delay function [in wxPython]

[agsupriya86]

Hi,
I need to add some delay function to my code where on clicking the exit button some text needs to be displayed on the text area..
Right now the text is not not appearing coz there s no dealy between 2 events of closing and displaying text.

following is my code for exit and i need to add a pause or delay between two events:

def OnExit(self, event):
        # wxGlade: MyFrame.<event_handler>
        display2=language_processor.thanks()
        self.text_ctrl_2.SetValue(display2)
        self.Close()
        event.Skip()

[bartonc]

Hi,
I need to add some delay function to my code where on clicking the exit button some text needs to be displayed on the text area..
Right now the text is not not appearing coz there s no dealy between 2 events of closing and displaying text.

following is my code for exit and i need to add a pause or delay between two events:

def OnExit(self, event):
        # wxGlade: MyFrame.<event_handler>
        display2=language_processor.thanks()
        self.text_ctrl_2.SetValue(display2)
        self.Close()
        event.Skip()

wx.FutureCall(5000, self.Close)

instead of

self.Close()

will wait 5 seconds and the call Close().

[agsupriya86]

wx.FutureCall(5000, self.Close)

instead of

self.Close()

will wait 5 seconds and the call Close().

Hi,
Thanx for the suggestion ,It worked !
Now i want to add one more thing that is when i click the button some text is to be displayed on text control for a minute and after that i need to hide it or remove it..
Do i have a function for that??

def OnPress(self, event):
        # wxGlade: MyFrame.<event_handler>
        display2=language_processor.message()
        self.text_ctrl_2.SetValue(display2)
        wx.FutureCall(5000, ??)

??--What shud be the function here to hide the text??

[bartonc]

Hi,
Thanx for the suggestion ,It worked !
Now i want to add one more thing that is when i click the button some text is to be displayed on text control for a minute and after that i need to hide it or remove it..
Do i have a function for that??

def OnPress(self, event):
        # wxGlade: MyFrame.<event_handler>
        display2=language_processor.message()
        self.text_ctrl_2.SetValue(display2)
        wx.FutureCall(5000, ??)

??--What shud be the function here to hide the text??

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Any object that inherits from wx.Window (like wx.TextCtrl) has a Hide() method. Just def a function, put something like:

thisTextCtrl.Hide()

in it and call it with wx.FutureCall() .

[agsupriya86]

Hi,

I found one function time.sleep(sec) for delaying only.But im not getting how to implement it in my code to solve my purpose of displaying the text for 15 sec and then hiding it!

def help(self,event):
        display3="hello"
        time.sleep(15)
        self.text_ctrl_3.SetValue(display3)
        
        time.sleep(5)
        display3=""
        self.text_ctrl_3.SetValue(display3)

Why the above not solving my purpose??

[bartonc]

Hi,

I found one function time.sleep(sec) for delaying only.But im not getting how to implement it in my code to solve my purpose of displaying the text for 15 sec and then hiding it!

def help(self,event):
        display3="hello"
        time.sleep(15)
        self.text_ctrl_3.SetValue(display3)
        
        time.sleep(5)
        display3=""
        self.text_ctrl_3.SetValue(display3)

Why the above not solving my purpose??

I've re-arranged the order of setting the text and then sleeping; you'll have to try it.
The problem may be that sleep() doesn't return control to the mainloop(), but you can try:

def help(self,event):
        display3="hello"
        self.text_ctrl_3.SetValue(display3)
        self.text_ctrl_3.Update()  # might need to add this, might not
        time.sleep(15)
        
        display3=""
        self.text_ctrl_3.SetValue(display3)
        self.text_ctrl_3.Update()  # might need to add this, might not
        time.sleep(5)

[agsupriya86]

I've re-arranged the order of setting the text and then sleeping; you'll have to try it.
The problem may be that sleep() doesn't return control to the mainloop(), but you can try:

def help(self,event):
        display3="hello"
        self.text_ctrl_3.SetValue(display3)
        self.text_ctrl_3.Update()  # might need to add this, might not
        time.sleep(15)
        
        display3=""
        self.text_ctrl_3.SetValue(display3)
        self.text_ctrl_3.Update()  # might need to add this, might not
        time.sleep(5)

Thanx,it worked !

[bartonc]

Thanx,it worked !

You are welcome!