer.__init__(self)
+##         wx.Timer.__init__(self)
 ##         self.log = log
 ##     def Notify(self):
-##         wxBell()
+##         wx.Bell()
 ##         if self.log:
 ##             self.log.WriteText('beep!\n')
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ID_Start  = wx.NewId()
-ID_Stop   = wx.NewId()
-ID_Timer  = wx.NewId()
-ID_Timer2 = wx.NewId()
-
 class TestTimerWin(wx.Panel):
     def __init__(self, parent, log):
         wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, -1)
         self.log = log
 
         wx.StaticText(self, -1, "This is a timer example", (15, 30))
-        wx.Button(self, ID_Start, ' Start ', (15, 75), wx.DefaultSize)
-        wx.Button(self, ID_Stop, ' Stop ', (115, 75), wx.DefaultSize)
-
-        self.timer = wx.Timer(self,      # object to send the event to
-                              ID_Timer)  # event id to use
+        startBtn = wx.Button(self, -1, ' Start ', (15, 75), wx.DefaultSize)
+        stopBtn = wx.Button(self, -1, ' Stop ', (115, 75), wx.DefaultSize)
 
-        self.timer2 = wx.Timer(self,      # object to send the event to
-                              ID_Timer2)  # event id to use
+        self.timer = wx.Timer(self, wx.NewId())
+        self.timer2 = wx.Timer(self, wx.NewId())  
 
-        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnStart, id=ID_Start)
-        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnStop, id=ID_Stop)
-        self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTimer, id=ID_Timer)
-        self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTimer2, id=ID_Timer2)
+        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnStart, startBtn)
+        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnStop, stopBtn)
+        self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTimer, self.timer)
+        self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.OnTimer2, self.timer2)
 
     def OnStart(self, event):
         self.timer.Start(1000)
@@ -75,7 +87,7 @@ def runTest(frame, nb, log):
 
 
 overview = """\
-The wxTimer class allows you to execute code at specified intervals from
+The wx.Timer class allows you to execute code at specified intervals from
 within the wxPython event loop. Timers can be one-shot or repeating.
 
 """