Cross-platform issue with wxRadioBox

[gokhvat]

I am experiencing a strange cross-platform issue with my python
program.

I am using wxRadioBox to create radio buttons. When I run the python
code on a mac, everything works perfectly, but not on a pc. On the pc,
no matter what selection I made, the form would think that I was
choosing the 1st (top) option.

I am astounded that everything else could work and something this
simple could have cross-platform issues.

I looked into wxRadioBox online and no one seems to have any similar
errors. I was thinking it might be the installation of the wx module on
the pc, but I somehow doubt it.

Does anyone have any insight as to what is going on here?



# BEGIN CODE

import wx;

SUBMIT_BUTTON = wx.ID_HIGHEST + 10;

class regFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, -1, title,
pos=(100, 100), size=(800, 600));

fileDialog = wx.FileDialog(self, "Select a file to which to write",
style = wx.SAVE | wx.OVERWRITE_PROMPT,
wildcard="*.txt|Text");
if(fileDialog.ShowModal() != wx.ID_OK):
print "No file specified - closing";
self.Close();
return;
write_file = fileDialog.GetPath();

self.write_file = open(write_file, "a");

# init main frame with menu and status bars
menuBar = wx.MenuBar();
fileMenu = wx.Menu();

fileMenu.Append(wx.ID_ABOUT, "&About\tAlt-A", "About this program");
fileMenu.AppendSeparator();
fileMenu.Append(wx.ID_EXIT, "&Quit\tAlt-Q", "Quit this program");
menuBar.Append(fileMenu, "&File");
self.SetMenuBar(menuBar);

self.CreateStatusBar();

self.ctrl_sizer = wx.GridBagSizer(5, 15);

# build the controls
# TO MODIFY THE LIST OF SIZES, CHANGE THIS:
self.valid_sizes = ['4XLT', '3XLT', '2XLT', '2XL', 'XLT', 'LT', 'XL',
'L', 'M', 'S', 'XS', 'XXS'];


instructions = "Enter your netid, full name, and size in the " + \
"boxes below and press the 'Submit Order' button to place " + \
"your order.";
self.instruction_text = wx.StaticText(self, -1, instructions);
self.id_text = wx.StaticText(self, -1, "netid");
self.id_input = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "", size=(100, -1));
self.name_text = wx.StaticText(self, -1, "name");
self.name_input = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "", size=(100, -1));
self.size_text = wx.StaticText(self, -1, "size selection");
self.size_selection = wx.RadioBox(self, -1,
choices = self.valid_sizes,
style = wx.RA_SPECIFY_ROWS
);
self.submit_button = wx.Button(self, SUBMIT_BUTTON, "Submit Order");

# put the controls into a grid
self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.instruction_text, (0, 0),
span=(1, 4), flag=wx.EXPAND);

self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.id_text, (1, 0), flag=wx.EXPAND);
self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.name_text, (1, 1), flag=wx.EXPAND);
self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.size_text, (1, 2), flag=wx.EXPAND);

self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.id_input, (2, 0), flag=wx.HORIZONTAL);
self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.name_input, (2, 1), flag=wx.HORIZONTAL);
self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.size_selection, (2, 2), flag=wx.EXPAND);
self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.submit_button, (2, 3), flag=wx.HORIZONTAL);

self.SetSizer(self.ctrl_sizer);
self.ctrl_sizer.Fit(self);

# register event handling functions
wx.EVT_MENU(self, wx.ID_ABOUT, self.OnAbout);
wx.EVT_MENU(self, wx.ID_EXIT, self.OnExit);
wx.EVT_BUTTON(self, SUBMIT_BUTTON, self.OnSubmit);

def OnAbout(self, evt):
return;

def OnExit(self, evt):
if(self.write_file):
self.write_file.close();
self.Close();

def OnSubmit(self, evt):
# build a tab-delimited-text line of the data and write it
save_fields = [self.id_input.GetValue(),
self.name_input.GetValue(),
self.size_selection.GetStringSelection()];
save_str = "\t".join(save_fields);

# ask for validation before we save
dialog_str = "Are you sure this is correct?" + \
"\n Netid: " + save_fields[0] + \
"\n Name: " + save_fields[1] + \
"\n Size: " + save_fields[2];
if(wx.MessageBox(dialog_str, "Confirm Order",
wx.YES_NO | wx.ICON_EXCLAMATION)
== wx.YES):
# write it out and flush the buffer to make sure it's on disk
self.write_file.write(save_str + "\n");
self.write_file.flush();
wx.MessageBox("Your order has been saved. Thanks!");
# reset the controls for the next user
self.id_input.SetValue('');
self.name_input.SetValue('');
self.size_selection.SetSelection(0);


class pyReg2App(wx.App):
def OnInit(self):
main_frame = regFrame(None, "Senior Jacket Registration");
self.SetTopWindow(main_frame);
main_frame.Show(True);
return True;

reg_app = pyReg2App(redirect=False);
reg_app.MainLoop();
# END CODE

 

[eugene.gokhvat]

I have updated my script to use wx.RadioButton instead, which works
perfectly on my mac again, but now the submit button doesn't show up on
the pc and I can't click in the netid field on the pc either. any
ideas?

# BEGIN CODE

import wx;

SUBMIT_BUTTON = wx.ID_HIGHEST + 10;

class regFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, -1, title,
pos=(100, 100), size=(800, 600));

fileDialog = wx.FileDialog(self, "Select a file to which to write",
style = wx.SAVE | wx.OVERWRITE_PROMPT,
wildcard="*.txt|Text");
if(fileDialog.ShowModal() != wx.ID_OK):
print "No file specified - closing";
self.Close();
return;
write_file = fileDialog.GetPath();

self.write_file = open(write_file, "a");

# init main frame with menu and status bars

self.panel = wx.Panel ( self, -1 )

menuBar = wx.MenuBar();
fileMenu = wx.Menu();

fileMenu.Append(wx.ID_ABOUT, "&About\tAlt-A", "About this program");
fileMenu.AppendSeparator();
fileMenu.Append(wx.ID_EXIT, "&Quit\tAlt-Q", "Quit this program");
menuBar.Append(fileMenu, "&File");
self.SetMenuBar(menuBar);

self.CreateStatusBar();

self.ctrl_sizer = wx.GridBagSizer(5, 15);

# build the controls

instructions = " Enter your netid and size in the " + \
"boxes below and press the 'Submit Order' button to place " + \
"your order.";

self.instruction_text = wx.StaticText(self, -1, instructions);
self.id_text = wx.StaticText(self, -1, " netid");
self.id_input = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "", size=(160, -1));
self.size_text = wx.StaticText(self, -1, "size");
self.submit_button = wx.Button(self, SUBMIT_BUTTON, "Submit Order");

# put the controls into a grid

self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.instruction_text, (0, 0),
span=(1, 3), flag=wx.EXPAND);

self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.id_text, (1, 0), flag=wx.EXPAND);
self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.size_text, (1, 1), flag=wx.EXPAND);
self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.id_input, (2, 0), flag=wx.HORIZONTAL);

# TO MODIFY THE LIST OF SIZES, CHANGE THIS:
self.valid_sizes = ['4XLT', '3XLT', '2XLT', '2XL', 'XLT',
'XL', 'LT', 'L', 'M', 'S', 'XS', 'XXS'];
first_size = 1;
size_count = 0;
self.button_array = [];
for this_size in self.valid_sizes:
this_button = '';
if first_size:
this_button = wx.RadioButton(self.panel, -1, this_size,
style=wx.RB_GROUP);
first_size = 0;
else:
this_button = wx.RadioButton(self.panel, -1, this_size);
self.button_array.append(this_button);
self.ctrl_sizer.Add(this_button, (size_count+2, 1));
size_count += 1;

self.ctrl_sizer.Add(self.submit_button, (2, 2), flag=wx.HORIZONTAL);

self.SetSizer(self.ctrl_sizer);
self.ctrl_sizer.Fit(self);
# register event handling functions
wx.EVT_MENU(self, wx.ID_ABOUT, self.OnAbout);
wx.EVT_MENU(self, wx.ID_EXIT, self.OnExit);
wx.EVT_BUTTON(self, SUBMIT_BUTTON, self.OnSubmit);

def OnAbout(self, evt):
return;

def OnExit(self, evt):
if(self.write_file):
self.write_file.close();
self.Close();

def OnSubmit(self, evt):
selected_index = -1;
this_index = 0;
for this_button in self.button_array:
if this_button.GetValue():
selected_index = this_index;
this_index += 1;

# make sure the user selected something
if selected_index == -1:
wx.MessageBox("You must select a size to place your order",
"Please select a size",
wx.ICON_EXCLAMATION);
return;

# build a tab-delimited-text line of the data and write it
save_fields = [self.id_input.GetValue(),
self.valid_sizes[selected_index]];
save_str = "\t".join(save_fields);

# ask for validation before we save
dialog_str = "Are you sure this is correct?" + \
"\n Netid: " + save_fields[0] + \
"\n Size: " + save_fields[1];
if(wx.MessageBox(dialog_str, "Confirm Order",
wx.YES_NO | wx.ICON_EXCLAMATION)
== wx.YES):
# write it out and flush the buffer to make sure it's on disk
self.write_file.write(save_str + "\n");
self.write_file.flush();
wx.MessageBox("Your order has been saved. Thanks!");
# reset the controls for the next user
self.id_input.SetValue('');
self.button_array[selected_index].SetValue(0);



class pyReg2App(wx.App):
def OnInit(self):
main_frame = regFrame(None, "Senior Jacket Registration");
self.SetTopWindow(main_frame);
main_frame.Show(True);
return True;

reg_app = pyReg2App(redirect=False);
reg_app.MainLoop();
# END CODE

 

[cmcp]

I have updated my script to use wx.RadioButton instead, which works
perfectly on my mac again, but now the submit button doesn't show up on
the pc and I can't click in the netid field on the pc either. any
ideas?

I modified the __init__() method of class regFrame from your original
posting to create a wx.Panel as a child of self and then made all the
controls be children of this panel. Your app then seemed to work OK on
Windows XP. Using a wx.Panel to hold the content of a frame is a
standard wxPython idiom. I find reading the wxPython demo source is a
very useful way to learn this sort of thing.

HTH,
-- CMcP