wPython in Action: example chapter 1

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> On 4/20/07, roee shlomo <roee88 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Change 
> my_component = wx.StaticBitmap(self, bmap)
> To
> my_component = wx.StaticBitmap(self, -1, bmap)

Thanks!  Finally!


> Googling wx.StaticBitmap will give you the needed page in wxPython's API. 

I had trouble finding it, but I eventually got there.  It's hard to find stuff.
 
> You can see the Constructor if you will scroll down a little:
> __init__(self, parent, id= -1, bitmap=wxNullBitmap, pos=DefaultPosition, size
> = DefaultSize, style=0, name=StaticBitmapNameStr) 
> The second parameter is id, which is an integer. -1 means new id.


Yep.  Thanks.
  
> Except for keep following the book, I recommend looking at the API 
>whenever something doesn't  work well. Also download the wxPython 
>docs and demos. 


I downloaded the docs.  Now we're talking!  The wxDocsViewer made
it simple to find CovertToBitmap().  It's deprecated!  The author's 
introductory example sure has a nice selection of faults.