wxWidgets/utils/wxPython/tests/test8.py
Robin Dunn cf694132f1 wxPython 2.0b9, first phase (win32)
Added gobs of stuff, see wxPython/README.txt for details


git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@2310 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775
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# Thread testing example. Harm van der Heijden, March 26 1999.
#
# Rule One in threading: make sure only one thread interacts with the
# user interface. See the wxTextCtrlQueue class for an example of how
# to accomplish this
import thread
import time
from whrandom import random
from wxPython.wx import *
# Set this to zero to prevent entering the wxApp mainloop
# (for testing whether threads work at all in the absense of wxWindows)
use_wxpython = 1
# write a message to stdout every second
def DoThread(mesg):
while 1:
sleeptime = (random() * 3) + 0.5
print "Hello from %s (%1.3f)" % (mesg, sleeptime)
time.sleep(sleeptime)
# the same, but write it to a textctrl.
def DoTextCtrlThread(text, mesg):
while 1:
sleeptime = (random() * 3) + 0.5
text.WriteText("Hello from %s (%1.3f)\n" % (mesg, sleeptime))
time.sleep(sleeptime)
# A very simple queue for textctrls.
# Nice demonstration of the power of OO programming too (at least I think so!)
# WriteText puts text in the queue, rather than writing it immediately.
# The main (UI) thread must call Flush to force output. (see MyFrame::OnIdle)
class wxTextCtrlQueue(wxTextCtrl):
def __init__(self, parent, id, value, pos, size, flags):
wxTextCtrl.__init__(self,parent, id, value, pos, size, flags)
self.queue = []
def WriteText(self, value):
self.queue.append(value)
def Flush(self):
queue = self.queue
self.queue = []
for value in queue:
wxTextCtrl.WriteText(self,value)
# MyFrame and MyApp are very simple classes to test python threads in
# wxPython.
class MyFrame(wxFrame):
def __init__(self):
wxFrame.__init__(self, NULL, -1, "test threads", wxDefaultPosition, wxSize(300,200))
self.text = wxTextCtrlQueue(self, -1, "thread output\n", wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxTE_MULTILINE)
menu = wxMenu()
menu.Append(1001, "Start thread")
self.cnt = 0;
menubar = wxMenuBar()
menubar.Append(menu, "Action")
self.SetMenuBar(menubar)
EVT_MENU(self, 1001, self.StartThread)
def StartThread(self, event):
self.cnt = self.cnt + 1
thread.start_new_thread(DoTextCtrlThread, (self.text, "thread %d" % self.cnt))
def OnIdle(self, event):
self.text.Flush()
class MyApp(wxApp):
def OnInit(self):
frame = MyFrame()
self.SetTopWindow(frame)
frame.Show(TRUE)
return TRUE
# Start two threads that print a message every second
thread.start_new_thread(DoThread, ("thread A",))
thread.start_new_thread(DoThread, ("thread B",))
# if using wxpython, open a frame. Otherwise, just hang in while 1
if use_wxpython:
app = MyApp(0)
app.MainLoop()
else:
while 1:
print "main loop"
time.sleep(4)
print 'done!'